List of heads of state of Chad

The president of Chad (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Prior to that, Déby has served as transitional president from 2022,<ref name="The East African" /> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name="termlimits">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Titles

• 1960–1962: Head of State
• 1962–1975: President of the Republic
• 1975Template:Spaces: Chairman of the Supreme Military Council
• 1975–1978: Head of State
• 1978–1979: President of the Republic
• 1979Template:Spaces: Chairman of the Provisional Council of State
• 1979Template:Spaces: President of the Transitional Government of National Unity
• 1979Template:Spaces: Chairman of the Provisional Administrative Committee
• 1979–1982: President of the Transitional Government of National Unity
• 1982Template:Spaces: Chairman of the Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North
• 1982Template:Spaces: Chairman of the Council of State
• 1982–1990: President of the Republic
• 1990Template:Spaces: 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2022–2024: Transitional President of the Republic<ref name="The East African">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="AFP">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024–present: President of the Republic

List of officeholders

Political parties

Other factions

Status

Symbols

Template:Note label Constitutional referendum

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Elected	Term of office			Political party		Prime minister(s)
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		François Tombalbaye Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	1962 1969	Template:Nowrap 1960	Template:Nowrap 1975 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	PPT Template:Small MNRCS	Position not established
–		Noël Milarew Odingar Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1975	Template:Nowrap 1975	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military	Position not established
2		Félix Malloum Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1975	Template:Nowrap 1979 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military	Habré
–		Goukouni Oueddei Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1979	Template:Nowrap 1979	Template:Ayd		Template:Nowrap	Position vacant
3		Lol Mahamat Choua Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1979	Template:Nowrap 1979	Template:Ayd		MPLT	Position vacant
4		Goukouni Oueddei Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1979	Template:Nowrap 1982 Template:Small	Template:Ayd		Template:Nowrap	Ngardoum Template:Small
5		Hissène Habré Template:Small	Template:Text	Template:Nowrap 1982	Template:Nowrap 1990 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Template:Nowrap	Ngardoum Template:Small
–		Idriss Déby Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1990Template:Efn	Template:Nowrap 1991	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military / MPS	Position abolished
6			1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021	Template:Nowrap 1991	Template:Nowrap 2021 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |		Bawoyeu Yodoyman Moungar Koumakoye Djimasta Ouaido Yamassoum Kabadi Faki Yoadimnadji Younousmi Koumakoye Abbas Nadingar Dadnadji Deubet Padacké
–		Mahamat Déby Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 2021Template:Efn	Template:Nowrap 2024	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military / MPS	Padacké Kebzabo Masra Halina
7			2024	Template:Nowrap 2024	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |

Timeline

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See also

• Politics of Chad
• List of prime ministers of Chad
• Vice President of Chad
• History of Chad
• List of colonial governors of Chad

External links

• World Statesmen – Chad