| Tenure |
Incumbent |
Affiliation |
Notes |
| 10 November 1960 to 15 April 1974 |
Hamani Diori, President |
PPN-RDA |
|
| 17 April 1974 to 10 November 1987 |
Seyni Kountché, President of the Supreme Military Council |
Military |
|
| 10 November 1987 to 17 May 1989 |
Ali Saïbou, President of the Supreme Military Council |
Military |
Interim to 14 November 1987 |
| 17 May 1989 to 20 December 1989 |
Ali Saïbou, President of the Supreme Council of National Orientation |
Military |
|
| 20 December 1989 to 16 April 1993 |
Ali Saïbou, President |
MNSD |
|
| 16 April 1993 to 27 January 1996 |
Mahamane Ousmane, President |
CDS-Rahama |
Niger's first democratically elected president |
| 27 January 1996 to 7 August 1996 |
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Chairman of the National Salvation Council |
Military |
|
| 7 August 1996 to 9 April 1999 |
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President |
UNIRD |
|
| 11 April 1999 to 22 December 1999 |
Daouda Malam Wanké, Chairman of the National Reconciliation Council |
Military |
|
| 22 December 1999 to present |
Mamadou Tandja, President |
MNSD-Nassara |
Re-elected in 2004 |