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Colonel Ibrahim Bar Manassara was a military officer in Niger who seized power in a January 1996 coup dtat and ruled the country until his assassination during the military coup of April 1999.
Manassara, a member of Nigers Hausa ethnic majority, was born in Dogondutchi in 1949, and pursued a military career. Manassara was named Army Chief of Staff in March 1995, under a constitution which had moved Niger from military rule in 1991.
Source: Wikipedia