Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Nigerien general and politician, President of Niger (born 1949)

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara

Military leader of Niger from 1996 to 1999

General Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara was a Nigerien military officer and diplomat who ruled Niger from 1996 until his assassination. He seized and lost power in military coups.

Niger

Landlocked country in West Africa

Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin and Burkina Faso to the southwest, Mali to the west, and Algeria to the northwest. It…

List of heads of state 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.