The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration of the
Government of Niger
The government of Niger is the apparatus through which authority functions and is exercised: the governing apparatus of Nigerien state. The current system of governance, since the Constitution of 25 November 2010, is termed the Seventh Republic ...
(var. Foreign Ministry) is the government authority responsible for the
foreign relations of Niger
Niger pursues a moderate foreign policy and maintains friendly relations with both East and West. It is a member state of the United Nations. Niger maintains a special relationship with France and enjoys close relations with its West African nei ...
and its diplomatic corps abroad. The Foreign Ministry is headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a political appointment who sits in the Council of Ministers of Niger, reporting directly to the
President 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 ten people have served as head of state of Niger.
The current head of state of Niger is the President of the Re ...
. "African Integration" is a reference to the Minister's role in the
African Union
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and its long desired
Pan-African
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project on continental integration. The current Minister is Ibrahim Yacouba, who has held the post since 2016.
Structure
Overseen by the Minister and his office is the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Offices below this are the Directorate of Bilateral African Cooperation, which oversees the diplomatic missions of Niger in Africa, the Directorate Europe, for embassies to and relations with European governments, and the Directorate America, Asia and Oceania, for those governments. Multilateral contacts with the
African Union
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and other African bodies are overseen by the Directorate of African Union and Integration, while the Directorate of United Nations and International Organisations oversees missions to the United Nations (and Niger's Consulate in New York) and other bodies (such as
Unesco
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).
List of ministers
This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Niger:
*1958–1963:
Hamani Diori
Hamani Diori (6 June 1916 – 23 April 1989) was the first President of the Republic of Niger. He was appointed to that office in 1960, when Niger gained independence. Although corruption was a common feature of his administration, he gained in ...
*1963–1965:
Adamou Mayaki Adamou Assane Mayaki (June 1919 – summer 2003) was a Nigerien politician and diplomat. Mayaki was the Foreign Minister of Niger from 1963–1965, and a leading member of the ruling PPN-RDA party.
Mayaki was born in Filingué in June 1919. His f ...
*1965–1967:
Hamani Diori
Hamani Diori (6 June 1916 – 23 April 1989) was the first President of the Republic of Niger. He was appointed to that office in 1960, when Niger gained independence. Although corruption was a common feature of his administration, he gained in ...
Barcourgné Courmo Barcourgné Courmo (1916 – 16 November 1993) was a Nigerien politician and diplomat. Courmo was Finance Minister and chair of the ruling party politburo in the 1960s, as well as the Foreign Minister of Niger briefly in 1970 under Hamani Dio ...
*1970–1972:
Mamadou Maidah Mamadou Maidah (1924–2005) was a Nigerien politician and diplomat.
Mamadou was the Foreign Minister of Niger from 1963 to 1965, and a leading member of the ruling PPN-RDA party.
Mamadou—his surname—was born in Tessaoua in 1924, the child of ...
Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye (May 22, 1939Cherif Ouazani"Six candidats pour un fauteuil" ''Jeune Afrique'', November 7, 2004 . – June 14, 2009Daouda Diallo Daouda is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
;Surname
* Abdou Daouda, member of the National Assembly of Niger and government Minister
* Kamilou Daouda (born 1987), Nigerien footballer
*Kassaly Daouda (born 1983), Nigerien football ...
*1983–1985:
Ide Oumarou
Ide Oumarou (1937 – 12 February 2002) was a Nigerien diplomat, government minister, and journalist. He served as ambassador to the United Nations between 1980 and 1983. He then served as the foreign minister between 1983 and 1985 and was secr ...
Mohamed Bazoum
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Before becoming President, he served as the ...
Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki
Ibrahim Assane Mayaki (born September 24, 1951) is a Nigerien politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Niger from November 27, 1997, to January 3, 2000.
Fourth Republic
Under President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, who seized power in a Janu ...
*1997–1999:
Maman Sambo Sidikou
Maman Sambo Sidikou (born 1949) is a diplomat and a former Nigerien politician. He is currently the high representative of the African Union for Mali and the Sahel. From 2011 to 2014, he served as Niger's ambassador to the United States, he oversaw ...
*1999–2000:
Aïchatou Mindaoudou
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Mohamed Bazoum
Mohamed Bazoum ( ar, محمد بازوم), is a Nigerien politician who is the current List of heads of state of Niger, president of the Republic of Niger. He has been in office since 2 April 2021.
Before becoming President, he served as the ...
Government of Niger
The government of Niger is the apparatus through which authority functions and is exercised: the governing apparatus of Nigerien state. The current system of governance, since the Constitution of 25 November 2010, is termed the Seventh Republic ...