List of heads of state of Chad
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Chairman of the Transitional Military Council of the Republic of Chad | |
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Président du Conseil militaire de transition de Tchad (French) رئيس المجلس العسكري الانتقالي (Arabic) | |
Residence | Presidential Palace, N'Djamena |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | François Tombalbaye |
Formation | 23 April 1962 |
Salary | 800,000 FCFA / month |
Website | Presidency of Chad |
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This is a list of heads of state of Chad since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
A total of six people have served as head of state of Chad (not counting two Interim Heads of State). Additionally, one person, Goukouni Oueddei, has served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The current head of state of Chad is Chairman of the Transitional Military Council Mahamat Déby, since 20 April 2021 following the death of his father, Idriss Déby.
Titles[edit]
- 1960–1962: Head of State
- 1962–1975: President of the Republic
- 1975: Chairman of the Supreme Military Council
- 1975–1978: Head of State
- 1978–1979: President of the Republic
- 1979: Chairman of the Provisional Council of State
- 1979: President of the Transitional Government of National Unity
- 1979: Chairman of the Provisional Administrative Committee
- 1979–1982: President of the Transitional Government of National Unity
- 1982: Chairman of the Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North
- 1982: Chairman of the Council of State
- 1982–1990: President of the Republic
- 1990: President of the Patriotic Salvation Movement
- 1990–1991: President of the Council of State
- 1991–2021: President of the Republic
- 2021–present: Chairman of the Transitional Military Council
Key[edit]
- Political parties
- Other factions
- Status
- Interim Head of State
List of officeholders[edit]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | François Tombalbaye (1918–1975)[a] |
1962 1969 |
11 August 1960 | 13 April 1975 (assassinated.) |
14 years, 245 days | PPT / MNRCS | Position not established | |
– | Noël Milarew Odingar (1932–2007) |
— | 13 April 1975 | 15 April 1975 | 2 days | Military | Position not established | |
2 | Félix Malloum (1932–2009) |
— | 15 April 1975 | 23 March 1979 (resigned.) |
3 years, 342 days | Military | Habré | |
3 | Goukouni Oueddei (born 1944) |
— | 23 March 1979 | 29 April 1979 | 37 days | FROLINAT–FAP | Position vacant | |
4 | Lol Mahamat Choua (1939–2019) |
— | 29 April 1979 | 3 September 1979 | 127 days | MPLT | Position vacant | |
(3) | Goukouni Oueddei (born 1944) |
— | 3 September 1979 | 7 June 1982 (deposed.) |
2 years, 277 days | FROLINAT–FAP | Ngardoum | |
5 | Hissène Habré (1942–2021) |
1989 (referendum) |
7 June 1982 | 2 December 1990 (ousted.) |
8 years, 178 days | FAN / UNIR | Ngardoum | |
6 | Idriss Déby (1952–2021) |
1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 |
2 December 1990 | 20 April 2021 (killed in action.) |
30 years, 139 days | MPS | Bawoyeu Yodoyman Moungar Koumakoye Djimasta Ouaido Yamassoum Kabadi Faki Yoadimnadji Younousmi Koumakoye Abbas Nadingar Dadnadji Deubet Padacké | |
– | Mahamat Déby (born 1984) |
— | 20 April 2021 | Incumbent | 331 days | Military | Padacké |
Timeline[edit]
Latest election[edit]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Idriss Déby | Patriotic Salvation Movement | 3,663,431 | 79.32 | |
Albert Pahimi Padacké | National Rally for Democracy in Chad | 476,464 | 10.32 | |
Lydie Beassemda | Party for Democracy and Independence | 145,867 | 3.16 | |
Félix Romadoumngar Nialbé | Union for Renewal and Democracy | 87,722 | 1.90 | |
Brice Mbaïmon Guedmbaye | Movement of Patriotic Chadians for the Republic | 64,540 | 1.40 | |
Baltazar Alladoum Djarma | Chadian Socialist Action for Renewal | 59,965 | 1.30 | |
Saleh Kebzabo | National Union for Democracy and Renewal | 47,518 | 1.03 | |
Théophile Bongoro | Party for Rally and Equity in Chad | 34,610 | 0.75 | |
Théophile Yombombé | Union of Progressive Workers for Cohesion | 19,923 | 0.43 | |
Ngarlejy Yorongar | Federation, Action for the Republic | 18,693 | 0.40 | |
Total | 4,618,733 | 100.00 | ||
Source: CENI |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Changed name to N’Garta Tombalbaye on 30 August 1973 due to the policy of Africanization.