# National Assembly (Niger) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/National_Assembly_(Niger) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/National_Assembly_(Niger).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(Niger) > Source revision: 1343677403 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Legislative body of Niger}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox legislature | name = National Assembly | native_name = Assemblée nationale | native_name_lang = | transcription_name = | legislature = | coa_pic = Coat_of_arms_of_Niger.svg | coa_res = 100px | coa_alt = | foundation = 1960 | house_type = Unicameral | body = | houses = | leader1_type = [Prime Minister of Niger](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Niger) | leader1 = | party1 = | election1 = | leader2_type = [President](/source/List_of_Presidents_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Niger) | leader2 = | party2 = | election2 = | leader3_type = | leader3 = | party3 = | election3 = | members = 171 members | house1 = | house2 = | structure1 = | structure1_res = 250px | structure1_alt = | structure2 = | structure2_res = | structure2_alt = | political_groups1 = | political_groups2 = | committees1 = | committees2 = | joint_committees = | voting_system1 = [Proportional representation](/source/Proportional_representation) | voting_system2 = | last_election1 = [27 December 2020](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Nigerien_general_election) | next_election1 = 2030 | previous_election1 = | previous_election2 = | session_room = | session_res = 250px | session_alt = | meeting_place = The National Assembly Building, [Niamey](/source/Niamey) | website = {{URL|www.assemblee.ne}} | footnotes = | motto = }} {{Politics of Niger}} The [unicameral](/source/Unicameralism) '''National Assembly''' ({{Langx|fr|Assemblée nationale}}) was [Niger](/source/Niger)'s elected legislative body. The National Assembly proposed laws and was required to approve all legislation. It was suspended following the [2023 Nigerien coup d'état](/source/2023_Nigerien_coup_d'%C3%A9tat) by the military junta.{{Cite web |title=Soldiers announce coup in Niger – DW – 07/28/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/niger-army-declares-support-for-coup-leaders/video-66361471 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=dw.com |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} A new legislative body '''Transitional Advisory Council''' was appointed by the military junta in July 2025 for a period of five years.{{cite web |title=Niger Installs Transitional Advisory Council to Replace Parliament for Five-Year Period - DNE Africa |url=https://africa.dailynewsegypt.com/niger-installs-transitional-advisory-council-to-replace-parliament-for-five-year-period/ |date=1 July 2025}} ==Legislative history== Territorial Assembly was established in 1958 in the [Colony of Niger](/source/Colony_of_Niger). It was succeeded by National Assembly upon independence in 1960. It had 60 deputies from a single party, Parti Progressiste Nigérien (PPN-RDA), and had no real decision-making power. The National Assembly was dissolved after the [1974 Nigerien coup d'état](/source/1974_Nigerien_coup_d'%C3%A9tat).{{cite book |last1=Idrissa |first1=Rahmane |title=Historical dictionary of Niger |date=2020 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=9781538120149 |edition=Fifth}} During the course of military rule (1974–1991) a consultative body (the ''High Council of the Republic of Niger'') was reformed to become analogous to a National Assembly. This functioned as a caretaker National Assembly during the Constitutional Convention period of the [Second Republic](/source/Second_Republic_of_Niger) (1991–1993). Multiparty rule was established in 1993 in the [Third Republic](/source/Third_Republic_of_Niger), and the new National Assembly had 83 deputies at that time. Following the [1996 Nigerien coup d'état](/source/1996_Nigerien_coup_d'%C3%A9tat) the National Assembly was again suspended, and reinstituted in 1997 under the [Fourth Republic](/source/Fourth_Republic_of_Niger). Again, following the [1999 Nigerien coup d'état](/source/1999_Nigerien_coup_d'%C3%A9tat), the National Assembly was suspended, but this time was reconstituted within the year under the [Fifth Republic](/source/Fifth_Republic_of_Niger) (1999–2009).{{Cite book|last=Decalo|first=Samuel|title=Historical Dictionary of the Niger (3rd ed.)