Hassan Djamous ( ar, حسن جاموس, died April 1989) was a Commander-in-Chief of the
military of Chad and a cousin of
Chadian
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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 ...
.
He led Chadian forces during the
Chadian–Libyan conflict, such as the victory in the
Battle of Maaten al-Sarra. According to military analyst
Kenneth M. Pollack, Djamous was a capable commander whose mastery of
maneuver warfare
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earned him comparisons with
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general
Erwin Rommel.
Djamous was killed on orders of then-President
Hissène Habré
Hissène Habré (Arabic: ''Ḥusaīn Ḥabrī'', Chadian Arabic: ; ; 13 August 1942 – 24 August 2021), also spelled Hissen Habré, was a Chadian politician and convicted war criminal who served as the 5th president of Chad from 1982 u ...
, who suspected him of plotting a
coup d'état
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along with his cousin, Déby, and
Mahamat Itno, Minister of the Interior; Déby was the only one of the three who survived.
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Chadian military leaders
Year of birth missing
1989 deaths
People of the Chadian–Libyan War
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