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Abdourahamane Tchiani
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Nigerien army general and commander of the Nigerien presidential guard
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- Intravenous Lidocaine Infusion Facilitates Acute Rehabilitation after Laparoscopic Colectomy
· 2007 · cited 336x
- Dust aerosol impact on regional precipitation over western Africa, mechanisms and sensitivity to absorption properties
· 2008 · cited 182x
- Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Liver Transplantation: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Recommendations
· 2021 · cited 130x
- A geminivirus-induced gene silencing system for gene function validation in cassava
· 2004 · cited 105x
- Ring vaccination with rVSV-ZEBOV under expanded access in response to an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Guinea, 2016: an operational and vaccine safety report
· 2017 · cited 91x
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Ali Lamine Zeine
- Preceded by
- Mohamed Bazoum (2023)
- Vice president
- Salifou Modi
- President
- Collective leadership
- Succeeded by
- Himself (as President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland)
- Born
- 1960s, Toukounous , Filingué, Niger
- Allegiance
- Niger , National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland
- Branch service
- Niger Army
- Years of service
- 1984–present
- Rank
- General
- Battles wars
- Boko Haram insurgency , Jihadist insurgency in Niger , 2021 Nigerien coup attempt , 2023 Nigerien coup d'état , 2023–2024 Nigerien crisis
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Encyclopedic overview
Abdourahamane Tchiani (born 1960s) is a Nigerien military officer and politician who has served as president of Niger since 2025. The Chief of the Nigerien Presidential Guard since 2011, he overthrew president Mohamed Bazoum in 2023, becoming the leader of a junta. He was inaugurated as president of Niger two years later.
As leader of Niger, he oversaw a diplomatic standoff with ECOWAS stemming from the coup, the establishment of the Alliance of Sahel States, and withdrawal from ECOWAS.
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