Idriss Miskine was a Chad

Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...

ian politician and diplomat under Presidents Félix Malloum

Félix Malloum

General Félix Malloum or Félix Malloum Ngakoutou Bey-Ndi was a Chadian politician from the south. He served as an officer in the Chadian Military and as a member of the ruling Chadian Progressive Party . He later became the Chief of Staff with the rank of colonel...

 and Hissène Habré

Hissène Habré

Hissène Habré , also spelled Hissen Habré, was the leader of Chad from 1982 until he was deposed in 1990.-Early life:...

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Career

Miskine, an ethnic Hadjarai

Hadjarai

The Hadjarai are a group of peoples comprising 6.7% of the population of Chad, or more than 150,000 people. The name is an Arabic exonym, literally meaning "[those] of the stones"...

, was the Minister of Transport, Posts, and Telecommunications under President Malloum until joining Habré's opposition Armed Forces of the North

Armed Forces of the North

The Armed Forces of the North was a Chadian rebel army active during the Chadian Civil War. Composed of FROLINAT units that remained loyal to Hissène Habré following his break from Goukouni Oueddei and the CCFAN in 1976...

 (FAN) movement in 1979. Upon FAN's capture of the capital N'Djamena

N'Djamena

N'Djamena is the capital and largest city of Chad. A port on the Chari River, near the confluence with the Logone River, it directly faces the Cameroonian town of Kousséri, to which the city is connected by a bridge. It is also a special statute region, divided in 10 arrondissements. It is a...

 in June 1982, Miskine became Foreign Minister. He died in January 1984 shortly before peace talks were set to begin in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...

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