Heads of State of Chad

President of the Republic of Chad
Coat of Arms of Chad
Error creating thumbnail: Invalid thumbnail parameters or image file with more than 12.5 million pixels Incumbent Idriss Déby since 2 December 1990
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	François Tombalbaye
Formation	11 August 1960

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1 List of Heads of State of Chad
- 1.1 Affiliations
2 Last elections
3 See also
4 External links

List of Heads of State of Chad

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Republic of Chad	Independence from France
(République du Tchad)
11 August 1960 to 23 April 1962		François Tombalbaye, Head of State	PPT
23 April 1962 to 30 August 1973		François Tombalbaye, President	PPT	Changed name to N’Garta Tombalbaye
30 August 1973 to 13 April 1975		N’Garta Tombalbaye, President	MNRCS	Previously named François Tombalbaye; Killed in a coup d'état
13 April 1975 to 15 April 1975		Noël Milarew Odingar, interim Head of State	Mil
15 April 1975 to 12 May 1975		Félix Malloum N'Gakoutou, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council	Mil
12 May 1975 to 29 August 1978		Félix Malloum N'Gakoutou, Head of State
29 August 1978 to 23 March 1979		Félix Malloum N'Gakoutou, President		Resigned
23 March 1979 to 29 April 1979		Goukouni Oueddei, Chairman of the Provisional Council of State	FROLINAT-FAP	1st Term
29 April 1979 to 3 September 1979		Lol Mahamat Choua, President of the Transitional Government of National Unity	MPLT
3 September 1979 to 10 November 1979		Goukouni Oueddei, Chairman of the Provisional Administrative Committee	FROLINAT-FAP	2nd Term
10 November 1979 to 7 June 1982		Goukouni Oueddei, President of the Transitional Government of National Unity	FROLINAT-FAP	2nd Term; Deposed in a coup d'état
7 June 1982 to 19 June 1982		Hissène Habré, Chairman of the Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North	FAN
19 June 1982 to 21 October 1982		Hissène Habré, Chairman of the Council of State
21 October 1982 to 1984		Hissène Habré, President
1984 to 2 December 1990		Hissène Habré, President	UNIR	Deposed
2 December 1990 to 4 December 1990	Error creating thumbnail: Invalid thumbnail parameters or image file with more than 12.5 million pixels	Idriss Déby, President of the Patriotic Salvation Movement	MPS
4 December 1990 to 4 March 1991		Idriss Déby, President of the Council of State
4 March 1991 to Present		Idriss Déby, President

Affiliations


ACTUS	Action Tchadienne pour l'Unité et le Socialisme	(Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism)
ANDR	Alliance Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Renouveau	(National Union for Democracy and Renewal)
MPS	Mouvement Patriotique du Salut	(Patriotic Salvation Movement)
MPLT	Mouvement Populaire pour la Libération du Tchad	(Popular Movement for the Liberation of Chad)
UDR	Union pour la Démocratie et la République	(Union for Democracy and Republic)
UNIR	Union Nationale pour l’Indépendance et Révolution	(National Union for Independence and Revolution) until 1984: FAN
VIVA	Rassemblement national pour le développement et le progrès	(National Rally for Development and Progress)
ANLC	Avant National de Libération du Chad	(Front for the National Liberation of the Chad)
FAN	Forces Armées du Nord	(Armed Forces of the North) from 1984: UNIR
FAP	Forces Armées Populaires	(People's Armed Forces)
FROLINAT	Front de Libération Nationale du Tchad	(National Liberation Front of Chad) pro-Libyan, to 1987
GIRT	Groupement des Indépendants et Ruraux Tchadiens	(Rally of Chadian Independents and Peasants) split from Union Démocratique Tchadienne
MNRCS	Mouvement National pour la Révolution Culturelle et Sociale	(National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution) only legal party Jun 1973-13 April 1975, from PPT
PPT	Parti Progressiste Tchadienne	(Chadian Progressive Party) leftist, only legal party Jan 1962-Jun 1973, from 1973: MNRCS
RUDT	Rassemlement pour l’Unité et la Démocratie au Tchad	(Rally for Unity and Democracy in Chad)
Mil	Military
n-p	non-partisan

Last elections

Main article: Chadian presidential election, 2011

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External links

Presidency of Chad
World Statesmen - Chad

Chad topics

History

Kanem-Bornu Empire
Kingdom of Baguirmi
Ouaddai Empire
French Colonial Period
The Tombalbaye Regime
Chadian Civil War (1965–1979)
Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)
Malloum's military government
Transitional government
Chadian-Libyan conflict
Battle of N'Djamena

Geography

Economy

Culture

Outline

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Heads of state and government of Africa

Heads of state

UN member states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Other states	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Heads of government

UN member states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Other states	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Defunct states
and governments

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Heads of State of Chad