Aminatou Djibrilla Maiga Touré is a Niger

Niger

Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

ien diplomat. She was Niger's Ambassador to the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 from 2006 to 2010 and has served in the transitional government as Minister of Foreign Affairs

Foreign minister

A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...

 since March 2010.

Touré began working at the Foreign Ministry in 1979. She was assigned to its Department of Legal and Consular Affairs until 1991 and was then posted at the Nigerien Embassy to Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 from 1991 to 1995. Returning to Niger, she served as Mayor of Niamey

Niamey

-Population:While Niamey's population has grown steadily since independence, the droughts of the early 1970s and 1980s, along with the economic crisis of the early 1980s, have propelled an exodus of rural inhabitants to Niger's largest city...

 Commune II from 1996 to 2000. Touré was Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2003 and then Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry's National Commission for La Francophonie

La Francophonie

Francophonie is an international organization of politics and governments with French as the mother or customary language, where a significant proportion of people are francophones , or where there is a notable affiliation with the French language or culture.Formally known as the Organisation...

 from 2003 to 2005.

After being appointed as Ambassador to the United States, Touré presented her credentials on 9 March 2006. She remained in that post for four years. On 18 February 2010, President Mamadou Tandja was overthrown in a military coup

2010 Nigerien coup d'état

A coup d'état occurred in Niger on 18 February 2010. Soldiers attacked the presidential palace in Niamey under weapons fire at midday and captured President Mamadou Tandja, who was chairing a government meeting at the time...

 in Niamey, and Salou Djibo

Salou Djibo

Lieutenant General Salou Djibo is a Nigerien military officer. Following the military coup of 18 February 2010, he became head of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy and thus de facto leader of Niger....

, the President of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy

Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy

The Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy , led by Salou Djibo, is a military junta that staged a coup in Niger on 18 February 2010, deposing President Mamadou Tandja...

(CSRD), then appointed Touré to serve in the transitional government as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 1 March 2010.