Ousmane Issoufou Oubandawaki (born 5 September 1948"Décret Présidentiel n° 2005-1028 du 24 octobre 2005 portant nomination dans l’Ordre du Mérite à titre étranger.", Journal Official du Sénégal, 24 October 2005 .) is a Nigerien politician. An engineer by profession, specializing in civil aviation, Oubandawaki held various posts at ASECNA and served in the government of Niger under President Ibrahim Baré Mainassara, first as Minister of National Defense from 1996 to 1997 and then as Minister of Transport from 1997 to 1998. He was Director-General of ASECNA from January 1999 to December 2004.
