Major

Major

Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

 (or possibly Colonel

Colonel

Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

) Abdoulaye Adamou Harouna (whose name is also reported as Harouna Adamou) is a Nigerien military figure, who led the military coup which overthrew President Mamadou Tandja on February 18, 2010.

Harouna led the coup action, in which soldiers drove into Niamey

Niamey

-Population:While Niamey's population has grown steadily since independence, the droughts of the early 1970s and 1980s, along with the economic crisis of the early 1980s, have propelled an exodus of rural inhabitants to Niger's largest city...

, opened fire on the presidential palace, and captured President Tandja. After the success of the coup, Chef d'escadron

Chef d'escadron

In the French armed forces , Chef d'escadron is the title of a commandant in the Artillery and Baggage Train Corps and in the Gendarmerie....

Salou Djibo

Salou Djibo

Lieutenant General Salou Djibo is a Nigerien military officer. Following the military coup of 18 February 2010, he became head of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy and thus de facto leader of Niger....

 became Niger's de facto leader as head of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy

Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy

The Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy , led by Salou Djibo, is a military junta that staged a coup in Niger on 18 February 2010, deposing President Mamadou Tandja...

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