Abdourahamane Tchiani

Also known as Omar Tchiani, Abdourahamane Tiani, Abdourahmane Tchiani

Nigerien army general and commander of the Nigerien presidential guard

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Intravenous Lidocaine Infusion Facilitates Acute Rehabilitation after Laparoscopic Colectomy
· 2007 · cited 328x
Dust aerosol impact on regional precipitation over western Africa, mechanisms and sensitivity to absorption properties
· 2008 · cited 181x
Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Liver Transplantation: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Recommendations
· 2021 · cited 122x
A geminivirus-induced gene silencing system for gene function validation in cassava
· 2004 · cited 104x
Ring vaccination with rVSV-ZEBOV under expanded access in response to an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Guinea, 2016: an operational and vaccine safety report
· 2017 · cited 90x

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Abdourahamane Tchiani (born 1960s) is a Nigerien military officer and politician who has served as president of Niger since 2025. The Chief of the Nigerien Presidential Guard since 2011, he overthrew president Mohamed Bazoum in 2023, becoming the leader of a junta. He was inaugurated as president of Niger two years later.

As leader of Niger, he oversaw a diplomatic standoff with ECOWAS stemming from the coup, the establishment of the Alliance of Sahel States, and withdrawal from ECOWAS.