President Hamani Diori led Niger for 14 years after independence before being overthrown in a coup 1958 - Niger becomes autonomous republic of the French Community. 1960 - Niger becomes ...

Hamani Diori, Niger’s first president, was ousted in a coup in 1974 [Gallo/Getty] January 1996: – Army officers stage a coup, saying political deadlock had threatened economic reforms ...

However, he first tasted the fruits of power in 1974 after taking part in Niger's first military coup, ousting President Hamani Diori. Mr Tandja was named interior minister and was also an ambassador ...

Back in 1962, the agreement for the independence of Niger (formerly a French military region) had included an undertaking by the country’s first president Hamani Diori to respect the nomadic ...

1974 - Hamani Diori overthrown in military coup led by Lt-Col Seyni Kountche. 1987 - Ali Seybou, the armed forces chief of staff, succeeds Kountche who dies of a brain tumour.