Amadou Abdramane ( ar, أمادو عبد الرحمن, Amādū ’Abd ar-Rahman) is a Nigerien Air Force officer who has served as the spokesperson of the
National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland
The National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (; , CNSP) is the ruling military junta of Niger, following the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état which overthrew Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou's government, Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou's Government.
The mili ...
since the
2023 Nigerien coup d'état
On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger when the country's presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum, and Presidential Guard commander General officer, General Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself the leader of a new mili ...
on 26 July 2023 and participated in the installation of
Abdourahamane Tchiani
Abdourahamane Tchiani ( ar, عبد الرحمن تشياني, ‘Abd ar-Rahman Tshiyānī; born 1960 or 1961) is a Nigerien Officer (armed forces), military officer who is the president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, t ...
as
President of the Republic of the Niger.
Career
On 26 July 2023, he delivered a televised address announcing that the government and President
Mohamed Bazoum had been overthrown, also announcing the suspension of Niger's constitution, the closure of its borders, the suspension of all institutions and a national curfew.
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