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Idriss Déby

1952 - 2021

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Idriss Déby Itno (Arabic: إدريس ديبي Idrīs Daybī Itnū; 18 June 1952 – 20 April 2021) was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the sixth president of Chad from 1991 until his death in 2021 during the Northern Chad offensive. His term of 30 years makes him Chad's longest-serving president. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Idriss Déby is the 2,633rd most popular politician (up from 2,763rd in 2019), the most popular biography from Chad and the most popular Chadian Politician.

Idriss Déby is most famous for being the president of Chad from 1990 to 1993 and from 1997 to present. He is also the chairman of the Patriotic Salvation Movement.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Idriss Déby ranks 2,633 out of 19,576. Before him are Filippo Maria Visconti, Henry, Count of Portugal, Thabo Mbeki, Nicolas Fouquet, Bronisław Komorowski, and C. R. Swart. After him are Al-Aziz Uthman, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, John I of Castile, Alfonso IX of León, Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Peng Dehuai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Idriss Déby ranks 43. Before him are Péter Erdő, Oleg Blokhin, Jacques Audiard, Dominique Mamberti, Maria Schneider, and Bronisław Komorowski. After him are Laura Branigan, Cyril Ramaphosa, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Ko Yong-hui, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, and Allan Simonsen. Among people deceased in 2021, Idriss Déby ranks 35. Before him are Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Charlie Watts, Hans Küng, Steven Weinberg, Ei-ichi Negishi, and Edmond H. Fischer. After him are Nathalie Delon, Karolos Papoulias, DMX, Nawal El Saadawi, Colin Bell, and Jorge Sampaio.

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In Chad

Among people born in Chad, Idriss Déby ranks 1 out of 24. After him are Hissène Habré (1942), 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, Idriss Déby ranks 1. After him are Hissène Habré (1942), 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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