Rhissa Ag Boula
Nigerien politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rhissa Ag Boula is a Nigerien Tuareg politician and former leader of rebel factions in both the 1990–1995 and the 2007–2009 Tuareg based Insurgencies. He was Nigerien Minister of Tourism from 1996–1999, and again from 1999–2004. His arrest on murder charges in 2004 precipitated armed conflict between his supporters and the Niger government. A political leader following the 1995 peace, he again joined a rebel faction from abroad in 2007, creating his own faction from abroad in 2008, and joining the peace process in 2009. In 2010 he was again arrested after returning to Niger.
Rhissa Ag Boula | |
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Minister of Tourism | |
In office 1996 – April 1999 | |
President | Ibrahim Bare Mainassara |
In office 1999–2004 | |
President | Mamadou Tandja |
Personal details | |
Born | 1957 |
Political party | CRR |
Other political affiliations | FLAA UDPS-Amana |
Relations | Mohamed Ag Boula (brother) |
In 2023 he announced the creation of the Council of Resistance for the Republic which aimed to topple the junta and restore Bazoum to office.[1] He also said that it supported international intervention by ECOWAS and other actors to oust the junta.