Aïchatou Maïnassara

Prior to entering politics, Maïnassara worked at the Nigerien Ministry of Finance in Tahoua.^[1]

Maïnassara was elected to the Niger National Assembly in the 2016 Nigerien general election in the country's Dosso Region^[1] for the Nigerien Patriotic Movement. Her party won five seats of the 171 in Parliament and became part of the government coalition.^[2] She was the only female MP in her party and one of twenty-nine female members of the National Assembly.^[3]

In 2019 she broke ranks with other members of her party by announcing support for the President Mahamadou Issoufou.^[4]

After her death in 2020 she was succeeded in her parliamentary seat by Hadjia Mallam Makka.^[5]

Maïnassara was born in the Niger capital Niamey in 1971. She had seven children.^[1]

She died on 5 April 2020 at the age of 48 and was buried at the Muslim Cemetery in Niamey.^[6]