Career
After retiring from the army and beginning a political career, he stood as the ANDP"s candidate in the 2011 presidential election, winning only a small share of the vote. Since December 2011, he has been President of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of Niger (CESOC). Amidst the confusion that followed the coup, it was suggested that he might head the junta that took power, but instead he was appointed as Minister of National Defense in the junta"s transitional government, appointed a week after the coup.
The transition ended with the swearing-in of an elected President, Mamadou Tandja, on 22 December 1999.
Following a coup that ousted Tandja in February 2010, Djermakoye was appointed as Special Adviser to the President of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, Salou Djibo, in March 2010. Although he lacked elective political experience due to his service in the military, he observed that he had nevertheless held administrative posts during periods of military rule and therefore felt he was sufficiently experienced for the role.
He was subsequently nominated to stand as the ANDP candidate in the January 2011 presidential election, and the Transitional Constitutional Council approved his candidacy, along with nine others, on 22 December 2010. In the first round of the presidential election, held on 31 January 2011, Djermakoye received 3.95% of the vote.
On 10 February 2011, he announced his support for the candidacy of the first round"s leading candidate, Mahamadou Issoufou, in the second round.
Djermakoye was one of several unsuccessful first round candidates who gave their support to Issoufou at that time, helping to give the momentum to Issoufou in his second round campaign against Seyni Oumarou. Djermakoye also stood as an ANDP candidate in the January 2011 parliamentary election and was elected to the National Assembly. He was appointed as President of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council, a state institution, on 9 December 2011.
Consequently he vacated from his parliamentary seat.