The National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (Arabic: المجلس الوطني لحماية الوطن, romanized: al-Majlis al-Waṭanī li-Ḥimāyat al-Waṭan; French: Conseil national pour la sauvegarde de la patrie, CNSP) is the ruling military junta of Niger, following the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état which overthrew Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou's government.

[2] On the evening of 26 July 2023, Niger Air Force[3] Colonel-Major[4] Amadou Abdramane went on state television channel Télé Sahel to claim that President Mohamed Bazoum, who had earlier been detained by the Presidential guard at his official residence in the capital Niamey, had been removed from power and announced the formation of the junta.

[8] At an unknown time, the leadership of the Niger Armed Forces issued a statement signed by the Army chief of staff General Abdou Sidikou Issa declaring its support for the coup, citing the need to "preserve the physical integrity" of the President and his family and avoid "a deadly confrontation... that could create a bloodbath and affect the security of the population.

[10] On 28 July, presidential guards' Commander General Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself as the president of the council in an address on Télé Sahel.

He also criticized the government's security strategy for its purported ineffectiveness but did not give a timeline for a return to civilian rule.