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Prime Minister of Niger since August 2023
Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine (born 1965 in Zinder) is a Nigerien politician and economist. He was Niger's Minister of the Economy and Finance from November 2002 to February 2010.[1] Currently he is the prime minister of the Niger military junta government since 8 August 2023.[2][3]
Ali Lamine Zeine was born in 1965 and graduated from the Centre for Financial, Economic and Banking Studies in Marseille and Paris-I. He has worked as a resident representative of the African Development Bank in Chad, Ivory Coast and Gabon.[4]
After serving as Director of the Cabinet of President Mamadou Tandja,[5] Zeine was appointed to the government as Minister of the Economy and Finance on 24 October 2003.[6]
Tandja was ousted in a military coup on 18 February 2010 and his government was dissolved. As one of Tandja's key associates, Zeine was one of only three ministers who were not promptly released from house arrest in the days after the coup.[7] According to one of the junta leaders, Colonel Djibrilla Hamidou Hima, the ministers "still under surveillance" had held "very sensitive portfolios" and therefore it was necessary "to ensure their security". The MNSD called for the release of Zeine, Tandja, and the others.[8][9]