serviceyears branch predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party primeminister birth_date order term_start rank image article_title term_end name
1970 -- 1996 nigerien army mahamane ousmane daouda malam wanké 9 april 1999 dogondoutchi , niger , french west africa niamey , niger unird → rdp boukary adji amadou cissé ibrahim hassane mayaki 9 may 1949 president of niger january 27 , 1996 colonel mainassara official.jpg ibrahim baré maïnassara
 april 9 , 1999 ibrahim baré maïnassara
ibrahim baré maïnassara

colonel ibrahim baré maïnassara -lrb- may 9 , 1949 -- april 9 , 1999 -rrb- was a military officer in niger who seized power in a january 1996 coup d'état and ruled the country until his assassination during the military coup of april 1999 .
maïnassara , a member of niger 's hausa ethnic majority , was born in dogondutchi in 1949 , and pursued a military career .
maïnassara was named army chief of staff in march 1995 , under a constitution which had moved niger from military rule in 1991 .
