Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration of the Government of Niger (var. Foreign Ministry) is the government authority responsible for the foreign relations of Niger 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. The reference to "African Integration" speaks to the Minister's role in the African Union and its long professed Pan-African project on continental integration. The current Minister is Ibrahim Yacoubou, 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 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).[1]

Heads of Ministry

Below is the list of all Foreign Ministry chiefs (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Niger):[2]

Fifth Republic

Military government

Fourth Republic

Third Republic

Military rule / Second Republic

Second Republic

Single legal party: MNSD

Direct military rule

Political parties outlawed

First Republic

Single legal party: PPN-RDA

See also

References

  1. AfDevInfo Database: General Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Organisation Record, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  2. List of governments of Niger: January 2000 - April 2007, izf.net/AFP. (French) Retrieved 2009-02-16
  3. afrique-express: Governments of Niger, 1999. As "Ministre de l'Intérieur et de l'aménagement du territoire"
  4. Decalo (1997) p. 67. Note: Decalo erroneously has him as an MNSD member. He was PNDS, in a MNSD-led coalition.
  5. Decalo (1997) p. 157
  6. Decalo (1997) p. 159
  7. Decalo, Samuel (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Niger (3rd ed.). Boston & Folkestone: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3136-8.:p.95
  8. . Organisation Record, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2009-02-18
  9. GOUVERNEMENTS DU PRESIDENT ALI CHAIBOU ( Ali Saïbou ) 1987-1989. Presidency of The Republic of Niger, Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  10. "GOUVERNEMENTS DU PRESIDENT SEYNI KOUNTCHE", official Nigerien presidency website (French).
  11. Decalo (1997):p.264
  12. Decalo (1997):p.205
  13. Decalo (1997):p. 105
  14. Decalo (1997):pp. 16-17
  15. Decalo (1997):p.211
  16. Decalo (1997):p.122
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