National Guard of Niger
| Nigerien National Guard Garde Nationale du Niger | |
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| Abbreviation | GNN |
| Agency overview | |
| Preceding agencies |
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| Employees | c. 3,200 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Niger |
| Constituting instrument |
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| General nature | |
| Specialist jurisdictions |
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| Operational structure | |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization |
The Nigerien National Guard (
Armed Forces of Niger under the control of the Ministry of Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization
. It is headed by the superior commander of the national guard.
History
The National Guard was first created in 1963 as the Republican Guard under the presidency of President
Tandja Mamadou.[1]
In 2010 and 2011, several government decrees and ordinances proceeded to its reorganization and renaming to the National Guard of Niger.
Mission
The mission of the national guard of Niger is defined by ordinance n°201-61 of October 7, 2010 and consists of:[3]
- monitoring the national territory
- maintaining public safety and restoring public order
- protecting public buildings, people and their property
- participating in defense emergency preparedness
- carrying out judiciaries and administrative inquiries
- conducting policing duties in rural areas and pastorals
- providing honor services for the authorities
- providing protection to republican institutions
- participating in the operational territorial defense
- providing administration, management and monitoring of prisons
- participating in development activities in the country (i.e. humanitarian operations)
- participating in peacekeeping in international commitments made by the Niger,
- protecting the environment
- searching and detecting offenses under the criminal laws
- providing assistance to administrative authorities and the diplomatic and consular representations of Niger
References
- ^ a b c Historical Dictionary of Niger pp. 244
- ^ a b [1] Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Gouvernance du secteur de la sécurité en Afrique de l’Ouest: les défis à relever – Le Niger
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
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