{"id":"abdourahamane-tiani","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdourahamane-tiani","language":"en","name":"Abdourahamane Tiani","name_en":"Abdourahamane Tiani","name_ne":null,"description":"Nigerien army general and commander of the Nigerien presidential guard","headline":"Nigerien army general and commander of the Nigerien presidential guard","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Abdourahamane Tiani is a Nigerien military officer and politician who has served as the 11th president of Niger since 2025. Known for his anti-imperialist, pan-Africanist and Hausa nationalist views, Tiani served as the chief of the Nigerien presidential guard from 2011 to 2023 when he overthrew president Mohamed Bazoum in a coup, becoming the leader of a junta. He was inaugurated as president of Niger two years later.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1961","date":"1961"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120965176#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Toukounous","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105710059"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120965176#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Niger","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1032"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120965176#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120965176#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"École d'Application de l'Infanterie de Thiès","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3577744"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120965176#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (since 28 July 2023 · BS 12 Shrawan 2080 onwards)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"2023-07-28"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120965176#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdourahamane_Tiani","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120965176"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Abdourahamane Tiani born?","a":"Abdourahamane Tiani was born on 1961 in Toukounous."},{"q":"What positions has Abdourahamane Tiani held?","a":"Positions held by Abdourahamane Tiani include: president (since 28 July 2023)."},{"q":"Where did Abdourahamane Tiani study?","a":"Abdourahamane Tiani was educated at École d'Application de l'Infanterie de Thiès."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/abdourahamane-tiani-d0c184f35c.jpg","width":255,"height":362,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Sule Barma","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abdourahamane_Tchiani_in_2025_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Abdourahamane Tiani","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdourahamane_Tiani","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q120965176","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120965176","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Abdourahamane Tchiani in 2025 (cropped).jpg by Sule Barma (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abdourahamane_Tchiani_in_2025_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Abdourahamane Tiani, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Abdourahamane Tchiani in 2025 (cropped).jpg — Sule Barma, Public domain.","cite":"\"Abdourahamane Tiani\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/abdourahamane-tiani. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T08:55:08Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdourahamane-tiani","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdourahamane-tiani","ne":null}}