Ministry Details
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President

Idriss Déby (1990/1996/2001/2006) MPS

The president is elected for a five year term by the people . The government is formed by the MPS, UDR and UNDR.

Idriss Deby, a former coup leader, won a third term in presidential elections in May 2006, gaining 77.5% of the vote. The main opposition parties, who accused the president of corruption and refused to field any candidates, rejected the result. Polling went ahead despite a rebel assault on the capital three weeks before election day.

The president has also been beset by splits within his Zaghawa ethnic group and by defections and desertions in the military.

Idriss Deby was born in Fada, in north-east Chad, in 1952. A career army officer, he helped Hissen Habre topple Goukouki Oueddei in 1982. In 1989 he fled to Sudan after being accused of plotting a coup. A year later his Patriotic Salvation Movement drove Mr Habre into exile and in 1991 Mr Deby was proclaimed president. He won Chad's first post-independence presidential election in 1996 after overseeing the introduction of a multi-party constitution. He was re-elected in 2001. In 2005 voters supported constitutional changes allowing Deby to stand for a third term.

 

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Prime Minister

Delwa Kassire KOUMAKOYE

 

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Ministers

Defence Minister: Bichara Issa DJADALLAH
Foreign Minister: Ahmad ALLAM-MI
Finance Minister: Mahamat Ali TOLLI
Min. of Economy, Plan, & Cooperation: Mahamat Ali HASSAN

 

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Parliament

The Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly) has 125 members, elected for a four year term in 25 single-member constituencies and 34 multi-member constituencies.

 

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Political Parties

- Patriotic Salvation Movement (Mouvement patriotique de salut)
- Rally for Democracy and Progress (Rassemblement pour la démocratie et le progrès)
- Front of Action Forces for the Republic (Front des forces d'action pour la république)
- National Rally for Development and Progress (VIVA-Rassemblement national pour le développement et le progrès)
- National Union for Democracy and Renewal (Union nationale pour la démocratie et le renouveau)
- Union for Renewal and Democracy (Union pour le Rénouveau et la démocratie)
- Action for Unity and Socialism (Action pour l'unité et le socialisme)
- Action for Renewal of Chad (Action pour le renouveau du Tchad)
- People's Movement for Democracy in Chad (Mouvement populaire pour la démocratie au Tchad)
- National Democratic and Federal Convention (Convention nationale démocratique et fédérale)
- National Democratic and Social Convention (Convention national démocratique et sociale)
- Rally for the Republic - Lingui (Rassemblement pour la République - Lingui)
- National Rally for Democracy in Chad (Rassemblement national pour la démocratie au Tchad - le Réveil)
- National Union (Union nationale)
- Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad (Rassemblement des forces démocratiques au Tchad)

 

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