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Ali Saibou (1940 – 31 October 2011) was the third President of Niger from 1987 to 1993 succeeding the deceased Seyni Kountché.A member of the Djerma people he was born in Dingajibanda a village in the Ouallam arrondissement. Although from Kountché’s home village Saibou is not a cousin. He became interested in a military career early on and attended the Saint-Louis preparatory school in Senegal from 1954 then joined the First Senegalese Tirailleurs Regiment.

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