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    General elections were held in Niger on 31 January 2011 to elect the President and National Assembly, with a second round of the presidential elections...
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    General elections were held in Niger in 2004; the first round of the presidential elections was held on 16 November, with a run-off held alongside National...
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    Nigeriens living abroad, all elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. However, in the months preceding the election,...
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    General elections were held in Niger on 21 February 2016, with a presidential run-off held on 20 March. A total of 15 candidates ran for the presidency...
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    The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (French: Parti Nigerien pour la Democratie et le Socialisme, PNDS-Tarayya) is a political party in Niger...
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    removed from office in a 2010 coup and general elections were held in 2011, which saw Mahamadou Issoufou of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism...
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    Mohamed Bazoum (category Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism politicians)
    after winning the 2020–21 presidential election and surviving a coup d'état attempt. He was ousted in the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état by members of the presidential...
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    the 2009–10 Nigerien constitutional crisis. It endorsed Mahamadou Issoufou of the PNDS for the presidency in the 2011 general elections, but won no seats...
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    The Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation (French: Mouvement démocratique nigérien pour une fédération africain, MODEN/FA-Lumana) is...
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  • Niger coup ousts president 1974 Nigerien coup d'état 1996 Nigerien coup d'état 1999 Nigerien coup d'état 2023 Nigerien coup d'état "Freedom in the World...
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  • Early in the morning, the Nigerien presidency's Twitter account announced that presidential guards, commanded by General Abdourahamane Tchiani engaged...
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    the French Colonial Forces made of Nigérien soldiers officered by Frenchmen who agreed to take joint French-Nigerien citizenship. In 1960, there were only...
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    held on 12 March 2011. Mahamadou Issoufou of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism was elected president. A parliamentary election was held at the...
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    National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland Political parties   Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally (PPN–RDA)   National Movement...
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    Labour, one for the Union of Independent Nigeriens (Union des Nigériens Indépendants) and one for the Nigerien Self-Management Party. The RSD increased...
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    Mahamadou Issoufou (category Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism politicians)
    Mahamadou Issoufou (born 1 January 1952) is a Nigerien politician who served as the president of Niger from 7 April 2011 to 2 April 2021. Issoufou was the prime...
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  • Ikhia Zodi (category Berber Nigeriens)
    the 1951 elections, on the UNIS list headed by Georges Condat (which won both Nigerien seats). The next year he was elected to the Nigerien Territorial...
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    20 August legislative elections. By law, Nigerien electoral officials must send out voter cards two months prior to an election. Upon the final ruling...
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  • 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...
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    Salou Djibo (category Nigerien military personnel)
    in the 2020 Nigerien presidential election. 1974 Nigerien coup d'état 1996 Nigerien coup d'état 1999 Nigerien coup d'état 2009–10 Nigerien constitutional...
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    Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Niger successfully went through the 2020–21 Nigerien general election cycle with incoming peaceful presidential transition between two...
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    Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou (category 20th-century Nigerien politicians)
    Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou (born 1954) is a Nigerien politician of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya) who served as Prime Minister...
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    Foumakoye Gado (category Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism politicians)
    Foumakoye Gado (born 1950) is a Nigerien politician who is currently the President of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya). He...
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    2023, he advocated for military intervention into Niger during the 2023 Nigerien crisis. This was criticised by the opposition. On 16 February 2024, Tinubu...
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    home to countries with a high prevalence of coups d'état. After the 2023 Nigerien coup, these countries formed a continuous chain stretching between the...
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    The Nigerien Movement for Democratic Renewal (French: Mouvement Nigérien pour le Renouveau Démocratique, MNRD-Hankuri) is a political party in Niger. The...
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    The bad blood and gridlock resulting was one reasons for General Maïnassara's 1996 Nigerien coup d'etat. The same three men who dominated the parties...
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    Hama Amadou (category 20th-century Nigerien politicians)
    1950) is a Nigerien politician who was Prime Minister of Niger from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2007. He was also Secretary-General of the National...
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    Mamadou Tandja (category Nigerien Muslims)
    Mamadou Tandja (1938 – 24 November 2020) was a Nigerien politician who was President of Niger from 1999 to 2010. He was President of the National Movement...
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