found: Baulin, J. Conseiller du président Diori, 1986:p. 11 (Hamani Diori)
found: LC data base, 7-7-87(hdg.: Diori, Hamani)
found: Grand dict. encylopéd. Larousse(b. 1916, Soudouré, Niger; president of Niger, 1960-1974)
found: Towards an improved associationship, 1968:p. 5 (president Diori Hamani)
found: Dictionary of African biography, accessed January 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database(Hamani, Diori; president, prime minister born 1916 Soudouré, Niger; graduated the École normale supérieure William Ponty on Gorée Island (1935); sent to the École coloniale in France, where he pursued research in linguistics and ethnography; won the seat of deputy to represent Niger in the name of the Rassemblement démocratique africain (RDA); African Democratic Assembly; became the first democratically elected president of Niger; created major public companies; was ousted in a military coup on (1974); one of the founders of what is known today as the International Organization of the Francophonie; died 1989 in Morocco)
