# List of heads of state of Niger

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, all of them men and six of them military rulers, have served as head of state of Niger.
The current head of state of Niger is Abdourahamane Tchiani, the president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), a military junta established following a coup that overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, on 26 July 2023.

## 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.

## 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
* 2011–2023: President of the Republic
* 2023–present: President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland

## List of officeholders
### Other factions

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Prime minister(s) |
| 1 | | Hamani Diori (1916–1989) | 1960 1965 1970 | 10 November 1960 | 15 April 1974 (deposed) | 13 years, 156 days | PPN–RDA | Position not established |
| 2 | | Seyni Kountché (1931–1987) | — | 17 April 1974 | 10 November 1987 (died in office) | 13 years, 207 days | Military | Oumarou Algabid |
| 3 | | Ali Saibou (1940–2011) | 1989 | 14 November 1987 | 16 April 1993 | 5 years, 153 days | Military / MNSD–Nassara | Algabid Oumarou Mahamidou Cheiffou |
| 4 | | Mahamane Ousmane (born 1950) | 1993 | 16 April 1993 | 27 January 1996 (deposed) | 2 years, 286 days | CSD–Rahama | Cheiffou Issoufou Abdoulaye Cissé Amadou |
| 5 | | 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 |
| 6 | | Daouda Malam Wanké (1946–2004) | — | 11 April 1999 | 22 December 1999 | 255 days | Military (Affiliated with the MNSD–Nassara) | Mayaki |
| 7 | | Mamadou Tandja (1938–2020) | 1999 2004 | 22 December 1999 | 18 February 2010 (deposed) | 10 years, 58 days | MNSD–Nassara | Mayaki Amadou Oumarou Abouba Gamatié |
| 8 | | Salou Djibo (born 1965) | — | 18 February 2010 | 7 April 2011 | 1 year, 48 days | Military | Danda |
| 9 | | Mahamadou Issoufou (born 1952) | 2011 2016 | 7 April 2011 | 2 April 2021 | 9 years, 360 days | PNDS–Tarayya | Rafini |
| 10 | | Mohamed Bazoum (born 1960) | 2020–21 | 2 April 2021 | 26 July 2023 (deposed) | 2 years, 115 days | PNDS–Tarayya | Mahamadou |
| 11 | | Abdourahamane Tchiani (born 1960/61) | — | 26 July 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 236 days | Military | Zeine |

## Latest election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | 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 | Total | Total | 4,782,380 | 100.00 | 4,473,121 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,782,380 | 92.16 | 4,473,121 | 95.48 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 406,752 | 7.84 | 211,658 | 4.52 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,189,132 | 100.00 | 4,684,779 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 7,446,556 | 69.68 | 7,446,556 | 62.91 |
| Source: Constitutional Court - First round Constitutional Court - Second round |||||||