|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Boston & Folkestone|year=1997|isbn=0-8108-3136-8}}Myriam Gervais. Niger: Regime Change Economic Crisis and Perpetuation of Privilege. pp. 86–108. Political Reform in Francophone Africa, Ed. John Frank Clark, David E. Gardinier. Westview Press (1997) {{ISBN|0-8133-2786-5}}Leonardo A. Villalón and Abdourahmane Idrissa. Repetitive Breakdowns and a Decade of Experimentation: Institutional Choices and Unstable Democracy in Niger, pp.27–48 in The Fate of Africa's Democratic Experiments: Elites and Institutions, ed. Leonardo Alfonso Villalón, Peter VonDoepp. Indiana University Press (2005) {{ISBN|0-253-34575-8}}[Pierre Englebert](/source/Pierre_Englebert), Katharine Murison. Niger: Recent History, pp.856–865 in Africa South of the Sahara, 2007; ed. Iain Frame. Routledge (2006) {{ISBN|978-1-85743-369-2}} On 27 May 2009, the National Assembly was [dissolved](/source/Dissolution_of_parliament) by [Tandja Mamadou](/source/Mamadou_Tandja) after his plan to hold a [referendum](/source/referendum) was rejected by the [Constitutional Court](/source/Judiciary_of_Niger). Although the court and the National Assembly had only a non-binding advisory role over Tandja's referendum plan, statements by [MNSD-Nassara](/source/MNSD-Nassara)'s coalition partners [CDS-Rahama](/source/CDS-Rahama) indicate the MNSD [Prime Minister of Niger](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Niger), as well as the President, would be open to a [censure](/source/censure) motion in the assembly. According to the 1999 [constitution](/source/Constitution_of_Niger), the President is limited to stand for reelection once: Tandja's second five-year term was to end on 22 December 2009.{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8069650.stm|title=Opposition anger at Niger leader |date=27 May 2009|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 May 2009}} The purpose of the proposed referendum was to scrap the Constitution of the Fifth Republic, creating a new Sixth Republic prior to the November Presidential elections. Constitutionally, the articles dealing with presidential terms (article 36) may not be revised by any method (article 136). According to President Tandja, the people of Niger want him to stay because he has boosted the economy of Niger. The opposition described this act as dictatorship, calling for protests: a continuation of demonstrations which began in December 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2009-05-27-voa3.cfm |title=Niger Legislator Says President Tandja's Dissolution of Parliament is Dictatorial |date=27 May 2009 |publisher=VoA news |access-date=27 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601083401/http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2009-05-27-voa3.cfm |archive-date=1 June 2009 }} === Transitional Advisory Council === The National Assembly was suspended once again following the [2023 Nigerien coup d'état](/source/2023_Nigerien_coup_d'%C3%A9tat). A new legislative body '''Transitional Advisory Council''' was appointed by the military junta in July 2025 for a period of five years until 2030. This body has 194 members appointed by the junta.{{cite web |title=Niger Installs Transitional Advisory Council to Replace Parliament for Five-Year Period - DNE Africa |url=https://africa.dailynewsegypt.com/niger-installs-transitional-advisory-council-to-replace-parliament-for-five-year-period/ |date=1 July 2025}} The Speaker of the Advisory Council is [Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey](/source/Mamoudou_Harouna_Djingarey).{{cite web |title=Niger {{!}} Advisory Council for the Refoundation |url=https://data.ipu.org/parliament/NE/NE-LC01/ |website=IPU Parline: global data on national parliaments}} ==Powers== Under the [Constitution of the Fifth Republic](/source/Constitution_of_Niger) (18 July 1999), the National Assembly has oversight of the executive in voting on legislation, overriding a Presidential veto, voting no confidence in the Prime Minister, and the reserved right of nominating the Prime Minister. As well, the Assembly has recourse to publicly investigate the executive through committee hearings, hearing in plenary sittings, commissions of enquiry, formal parliamentary questions, "[Question Time](/source/Question_Time)", and [interpellation](/source/Interpellation_(politics))s. There is no formal parliamentary [ombudsman](/source/ombudsman) oversight of government.Riccardo Pelizzo, Rick Stapenhurst. [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/PSGLP/Resources/ToolsforLegislativeOversight.pdf Tools for Legislative Oversight: An Empirical Investigation]. