Ruler · 1942 – 2021

Hissène Habré

Lived 1942 – 2021; politician, military personnel. President of Chad (Chad), 1982 – 1990.

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Lived: 1942 – 2021; 79 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Chad
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Chad

Chad · the 4th of 6 dated reigns · 1960 – 2021

François Tombalbaye1960 – 1975

Lol Mahamat Choua1979

Goukouni Oueddei1979 – 1982

Hissène Habré1982 – 1990

Idriss Déby1990 – 2021

Mahamat Déby2021 – …

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1982 – 1990 · 8 years · came to it aged 40

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

He was overthrown three years later in the 1990 Chadian coup d'état by Idriss Déby and fled into exile in Senegal.

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