Hamani was born in
Goundam, and is an ethnic
Tuareg. He became a technical advisor to the Minister of Planning in 1975 He then became Minister of Information and Telecommunications in the government named on June 28, 1979 and Minister of Planning in the government named on August 2, 1980; in the latter position, he became the second ranking person in the government after
Moussa Traoré, who was President and Minister of Defense. He subsequently became Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture on December 31, 1984, and then Minister of Transport and Public Works on June 6, 1986. He left the government on January 20, 1987 His initial appointment was regarded as being on a temporary basis extending through the period of the
July 2002 parliamentary election. At Touré's request, he submitted his government's resignation on April 28, 2004, ==References==