Events in the year 2021 in

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Idriss Déby Idriss Déby Itno ' (18 June 1952 – 20 April 2021) was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the president of Chad from 1990 until his death in 2021. Déby was a member of the Bidayat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group. A high-ranki ...

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Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Albert Pahimi Padacké Albert Pahimi Padacké ( ar, ألبر بهيمي بدكي, born 15 November 1966) is a Chadian politician who was Prime Minister of Chad from 26 April 2021 to 12 October 2022. He was also Prime Minister from 2016 to 2018, when he resigned and was ...

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Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

Djimadoum Tiraina Djimadoum Tiraina is a politician from Chad who is current Vice President of Chad after death of the Idriss Déby President of Chad This is a list of heads of state of Chad since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the p ...

(starting April 20)

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Chad *6 February – Police in

N’Djamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital and largest city of Chad. It is also a special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements''. The city serves as the centre of economic activity in Chad. Meat, fish and cotton processing are th ...

fire tear gas and make several arrests as hundreds set tires on fire and protest against President Déby's nomination to run for a sixth term in April. *16 February – Chad deploys 1,200 troops to the ″tri-border region″ of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso during the

G5 Sahel G5 Sahel or G5S (french: G5 du Sahel) is an institutional framework for coordination of regional cooperation in development policies and security matters in west Africa. It was formed on 16 February 2014 in Nouakchott, Mauritania, at a summit of ...

summit. *28 February – Opposition leader Yaya Dillo says his mother, son, and three other members of his family were killed in a pre-dawn raid on his house led by the president's son. A government spokesperson said that Dillo had failed to respond to two judicial mandates, and that two people were killed and five injured, including three police officers. *3 April – The Niger human rights commission calls for an independent inquiry following alleged rapes, including that of an 11-year-old girl, by Chadian soldiers deployed to help fight armed groups. *11 April – The Northern Chad offensive begins, a day after the

2021 Chadian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Chad on 11 April 2021. Incumbent Idriss Déby, who served five consecutive terms since seizing power in the 1990 coup d'état, was running for a sixth. Déby was described as an authoritarian by several inter ...

. *19 April – President

wins the 2021 Chadian presidential election for his sixth term. *20 April – President

is killed one day after it was announced that he had won the election. *24 October – The 2021 Chadian parliamentary election was again delayed until September, 2022.

Deaths

*January 22 –

Routouang Yoma Golom Routouang Yoma Golom (died 22 January 2021) was a Chadian militant and politician. He served as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Public Security. He also served as a Deputy in the National Assembly of Chad, and was a member of the Patri ...

, militant and politician, MP (since 2011).Tchad : décès du général Routouang Yoma Golom
*April 20 –

, politician, president (since 1990)

References

{{Year in Africa, 2021 2020s in Chad Years of the 21st century in Chad