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Coat of Arms of ChadTerm length 5 years Inaugural holder François Tombalbaye Formation 11 August 1960 Chad
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List of Heads of State of Chad
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure Portrait Incumbent Affiliation Notes Republic of Chad Independence from France (République du Tchad) 11 August 1960 to 23 April 1962 
François Tombalbaye, Head of State PPT 23 April 1962 to 30 August 1973 François Tombalbaye, President Changed name to N’Garta Tombalbaye 30 August 1973 to 13 April 1975 N’Garta Tombalbaye, President MNRCS Previously named François Tombalbaye;
Killed in the 1975 coup d'etat13 April 1975 to 15 April 1975 Noël Milarew Odingar, interim Head of State Mil 15 April 1975 to 12 May 1975 
Félix Malloum N'Gakoutou, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council Mil 12 May 1975 to 29 August 1978 Félix Malloum N'Gakoutou, Head of State 29 August 1978 to 23 March 1979 Félix Malloum N'Gakoutou, President Resigned 23 March 1979 to 29 April 1979 Goukouni Oueddei, Chairman of the Provisional Council of State FROLINAT-FAP 1st Term 29 April 1979 to 3 September 1979 Lol Mahamat Choua, President of the Transitional Government of National Unity MPLT 3 September 1979 to 10 November 1979 Goukouni Oueddei, Chairman of the Provisional Administrative Committee FROLINAT-FAP 2nd Term; Deposed 10 November 1979 to 7 June 1982 Goukouni Oueddei, President of the Transitional Government of National Unity 7 June 1982 to 19 June 1982 
Hissène Habré, Chairman of the Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North FAN 19 June 1982 to 21 October 1982 Hissène Habré, Chairman of the Council of State 21 October 1982 to 1984 Hissène Habré, President 1984 to 2 December 1990 UNIR Deposed 2 December 1990 to 4 December 1990 Idriss Déby, President of the Patriotic Salvation Movement MPS 4 December 1990 to 4 March 1991 Idriss Déby, Head of State 4 March 1991 to Present Idriss Déby, President Affiliations
ACTUS Action Tchadienne pour l'Unité et le Socialisme (Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism) ANDR Alliance Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Renouveau (National Union for Democracy and Renewal) MPS Mouvement Patriotique du Salut (Patriotic Salvation Movement) MPLT Mouvement Populaire pour la Libération du Tchad (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Chad) UDR Union pour la Démocratie et la République (Union for Democracy and Republic) UNIR Union Nationale pour l’Indépendance et Révolution (National Union for Independence and Revolution) until 1984: FAN VIVA Rassemblement national pour le développement et le progrès (National Rally for Development and Progress) ANLC Avant National de Libération du Chad (Front for the National Liberation of the Chad) FAN Forces Armées du Nord (Armed Forces of the North) from 1984: UNIR FAP Forces Armées Populaires (People's Armed Forces) FROLINAT Front de Libération Nationale du Tchad (National Liberation Front of Chad) pro-Libyan, to 1987 GIRT Groupement des Indépendants et Ruraux Tchadiens (Rally of Chadian Independents and Peasants) split from Union Démocratique Tchadienne MNRCS Mouvement National pour la Révolution Culturelle et Sociale (National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution) only legal party Jun 1973-13 April 1975, from PPT PPT Parti Progressiste Tchadienne (Chadian Progressive Party) leftist, only legal party Jan 1962-Jun 1973, from 1973: MNRCS RUDT Rassemlement pour l’Unité et la Démocratie au Tchad (Rally for Unity and Democracy in Chad) Mil Military n-p non-partisan Last elections
Summary of the 3 May 2006 Chadian presidential election results Candidates Nominating parties Votes % Idriss Déby Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) 1,863,042 64.67 Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye National Rally for Development and Progress (Viva-RNDP) 435,997 15.13 Albert Pahimi Padacké National Rally for Democracy in Chad (RNDT-Le Réveil) 225,368 7.82 Mahamat Abdoulaye People's Movement for Democracy in Chad (MPDT) 203,637 7.07 Brahim Koulamallah Renewed African Socialist Movement (MSA/R) 152,940 5.31 Total (turnout 53.08%; boycotted by major opposition parties) 100.00 Source: Constitutional Council of Chad. See also
- Heads of Government of Chad
- Colonial Heads of Chad
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