List of heads of state of Niger

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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 eleven people (not counting one acting) have served as head of state of Niger, all of them men and six of them military rulers.

The current head of state of Niger is Abdourahamane Tchiani,[1] the president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), a military junta established following a coup[2][3] that overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, on 26 July 2023; additionally, Tchiani was formally sworn in as president of the republic on 26 March 2025, for the term of five years.[4][5][6]

Term limits

As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Niger. The first president who adhered to the term limits was Mahamadou Issoufou in 2021.[7]

Titles

  • 1958–1960: Chairman of the Council of Ministers
  • 1960–1974: President of the Republic
  • 1974: Chief of the General Staff of the Army
  • 1974–1989: Chairman/President of the Supreme Military Council
  • 1989: President of the Supreme Council of National OrientationTemplate:NoteTag
  • 1989–1996: President of the Republic
  • 1996: Chairman of the National Salvation Council
  • 1996–1999: President of the Republic
  • 1999: Chairman/President of the National Reconciliation Council
  • 1999–2010: President of the Republic
  • 2010–2011: Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy
  • 2011–2023: President of the Republic
  • 2023–present: President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland
  • 2025–present: President of the Republic

List of officeholders

Political parties

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  Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally (PPN–RDA)

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  National Movement for the Society of Development (MNSD–Nassara)

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  Democratic and Social Convention (CSD–Rahama)

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  National Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal (UNIRD) / Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP–Jama'a)

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  Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS–Tarayya)
Other factions

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  Military
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Elected Term of office Political party Prime minister(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1 File:Hamani Diori 1968b.jpg Hamani Diori
(1916–1989)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1960
1965
1970 		10 November 1960 15 April 1974
(deposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd PPN–RDA Position not established
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 2 File:Seyni Kountche 1983 cropped.jpg Seyni Kountché
(1931–1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 15 April 1974 10 November 1987
(died in office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd Military Oumarou
Algabid
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3 File:Ali Saibou.jpg Ali Saibou
(1940–2011)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1989 10 November 1987 16 April 1993 Template:Ayd Military /
MNSD–Nassara 		Algabid
Oumarou
Mahamidou
Cheiffou
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 4 File:Mahamane Ousmane (cropped).jpg Mahamane Ousmane
(born 1950)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1993 16 April 1993 27 January 1996
(deposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd CSD–Rahama Cheiffou
Issoufou
Abdoulaye
Cissé
Amadou
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 5 File:No image.png Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara
(1949–1999)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1996 27 January 1996 9 April 1999
(assassinated)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd Military /
UNIRD / RDP–Jama'a 		Adji
Cissé
Mayaki
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 6 File:No image.png Daouda Malam Wanké
(1946–2004)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 9 April 1999 22 December 1999 Template:Ayd Military
(Affiliated with the MNSD–Nassara)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Mayaki
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 7 File:Tandja in Nigeria June 2007.jpg Mamadou Tandja
(1938–2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1999
2004 		22 December 1999 18 February 2010
(deposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd MNSD–Nassara Mayaki
Amadou
Oumarou
Abouba
Gamatié
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 8 File:Général de corps d'armée Salou Djibo.jpg Salou Djibo
(born 1965)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 18 February 2010 7 April 2011 Template:Ayd Military Danda
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 9 File:Mahamadou Issoufou-IMG 3648.jpg Mahamadou Issoufou
(born 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2011
2016 		7 April 2011 2 April 2021 Template:Ayd PNDS–Tarayya Rafini
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 10 File:Mohamed Bazoum at the European Commission - P060245-844068 (cropped).jpg Mohamed Bazoum
(born 1960)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2020–21 2 April 2021 26 July 2023
(deposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd PNDS–Tarayya Mahamadou
Under governance of the ten-member National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP)Template:NoteTag[8][9][10][11][12][13]
(26 – 28 July 2023)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 11 File:Abdourahamane Tchiani in 2025 (cropped).jpg Abdourahamane Tchiani
(born 1960/61)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		— 28 July 2023

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Timeline

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 from: 15/04/1974 till: 10/11/1987 color:military text:"Seyni Kountché"
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 from: 10/11/1987 till: 17/05/1989 color:military
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 from: 27/01/1996 till: 01/07/1996 color:military
 from: 01/07/1996 till: 20/08/1997 color:unird
 from: 20/08/1997 till: 09/04/1999 color:rdp      text:"Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara"
bar:Wanké
 from: 09/04/1999 till: 22/12/1999 color:military text:"Daouda Malam Wanké"
bar:Tandja
 from: 22/12/1999 till: 18/02/2010 color:mnsd     text:"Mamadou Tandja"
bar:Djibo
 from: 18/02/2010 till: 07/04/2011 color:military text:"Salou Djibo"
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bar:Bazoum
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Latest election

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See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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