List of heads of state of Chad facts for kids
Quick facts for kids President of theRepublic of Chad |
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Coat of arms of Chad
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Residence | Presidential Palace, N'Djamena |
Term length | 6 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | François Tombalbaye |
Formation | 23 April 1962 |
Salary | 800,000 FCFA / month |
Website | Presidency of Chad |
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 Mahamat Déby, since 20 April 2021, when he took power in a military coup following the death of his father, President Idriss Déby. Mahamat Déby was President of the Transitional Military Council, a military junta, from 20 April 2021 until 10 October 2022, when he was sworn is as Transitional President of the Republic following a "national dialogue".
Term limits
In 2018, new Constitution of Chad reinstated two-term limits for the president. It also changed the length of the term from five years to six years.
Titles
- 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
- 2021–2022: President of the Transitional Military Council
- 2022–present: President of the Republic
List of officeholders
- Political parties
Chadian Progressive Party (PPT) / National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution (MNRCS) National Liberation Front of Chad (FROLINAT)–People's Armed Forces (FAP) Popular Movement for the Liberation of Chad (MPLT) Armed Forces of the North (FAN) / National Union for Independence and Revolution (UNIR) Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS)
- Other factions
Military (Chadian Armed Forces and Chad National Army)
- Status
Interim Head of State
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) |
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 (from 19 May 1982) |
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5 | Hissène Habré (1942–2021) |
1989 (referendum) |
7 June 1982 | 2 December 1990 (ousted) |
8 years, 178 days | FAN / UNIR | Ngardoum (until 19 June 1982) |
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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 |
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– | Mahamat Déby (born 1984) |
— | 20 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 245 days | Military | Padacké Kebzabo Masra |
Timeline
See also
- Politics of Chad
- List of prime ministers of Chad
- Vice President of Chad
- List of colonial governors of Chad