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President of the
Republic of Chad
Coat of arms of Chad.svg
Coat of arms of Chad
Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the 6th European Union Africa Union Summit (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Mahamat Déby
(Transitional)
since 20 April 2021
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)
Took office Left office Time in office
1 François Tombalbaye p1959.jpg François Tombalbaye
(1918–1975)		 1962
1969		 11 August 1960 13 April 1975
(assassinated)		 14 years, 245 days PPT / MNRCS Position not established
– No image.png Noël Milarew Odingar
(1932–2007)		 — 13 April 1975 15 April 1975 2 days Military Position not established
2 No image.png Félix Malloum
(1932–2009)		 — 15 April 1975 23 March 1979
(resigned)		 3 years, 342 days Military Habré
3 No image.png Goukouni Oueddei
(born 1944)		 — 23 March 1979 29 April 1979 37 days FROLINAT–FAP Position vacant
4 No image.png Lol Mahamat Choua
(1939–2019)		 — 29 April 1979 3 September 1979 127 days MPLT Position vacant
(3) No image.png Goukouni Oueddei
(born 1944)		 — 3 September 1979 7 June 1982
(deposed)		 2 years, 277 days FROLINAT–FAP Ngardoum
(from 19 May 1982)
5 Hissène Habré in 1987 (cropped).jpg Hissène Habré
(1942–2021)		 1989
(referendum)		 7 June 1982 2 December 1990
(ousted)		 8 years, 178 days FAN / UNIR Ngardoum
(until 19 June 1982)
6 Idriss Déby at the White House in 2014.jpg 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
– Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the 6th European Union Africa Union Summit (cropped).jpg Mahamat Déby
(born 1984)		 — 20 April 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 287 days Military Padacké
Kebzabo
Masra

Timeline

Mahamat Déby Idriss Déby Hissène Habré Lol Mahamat Choua Goukouni Oueddei Félix Malloum Noël Milarew Odingar François Tombalbaye

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