List of heads of state of Niger
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President of the Republic of Niger | |
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Président du Niger | |
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Style | Mr. President His Excellency |
Type | Head of state |
Seat | Niamey |
Appointer | Direct popular vote (two rounds if necessary) |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Niger |
Precursor | High Commissioner of Niger |
Formation | 10 November 1960 |
First holder | Hamani Diori |
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Judiciary |
This is a list of heads of state of Niger since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
A total of ten people have served as head of state of Niger.
The current head of state of Niger is the President of the Republic Mohamed Bazoum, since 2 April 2021.[1]
Titles
- 1960–1974: President of the Republic
- 1974–1989: President of the Supreme Military Council
- 1989: President of the Supreme Council of National Orientation
- 1989–1996: President of the Republic
- 1996: Chairman of the National Salvation Council
- 1996–1999: President of the Republic
- 1999: Chairman of the National Reconciliation Council
- 1999–2010: President of the Republic
- 2010–2011: Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy
- 2011–present: President of the Republic
Key
- Political parties
- National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD–Nassara)
- Democratic and Social Convention (CSD–Rahama)
- National Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal (UNIRD) / Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP–Jama'a)
- Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS–Tarayya)
- Other factions
List of officeholders
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
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Hamani Diori (1916–1989) |
1960 1965 1970 |
10 November 1960 | 15 April 1974 (deposed) |
13 years, 156 days | PPN–RDA | Position not established |
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Seyni Kountché (1931–1987) |
— | 17 April 1974 | 10 November 1987 (died in office) |
13 years, 207 days | Military | Oumarou Algabid |
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Ali Saibou (1940–2011) |
1989 | 14 November 1987 | 16 April 1993 | 5 years, 153 days | Military / MNSD–Nassara |
Algabid Oumarou Mahamidou Cheiffou |
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Mahamane Ousmane (born 1950) |
1993 | 16 April 1993 | 27 January 1996 (deposed) |
2 years, 286 days | CSD–Rahama | Cheiffou Issoufou Abdoulaye Cissé Amadou |
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Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949–1999) |
1996 | 27 January 1996 | 9 April 1999 (assassinated) |
3 years, 72 days | Military / UNIRD / RDP–Jama'a |
Adji Cissé Mayaki |
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Daouda Malam Wanké (1946–2004) |
— | 11 April 1999 | 22 December 1999 | 255 days | Military | Mayaki |
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Mamadou Tandja (1938–2020) |
1999 2004 |
22 December 1999 | 18 February 2010 (deposed) |
10 years, 58 days | MNSD–Nassara | Mayaki Amadou Oumarou Abouba Gamatié |
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Salou Djibo (born 1965) |
— | 18 February 2010 | 7 April 2011 | 1 year, 48 days | Military | Danda |
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Mahamadou Issoufou (born 1952) |
2011 2016 |
7 April 2011 | 2 April 2021 | 9 years, 360 days | PNDS–Tarayya | Rafini |
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Mohamed Bazoum (born 1960) |
2020–21 | 2 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 145 days | PNDS–Tarayya | Mahamadou |
Timeline
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Latest election
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Mohamed Bazoum | Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism | 1,879,629 | 39.30 | 2,490,049 | 55.67 | |
Mahamane Ousmane | Democratic and Republican Renewal | 812,412 | 16.99 | 1,983,072 | 44.33 | |
Seyni Oumarou | National Movement for the Society of Development | 428,083 | 8.95 | |||
Albadé Abouba | Patriotic Movement for the Republic | 338,511 | 7.08 | |||
Ibrahim Yacouba | Nigerien Patriotic Movement | 257,302 | 5.38 | |||
Salou Djibo | Peace, Justice, Progress – Generation Doubara | 142,747 | 2.98 | |||
Oumarou Malam Alma | Rally for Peace and Progress | 118,259 | 2.47 | |||
Hassane Baraze Moussa | Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress | 114,965 | 2.40 | |||
Omar Hamidou Tchana | Alliance of Movements for the Emergence of Niger | 76,368 | 1.60 | |||
Amadou Ousmane | Democratic Alternation for Fairness in Niger | 63,396 | 1.33 | |||
Souleymane Garba | Niger Party of Change – Mu Lura | 61,158 | 1.28 | |||
Idi Ango Ousmane | Alliance for Democracy and the Republic – Mahita | 56,100 | 1.17 | |||
Nayoussa Nassirou | Convention for Democracy and Social Progress | 41,697 | 0.87 | |||
Ibrahim Gado | Republican Council for Progress and Democracy | 39,319 | 0.82 | |||
Mounkaila Issa | Nigerien Rally for Democracy and Peace | 38,604 | 0.81 | |||
Hamidou Mamadou Abdou | African National Gathering Party | 35,934 | 0.75 | |||
Intinicar Alhassane | Nigerien Party for Peace and Development | 30,995 | 0.65 | |||
Abdoulkadri Alpha | Gayya Zabbe | 28,910 | 0.60 | |||
Kane Habibou | Synergy of Democrats for the Republic | 27,162 | 0.57 | |||
Oumarou Abdourahamane | Union for Patriotic Pan-Africanists | 20,488 | 0.43 | |||
Moustapha Moustapha | Party for a Political Revolution in Niger | 20,365 | 0.43 | |||
Amadou Saidou | Independent | 20,156 | 0.42 | |||
Mahaman Hamissou Moumouni | Party for Justice and Development – Hakika | 18,585 | 0.39 | |||
Djibrilla Mainassara | Sawaba | 17,233 | 0.36 | |||
Sagbo Adolphe | Socialist Party | 17,060 | 0.36 | |||
Idrissa Issoufou | Citizen's Movement for Development | 16,995 | 0.36 | |||
Amadou Cissé | Union for Democracy and the Republic | 16,835 | 0.35 | |||
Mamadou Doulla | Redemption for the Sake of the Fatherland | 16,768 | 0.35 | |||
Abdallah Souleymane | Niger Forward (Nigerena) | 14,282 | 0.30 | |||
Ismael Ide | Action Front for a New Niger | 12,062 | 0.25 | |||
Total | 4,782,380 | 100.00 | 4,473,121 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 4,782,380 | 92.16 | 4,473,121 | 95.48 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 406,752 | 7.84 | 211,658 | 4.52 | ||
Total votes | 5,189,132 | 100.00 | 4,684,779 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,446,556 | 69.68 | 7,446,556 | 62.91 | ||
Source: Constitutional Court - First round Constitutional Court - Second round |
See also
References
- ^ "Niger's Mohamed Bazoum sworn in as president after failed coup". BBC News. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.