 Complete the following phrase:  The National Assembly is Nigers sole legislative body and was established through reforms of the Colony of Nigers Constituent Council during the French colonial period. It operated from 1958, through independence in 1960, until the 1974 Nigerien coup détat. During the course of military rule 19741991 a consultative body the High Council of the Republic of Niger was reformed to become analogous to a National Assembly. This functioned as a caretaker National Assembly during the Constitutional Convention period of the Second 19911993 and was reconstituted as the National Assembly in the Third Republic 19931996. Following the 1996 Nigerien coup détat the National Assembly was again suspended, and reinstituted in 1997 under the Fourth Republic. Again, following the 1999 Nigerien coup détat, the National Assembly was suspended, but this time was reconstituted within the year under the Fifth Republic. After the 