Niger: Government ; Government Type: Semi-Presidential Republic ; Executive. President and Prime Minister share executive power. ; Judicial. Constitutional Court ...

Local government. For administrative purposes, Niger is divided into one capital district—Niamey—and seven régions (regions)—Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, ...

Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly. In practice, politics in Niger is ...

Niger's new constitution was approved in July 1999. It restores the semi-presidential system of government of the December 1992 constitution (Third Republic) ...

The President of the Republic is the Head of State, the Prime Minister is the Head of Government. The political system is based on a multiparty system.

Since Niger's return to democratic rule in 2011, the Government of Niger has taken steps to fight corruption and improve governance.

The current government in Niger was democratically elected in 2011 and reelected in 2016 in a polling process plagued by serious irregularities.

Niger performs in the low range in Representation and in the mid-range across the other categories of the Global State of Democracy (GSoD) framework.

Government. Country name. conventional long form: Republic of Niger conventional short form: Niger local long form: République du Niger local short form: Niger Country Factsheet · Details · View Details · Travel Facts