Politics of Niger takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the President of Niger is head of state and the Prime Minister of Niger head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly.
Mamadou Tandja was a Nigerien politician who was President of Niger from 1999 to 2010. He was President of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) from 1991 to 1999 and unsuccessfully ran as the MNSD's presidential candidate in 1993 and 1996 before being elected to his first term in 1999. While serving as President of Niger,he was also Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States from 2005 to 2007.
Mahamadou Issoufou is a Nigerien politician who served as the president of Niger from 7 April 2011 to 2 April 2021. Issoufou was the prime minister of Niger from 1993 to 1994,president of the National Assembly from 1995 to 1996,and a candidate in each presidential election from 1993 to 2016. He led the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya),a social democratic party,from its foundation in 1990 until his election as president in 2011. During the presidency of Mamadou Tandja (1999–2010),Issoufou was the main opposition leader.
The National Movement for the Society of Development,also known as the National Movement for the Development of Society is a political party in Niger. Founded under the military government of the 1974–1990 period,it was the ruling party of Niger from 1989 to 1993 and again from 1999 until 2010,when a coup on 18 February 2010,by a military junta called the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD),ousted President Mamadou Tandja.
Aïchatou Mindaoudou Souleymane is a Nigerien diplomat and politician who served as the United Nations' Special Representative for Côte d'Ivoire and Head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) from 2013 to 2017. Previously she was Deputy Joint Special Representative (Political) in the African Union–United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) from 2011 to 2013.
AndréSalifou was a Nigerien politician,diplomat,and professor. He was president of the High Council of the Republic during the 1991–93 transitional period,briefly served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1996,and was an unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1999.
The Republic of Niger has had seven constitutions,two substantial constitutional revisions,and two periods of rule by decree since its independence from French colonial rule in 1960. The "Seventh Republic" operated under the Constitution of 2010 until its dissolution in 2023 by General Abdourahamane Tchiani in a coup d'état.
In the French armed forces,Chef d'escadron is the title of a commandant (major) in the Cavalry,Artillery and Baggage Train Corps and in the Gendarmerie.
The Cabinet of Niger is made up of the appointed heads of Niger's government Ministries. Ministers are chosen from the elected members of the National Assembly of Niger. According to the Constitution of 18 July 1999 the Prime Minister of Niger proposes the membership of the Council of Ministers,and the President of Niger appoints the Ministers,which is then authorized by the National Assembly. The Council of ministers meets at the discretion of the President,advises him on policy,and implements the policies he formulates. The Council of Ministers is headed by the Prime Minister of Niger,whose name is put forward by the National Assembly,and accepted by the President. The Assembly may remove the Prime minister by a vote of no confidence.
Salifou Fatimata Bazèye, also known as Fatoumata Bazèye and Fatoumata Bazaî,is a Nigerien jurist,former magistrate,head of the Supreme Court of Niger and from 2007 to 2009 President of the Constitutional Court of Niger. Her court's rulings on the constitutional revisions planned by then President of Niger Mamadou Tandja,led to her extra-constitutional dismissal and a heightening of the 2009–2010 Nigerien constitutional crisis. Following the 2010 Nigerien coup d'état,she was named head of the transitional Constitutional Court of Niger.
Issa Lamine is a Nigerien politician. He led the Toubou-based Front Democratique Revolutionnaire,one of several rebel groups operating in the far north and east of Niger in the late 1990s. Lamine entered government as a representative of the eastern town of N'Gourti in 2000. As a member of the Democratic and Social Convention (CDS-Rahama),he was a Deputy in the National Assembly of Niger and then served in the government of Niger as Minister of Public Health from 2007 to 2009. He left the CDS-Rahama in 2009 and was elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate.
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. Later in the day,the rebels announced on television the formation of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD),headed by chef d'escadron Salou Djibo.
Major Abdoulaye Adamou Harouna is a Nigerian military figure who led the military coup which overthrew President Mamadou Tandja on February 18,2010.
The Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy,led by Salou Djibo,was a military junta that staged a coup in Niger on 18 February 2010,deposing President Mamadou Tandja in response to Tandja's attempts to remain in office after his term was over. The CSRD stated that its objective is to make Niger an example of "democracy and good governance."
The 1996 Nigerien coup d'état was a military coup d'état which occurred on 27 January 1996 in Niamey,Niger. It ousted Niger's first democratically elected president,Mahamane Ousmane after nearly three years in power and installed General Ibrahim BaréMaïnassara as head of state. Prime Minister Hama Amadou was arrested in the coup and several soldiers and presidential guards were killed in the fighting.
Mahamadou Danda is a Nigerien political figure who was appointed as Prime Minister of Niger by the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD) on 23 February 2010 and left office on 7 April 2011.
Aminatou Djibrilla Maiga Touré is a Nigerian diplomat. She was Niger's Ambassador to the United States from 2006 to 2010 and has served in the transitional government as Minister of Foreign Affairs since March 2010.
Moussa Moumouni Djermakoye was a Nigerien politician who was President of the Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress,a political party in Niger,from 2010 to 2017. As a high-ranking army officer,he was Army Chief of Staff for a time and also briefly served as Minister of National Defense in 1999 as part of a transitional military regime. After retiring from the army and beginning a political career,he stood as the ANDP's candidate in the 2011 presidential election,winning only a small share of the vote. From December 2011 to 2017,he was President of the Economic,Social and Cultural Council of Niger (CESOC).
The following lists events that happened during 2010 in Niger.
Abdoulkarim Goukoye was a Nigerien militant and politician. He took part in the 2010 Nigerien coup d'état,which deposed President Mamadou Tandja. Following the coup's success,he became spokesperson for the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy under Salou Djibo.
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