Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, born April 4, 1984, in N'Djamena, has served as the 7th President of Chad since May 23, 2024. He was proclaimed Chad's new leader by the army immediately after his father, longtime president Idriss Deby, was killed in combat with rebel forces on April 20, 2021, and headed a Transitional Military Council outside the country's ordinary constitutional line of succession. He dissolved that council in October 2022 and continued as transitional president until winning the May 6, 2024 presidential election with 61.3 percent of the vote, after which he was sworn in as elected president.
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1. Mahamat Idriss D?by - Wikipedia (Wikipedia)
2. Mahamat Idriss Déby (Wikipedia)
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Mahamat Déby was born on 4 April 1984, the son of Idriss Déby, who was then commander-in-chief of the Chadian Ground Forces, and a Gourane mother.
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(1984-04-04) 4 April 1984
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He was proclaimed Chad's new leader by the army immediately after his father, longtime president Idriss Deby, was killed in combat with rebel forces on April 20, 2021, and headed a Transitional Military Council outside the country's ordinary constitutional line of succession.
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