This is a list of

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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 Repub ...

since the country gained independence from

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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 Transitional President

Mahamat Déby Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ( ar, محمد إدريس ديبي إتنو; born 1 January 1984), also known as Mahamat Kaka, is a Chadian army general serving as the transitional president of Chad. He is the son of the late Chadian President Idriss ...

, since 20 April 2021 following the

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of his father,

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-ra ...

. Déby was President of the Transitional Military Council, a

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, from 20 April 2021 until 10 October 2022, when he was sworn is as Transitional President following a "national dialogue".

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 The Transitional Government of National Unity (''Gouvernement d'Union Nationale de Transition'' or GUNT) was the coalition government of armed groups that nominally ruled Chad from 1979 to 1982, during the most chaotic phase of the long-running ci ...

* 1979: Chairman of the Provisional Administrative Committee * 1979–1982: President of the

* 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; 2022–present: President of the Republic * 2021–2022: President of the Transitional Military Council

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List of officeholders

Timeline

Latest election

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References

External links

World Statesmen – Chad
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heads of State of Chad

Political history of Chad Politics of Chad 1962 establishments in Chad

Heads of state A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and ...