File:Wanke niger official.jpg

Originally at: http://www.delgi.ne/presidence/wanke.jpg The Presidency of Niger official site (now moved) Now hosted on the government of Niger news site, as part of an animated display of each president's official portraits. http://lesahel.org/images/banners/presidents.gif Removed from gif, restored to proper proportion and colour corrected by T L Miles (talk) 22:18, 22 January 2009 (UTC) 2009-01-21

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