Niger · Government
Government and administration in Niger
How the executive, legislature and administrative state are organised, and which body is responsible for what.
The three branches
- Executive — President of the CNSP and appointed government
- Military-led authority since July 2023.
- Legislative — Suspended National Assembly
- Dissolved; legislation issued by order.
- Judicial — Cour de cassation and Conseil d'État
- Continue to function; constitutional court dissolved.
- Local — Regions and communes
- Administration constrained by insecurity in border regions.
How legislation is made
Legislation is currently made by order of the governing authority and published in the Journal Officiel. The suspended constitution provided for ordinary parliamentary passage and presidential promulgation.
Enforcement institutions
- Police nationale and Gendarmerie
- Policing under the Ministry of Interior and Defence.
- Parquet
- Prosecution service attached to the courts.
- Haute Autorité de lutte contre la corruption
- Anti-corruption oversight body.
Government bodies and regulators
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