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3388, September 2004 Under a [presidential system](/source/presidential_system) of government briefly instituted in 2009–2010, the National Assembly had no power over the selection of the Prime Minister and could not hold a vote of no confidence in the government; however, it also could not be dissolved by the President. As part of the constitutional change, the introduction of a [Senate](/source/Senate_of_Niger) was planned, at which point the National Assembly would have become the lower house of a bicameral parliament.[http://www.ipu.org/parline/reports/2237_E.htm Page on 2009 election] at IPU-PARLINE website. However, all the changes proved abortive, as President [Mamadou Tandja](/source/Mamadou_Tandja), who had orchestrated them, was ousted in a [February 2010 coup](/source/2010_Nigerien_coup_d'%C3%A9tat). [Mahamadou Issoufou](/source/Mahamadou_Issoufou) was elected in the [2011 election](/source/Nigerien_general_election%2C_2011) and the National Assembly's powers were restored. ==Composition== The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 21 February 2016, has 171 members, up from 113 members in 2003, elected for a five-year term. The multi-seat constituency members are elected using a party-list (''Scrutin de liste'') proportional representation system. The remaining eight seats are single constituency, elected by a first-past-the-post system.[http://africanelections.tripod.com/ne.html#2004_Presidential_Election African Elections Database: Niger]. 9 June 2007 One element of the [Judiciary of Niger](/source/Judiciary_of_Niger), the High Court of Justice, is composed of Deputies elected from within the National Assembly. Member of the National Assembly for the [Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism](/source/Nigerien_Party_for_Democracy_and_Socialism) (PNDS), [Ousseini Tinni](/source/Ousseini_Tinni), was chosen to be the [President of the National Assembly](/source/List_of_Presidents_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Niger) after the 2016 elections. Niger, Niamey, National Assembly (1).jpg|The National Assembly. Niger, Niamey, National Assembly (2).jpg|The Assembly in session. Niger, Niamey, National Assembly (3), guards of honour.jpg|Guards of Honour at the National Assembly. ==Sessions== The National Assembly sits for two "''ordinary''" sessions a year, usually the first during March–June and the second from August to October, meeting at the National Assembly Building in [Niamey](/source/Niamey). So-called "''extraordinary''" sessions, lasting from a few hours to a week, occur two or more times a year. Since the year 2000, the National Assembly has ratified between 10 and 30 laws, spending plans, and treaties in each ordinary session.See: [http://www.assemblee.ne National Assembly of Niger website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818033526/http://www.assemblee.ne/ |date=18 August 2007 }}, listing all laws passed 2000–2007. The internal functioning of the Assembly is governed by the 1999 [Constitution of the 5th Republic](/source/Constitution_of_Niger) and by the Law n° 97 – 006/AN of 5 June 1997.[http://www.assemblee.ne/texteslegaux/loifoncan.HTM FONCTIONNEMENT DE L'Assemblée nationale: www.assemblee.ne]. ==See also== *[Government of Niger](/source/Government_of_Niger) *[2023 Nigerien Crisis](/source/2023_Nigerien_crisis) *[History of Niger](/source/History_of_Niger) *[Legislature](/source/Legislature) *[List of legislatures by country](/source/List_of_legislatures_by_country) *[List of presidents of the National Assembly of Niger](/source/List_of_presidents_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Niger) ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == *{{Official website|www.assemblee.ne}} {{Africa legislatures}} {{National unicameral legislatures}} {{coord|13|30|41|N|2|06|52|E|region:NE-8_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=title}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:National Assembly of Niger}} Category:National Assembly (Niger) Category:Government of Niger Niger Category:Politics of Niger Category:Political organisations based in Niger Category:1960 establishments in Niger Category:Niamey Niger --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [National Assembly (Niger)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(Niger)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(Niger)?action=history)). 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