About Boukary Adji
Lived 1939 – 2018 (aged 78–79). Boukary Adji was a Nigerien politician, bank manager and minister.
Boukary Adji (1939 – 4 July 2018) was a Nigerien politician. He served as Niger's Prime Minister from 30 January 1996 to 21 December 1996.
Adji was born in Tanout in Zinder Department. He studied in Poland on a scholarship he received in 1963, then at the University of Abidjan and at the Center for Financial and Banking Studies in Paris. He was appointed as Director in the Ministry of Planning in the early 1970s and became the Director of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) for Niger. in which position he remained until after the 1987 death of Seyni Kountché. Later he served as Vice-Governor of the BCEAO.
He was named Prime Minister after Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara seized power in a January 1996 military coup.
He died in the Niger capital Niamey on 4 July 2018.
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Who was Boukary Adji?
Prime Minister of Niger (1939-2018)
When was Boukary Adji born?
Boukary Adji was born in 1939 in Tanout.
When did Boukary Adji die?
Boukary Adji died on 4 July 2018 in Niamey.
What was Boukary Adji's occupation?
Boukary Adji was a politician, bank manager and minister.
What nationality was Boukary Adji?
Boukary Adji was Nigerien.
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