| Name | Idriss Deby |  |
| Surname | Deby | |
| First Names | Idriss Itno | |
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| Title | Lt General | |
| Country of Birth | Chad |
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| From | To | Organisation | Position |
| 1996 | Office of the President | President | |
| 1996 | 1996 | Winner of the Presidential Elections contested by the Opposition leaders | |
| 1991 | 1996 | Office of the President | President |
| 1990 | 1991 | Office of the President | President of the State Council |
| 1990 | 1990 | Patriotic Salvation Movement | Creation of a rebel armed group called MPS by Idriss Deby from Sudan, for which he is the leader |
| 1990 | 1990 | Deby's forces seized power of N'Djamena - Hussein Habre fled to Dakar | |
| 1989 | 1989 | Dissidence of Idriss Deby, Hassan Djamous (Army Chief-of-Staff) and Ibrahim Itno (Interior Minister) accused of plotting a coup. Djamous is killed. | |
| 1987 | 1989 | Technical Advisors to the Presidency | Advisor for Defence & Security |
| 1986 | 1987 | French Joint Staff College | Officer Trainee - Promotion to the rank of Colonel |
| 1982 | 1982 | Deby (Promoted By Hussein Habre Chief-of-Staff) & Habre toppled President Goukouni Weddeye who fled to Algeria | |
| 1980 | 1982 | Collaboration with Hussein Habre to create a rebellion against the President Goukouny Weddeye | |
| 1976 | 1976 | Obtention of a Pilote License in France | |
| Date of Birth | 1952 |
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| Notes | More details on Idriss Deby: ------------------------------------ Lieutenant General Idriss Déby Itno was born in Berdoba - Fada in North-East Chad. He comes from the Zaghawa ethnic group and is from the Bidyate clan. In January 2006 he added “Itno” to his surname. When he finished school he entered the Officers' School in N’Djamena. He was sent to France for training and returned Chad in 1976 with a professional pilot certificate. He served in the army royal to President Felix Malloum until central authority crumbled in 1979. Déby became the army’s commander in chief in Hissene Habre’s government in 1982. He distinguished himself in 1984 by destroying pro-Libyan forces in Eastern Chad. In 1985 President Habré removed him from his post and sent him to Paris to study. On his return he was made chief military advisor to the Presidency. In 1987 he confronted Libyan forces on the field, adopting tactics that inflicted heavy losses to enemy forces. In 1989 a rift emerged between president Habré and Déby over the increasing power of the Presidential Guard. Habré accused Déby of preparing a coup d’etat. Déby fled to Libya, later moved to Sudan. He formed the Patriotic Salvation Movement - an insurgent group supported by Libya and Sudan. In October 1989, he Started operations against Habré launching a decisive attack on10th November 1990. On 2 December, Déby's troops marched unopposed into the capital, N’Djamena After three months of provisional government, on 28 February 1991, a charter was approved for Chad with Déby as president. A new constitution was approved by referendum in March 1996, followed by a presidential election in June. Déby received first place in the first round but fell short of a majority; he was then elected president in the second round, held in July, with 69% of the vote. He was re-elected in May 2001 taking 63% in the first round. In June 2005, a successful referendum was held to eliminate a two-term presidential constitutional limit. Déby run again in the 2006 presidential elections held on May 3rd. The opposition boycott the elections. According to official results Déby won the election with 64.67% of the vote; this was revised downward from the initially announced result of 77.6%. Deby remains the head of state and leader of the Patriotic Salvation Movement. [ Retrieved on 08 APR 2008 - http://www.afrique-;express.com/archive/CENTRALE/tchad/tchadbios/deby.htm ] |
| Record last updated on 02 JUL 2008 |