Hassoumi Massaoudou

Hassoumi Massaoudou
Massaoudou in 2022
Acting Head of State of Niger (claimed)
In office
27 July 2023
Preceded byMohamed Bazoum
Acting Head of Government of Niger (claimed)
In office
27 July 2023
Preceded byOuhoumoudou Mahamadou
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
3 April 2021  26 July 2023
PresidentMohamed Bazoum
Prime MinisterOuhoumoudou Mahamadou
Preceded byKalla Ankourao
Succeeded byBakary Yaou Sangaré
Personal details
Born (1957-10-22) 22 October 1957
Birni N'Gaouré, French West Africa
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
PNDS-Tarayya
OccupationPolitician

Hassoumi Massaoudou (born 22 October 1957) is a Nigerien politician who served as minister of Foreign Affairs of Niger from 2021 to 2023 and as minister of Finance from October 2016 to January 2019. A leading member of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya), he was minister of Communication, Culture, Youth and Sports from 1993 to 1994, president of the PNDS Parliamentary Group from 1999 to 2004, director of the Cabinet of the President from 2011 to 2013, minister of the Interior from 2013 to 2016, and minister of National Defense in 2016.

Following the 2023 coup d'état, Massaoudou did not recognize the new administration and instead declared himself head of state and government.