Politics of Niger
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Politics of
Political parties and elections
Fifth Republic
Continuity
Since the creation of the Fifth Republic in 1999, the political rivalries and parties of the Third Republic have maintained their central role in national politics. There continue to be three large parties, and several smaller ones, with no single party gaining a majority in the
The same three men who dominated the parties in the Third Republic returned in 1999:
1999 elections
Following another coup in April 1999, in which Maïnassara was killed, the MNSD-Nassara's Tandja won the
In the
2004 elections
While Tandja easily retained the presidency against a second round challenge by
2007 PM crisis
In December 2004 Hama Amadou was again chosen as Prime Minister. Mahamane Ousmane, the head of the CDS, was re-elected President of the National Assembly. The new second term government of the Fifth Republic took office on 30 December 2004. In June 2007, a no confidence vote against the government led to the fall of the Prime Minister
Tazarce
In the run up to the 2009 elections (Presidential, Assembly, and Municipal), a movement to draft President Tandja for a third term appeared. Led by public figures of the MNSD outside government, the group took the name of Tandja's 2004 re-election slogan, Tazarce: a
Then, in early May 2009, when questioned by the press on his visit to Agadez to begin peace talks with Tuareg rebels, Tandja announced that "the people have demanded I remain."
On 15 May 2009, in response to their parties opposition to a proposed referendum to allow the President to seek a third term, the three members of
According to the 1999
On 26 March, within hours of the Constitutional courts statement, official media read out a statement that President Tandja had dissolved the National Assembly.
2010 Coup
On February 19 a group calling itself the Supreme Council for Restoration of Democracy (CSRD) stormed the presidential palace during a meeting and took the president Mamadou Tandja hostage. Colonel Goukoye Abdul Karimou, spokesman for CSRD announced on state television that the country's constitution had been suspended and all state institutions dissolved. It is believed that the president is being held in a garrison in the capital city with his resignation being sought. [24]
Political parties
Constitution
The constitution of December 1992 was revised by national
Executive branch
Office | Name | Party | Since |
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President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland[25] | Abdourahamane Tchiani | Niger Armed Forces | 26 July 2023 |
Vice President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland[26] | Salifou Modi | ||
Prime Minister
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Vacant |
Legislative branch
The
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saying he was the 'president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland'
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Gen. Salifou Modi, Bazoum's former army chief of staff and the ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, is now vice president of the junta.
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