The president of Chad (, ) is the head of state of Chad, and the commander-in-chief of the Chadian National Army. The presidency is the highest executive position in the country. The president is directly elected for a double five-year term.
A total of seven people have served as head of state of Chad (not counting two Interim Heads of State). Additionally, one person, Goukouni Oueddei, has served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The current head of state is President Mahamat Déby, who was inaugurated on 23 May 2024 following the 2024 presidential election. Prior to that, Déby has served as transitional president from 2022, and Chad's de facto head of state as president of the Transitional Military Council from 2021, after his father, the previous president Idriss Déby, was killed in the Northern Chad offensive.
Term limits In 2018, the new Constitution of Chad reinstated two-term limits for the president. It also changed the length of the term from five years to six years. However, in 2023, a constitutional referendum was held which changed the length of the term from six years back to five years and which also lowered the minimum age for the presidency from 40 down to 35.
Titles 1960–1962: Head of State 1962–1975: President of the Republic 1975: Chairman of the Supreme Military Council 1975–1978: Head of State 1978–1979: President of the Republic 1979: Chairman of the Provisional Council of State 1979: President of the Transitional Government of National Unity 1979: Chairman of the Provisional Administrative Committee 1979–1982: President of the Transitional Government of National Unity 1982: Chairman of the Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North 1982: Chairman of the Council of State 1982–1990: President of the Republic 1990: President of the Patriotic Salvation Movement 1990–1991: President of the Council of State 1991–2021: President of the Republic 2021–2022: President of the Transitional Military Council 2022–2024: Transitional President of the Republic 2024–present: President of the Republic
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PortraitNameElectedTerm of officePolitical partyPrime minister(s) Took office Left office Time in office 1 François Tombalbaye 19621969 1960 1975 PPTMNRCS Position not established – Noël Milarew Odingar — 1975 1975 Military Position not established 2 Félix Malloum — 1975 1979 Military Habré – Goukouni Oueddei — 1979 1979 Position vacant 3 Lol Mahamat Choua — 1979 1979 MPLT Position vacant 4 Goukouni Oueddei — 1979 1982 Ngardoum 5 Hissène Habré 1982 1990 Ngardoum – Idriss Déby — 1990 1991 Military / MPS Position abolished 6 199620012006201120162021 1991 2021 BawoyeuYodoymanMoungarKoumakoyeDjimastaOuaidoYamassoumKabadiFakiYoadimnadjiYounousmiKoumakoyeAbbasNadingarDadnadjiDeubetPadacké – Mahamat Déby — 2021 2024 Military / MPS PadackéKebzaboMasraHalina 7 2024 2024 Incumbent
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Latest election
See also Politics of Chad List of prime ministers of Chad Vice President of Chad History of Chad List of colonial governors of Chad
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References
External links World Statesmen – Chad