Oumarou Idani

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Oumarou Idani
Minister of Mines and Quarries
Assumed office
20 February 2017
Preceded byAlpha Oumar Dissa (Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries)[1]
Personal details
Political partyPeople's Movement for Progress[2]

Oumarou Idani is a Burkinabé politician. He is the Minister of Mines and Quarries since 20 February 2017.

Biography[edit]

Oumarou Idani graduated from the Interstates School for Rural Equipment Engineers in 1981. In 1991, he received postgraduate diploma from Financial, Economics and Banking Studies Centre of Paris.[3]

On 20 February 2017, Idani was appointed Minister of Mines and Quarries by the Prime Minister Thieba.[1] He remained the position in Dabiré cabinet.[4]

Health[edit]

During the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, on 21 March, Idani contracted the coronavirus.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Remaniement au Burkina Faso" (in French). BBC News. 21 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Ministre des Mines et des Carrières, Oumarou IDANI, Biographie". Government of Burkina Faso (in French). Government of Burkina Faso. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Hon. Oumarou Idani". simsenegal.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Burkina Faso : le nouveau Premier ministre a formé son gouvernement [Liste]" (in French). La Afrique Tribune. 24 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Burkina Faso Mines Minister Tests Positive for Coronavirus". Bloomberg.com. 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2020-03-21.