Idriss deby biography of christopher
Idriss Deby was born in Fada, in north-east Chad, in A career army officer, he helped Hissen Habre topple Goukouki Oueddei in In....
Idriss Déby
6th President of Chad from 1990 to 2021
Idriss Déby Itno (Arabic: إدريس ديبيIdrīs Daybī Itnū; 18 June 1952 – 20 April 2021) was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the 6th president of Chad from 1991 until his death in 2021 during the Northern Chad offensive.[4] His term of office of more than 30 years makes him Chad's longest-serving president.
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Déby was a member of the Bidayat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group. A high-ranking commander of President Hissène Habré's military during the 1980s, Déby played important roles in the Toyota War which led to Chad's victory during the Chadian-Libyan War.
He was later purged by Habré after being suspected of plotting a coup, and was forced into exile in Libya. He took power by leading a coup d'état against Habré in December 1990. Despite introducing a multi-party system in 1992 after several decades of one-party rule under his predecessors, throughout his presidency, his Patriotic Salvation Moveme