Emmanuel Nadingar facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Emmanuel Nadingar
15th Prime Minister of Chad
In office 5 March 2010 – 21 January 2013
President	Idriss Déby
Preceded by	Youssouf Saleh Abbas
Succeeded by	Djimrangar Dadnadji
Personal details
Born	1951 (age 73–74) Bebidja, French Equatorial Africa (now Chad)
Political party	Patriotic Salvation Movement

Emmanuel Djelassem Nadingar was a politician from Chad, a country in Africa. He was born in 1951. He held a very important job, serving as the Prime Minister of Chad from March 2010 to January 2013. The Prime Minister is like the head of the government, working with the President to lead the country.

Political Career

Emmanuel Nadingar grew up in a place called Bebidja in southwestern Chad. He studied accounting in Brazzaville, which is the capital city of another African country, Congo.

In the mid-1990s, Nadingar started his own political group called the National Party for Recovery and Development. Later, he joined the government. In 2001, he became the Secretary of State for Economic Promotion and Development. This job meant he helped with the country's economy and growth. In 2003, he became the Deputy Secretary-General of the Government, helping to manage government activities. After joining the government, his party merged with the main ruling party, the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS).

In 2004, Nadingar became the Acting Minister of Defense. This meant he was in charge of the country's military and keeping the country safe. One of his main concerns was dealing with violence in eastern Chad, near the Sudanese border. This violence was caused by groups called Janjaweed militia. These groups were fighting in a region of Sudan called Darfur, but they sometimes crossed into Chad and caused trouble.

On May 9, 2004, Nadingar announced that Chadian soldiers had fought with Janjaweed raiders a few days earlier. He said that many Janjaweed were stopped, and the Chadian forces pushed them back. Nadingar explained that the Chadian government was getting very frustrated with these attacks.

Another important task for Nadingar as Defense Minister was keeping order within Chad's own armed forces. Some soldiers were unhappy, especially about their pay. There was an incident in May 2004 where some soldiers protested. Nadingar said that the government was talking with these soldiers. He explained that the soldiers were upset because their pay had been stopped for two months. This happened because the government was trying to fix a problem where some people on the army payroll didn't actually exist. Nadingar tried to calm the situation, saying the soldiers just wanted their pay fixed, not to remove the President.

After serving as Acting Minister, Nadingar was officially appointed as Minister of Defense, Veterans, and War Victims on July 23, 2004. Later, he also served as the Minister of Oil and then as Minister-Delegate for Decentralization from 2008 to 2010.

As Prime Minister

On March 5, 2010, the previous Prime Minister, Youssouf Saleh Abbas, resigned. President Idriss Déby immediately chose Emmanuel Nadingar to take his place. Nadingar officially became Prime Minister on March 6.

Some people thought Nadingar's appointment was because he came from the same area as Ngarlejy Yorongar, who was an important leader of the opposition (a political group that opposes the ruling party). President Déby might have hoped that Nadingar, as Prime Minister, would be able to win more support in that area during the next election.

On January 21, 2013, Nadingar resigned from his position as Prime Minister. Djimrangar Dadnadji was then appointed to replace him.

See also

In Spanish: Emmanuel Nadingar para niños