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Hissène Habré

1942 - 2021

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Hissène Habré (Arabic: حسين حبري Ḥusaīn Ḥabrī, Chadian Arabic: pronounced [hiˈsɛn ˈhabre]; French pronunciation: [isɛn abʁe]; 13 August 1942 – 24 August 2021), also spelled Hissen Habré, was a Chadian politician and convicted war criminal who served as the 5th president of Chad from 1982 until he was deposed in 1990. A Muslim from northern Chad, Habré joined FROLINAT rebels in the first Chadian Civil War against the southern-dominated Chadian government. Due to a rift with fellow rebel commander Goukouni Oueddei, Habré and his Armed Forces of the North rebel army briefly defected to Felix Malloum's government against Oueddei before turning against Malloum, who resigned in 1979. Habré was then given the position of Minister of Defense under Chad's new transitional coalition government, with Oueddei as President. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hissène Habré is the 3,101st most popular politician (up from 3,318th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Chad and the 2nd most popular Chadian Politician.

Hissène Habré is most famous for being the president of Chad from 1982 to 1990.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hissène Habré ranks 3,101 out of 19,576. Before him are Wang Zhaojun, Safi of Persia, Qazi Muhammad, Wilhelm Cuno, Gaius Calpurnius Piso, and Princess Louise of Prussia. After him are Eric I of Denmark, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Victor, Eadred, Gabriel Bethlen, and Otto I, Duke of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Hissène Habré ranks 75. Before him are Arto Paasilinna, Neil Kinnock, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vladimír Mečiar, Tobin Bell, and Robert H. Grubbs. After him are Martin Seligman, Françoise Dorléac, Wolfgang Schäuble, Carlos Reutemann, Junichiro Koizumi, and Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark. Among people deceased in 2021, Hissène Habré ranks 44. Before him are DMX, Nawal El Saadawi, Colin Bell, Jorge Sampaio, Antony Hewish, and Robert H. Grubbs. After him are Robert Mundell, Toshihide Maskawa, Carlos Reutemann, Sonny Chiba, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Colin Powell.

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In Chad

Among people born in Chad, Hissène Habré ranks 2 out of 24. Before him are Idriss Déby (1952). After him are François Tombalbaye (1918), Félix Malloum (1932), Goukouni Oueddei (1944), Catherine Samba-Panza (1954), Mahamat Déby (1984), Pascal Yoadimnadji (1950), Lol Mahamat Choua (1939), Noël Milarew Odingar (1932), Saleh Kebzabo (1947), and Youssouf Saleh Abbas (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Chad

Among politicians born in Chad, Hissène Habré ranks 2. Before him are Idriss Déby (1952). After him are François Tombalbaye (1918), Félix Malloum (1932), Goukouni Oueddei (1944), Catherine Samba-Panza (1954), Pascal Yoadimnadji (1950), Lol Mahamat Choua (1939), Noël Milarew Odingar (1932), Saleh Kebzabo (1947), Youssouf Saleh Abbas (1952), and Moussa Faki (1960).

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