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This is a list of notable people from 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...

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See also: Heads of state of Chad
Heads of state of Chad
-List of Heads of State of Chad:-Affiliations:-External links:**...

, Sayfawa dynasty
Sayfawa dynasty
Sayfawa dynasty or more properly Sefuwa dynasty is the name of the kings of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, centered first in Kanem in western Chad, and then, after 1380, in Borno ....

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Abdelwahit About

Abdelwahid Aboud Mackaye is a Chadian insurgent leader involved in the war to topple the Chadian President Idriss Déby. Originally a fighter in the Democratic Revolutionary Council militia during the first Chadian Civil War, under Déby he became a civil servant before defecting to the rebels in...

: (rebel insurgent leader)
Acyl Ahmat Agbas

Acyl Ahmat Agbas

Ahmat Acyl was a Chadian Arab insurgent leader during the Chadian Civil War.-In the Volcan Army:Under the Tombalbaye Regime, Acyl had been a National Assembly deputy from Batha. In 1976 he passed to the insurgency, entering in Libya in the small Arab-dominated Volcan Army...

: (1944 - 1982), Foreign Minister

Foreign minister

A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...

from 1979 to 1982

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Mohamed Baghlani

Mohamed Baghlani was a Chadian insurgent leader during the Chadian Civil War.-Formation of FROLINAT:Baghlani was the most prominent Arab member of the Chadian National Union , an Islamic political party founded in 1958 and officially banned by the government of Chad in 1962. It survived as an...

: (leader of the Volcan Army

Volcan Army

The Volcan Army was a Chadian insurgent rebel group that was active during the Chadian Civil War. The movement was founded in 1970 by the Arab insurgent leader Mohamed Baghlani, who had been expelled in June from the FROLINAT by the organization's secretary-general Abba Siddick...

, died 1977)
Jean Alingué Bawoyeu

Jean Alingué Bawoyeu

Jean Alingué Bawoyeu , known in French as the vieux sage, which translates as "wise elder", is a Chadian politician. A Christian, his base of support is in Tandjilé, in southern Chad, from which he originates. He was President of the National Assembly in 1990 and then Prime Minister from 1991 to 1992...

: (1937- ), Prime Minister 1991-92
Outel Bono

Outel Bono

Outel Bono was a Chadian medical doctor and politician.He was medical director of the hospital in Chad's capital, Fort-Lamy , in 1963 when he was arrested for plotting against the government of President François Tombalbaye. Condemned to death, his sentence was commuted after a vigorous campaign...

: (liberal politician, died 1973)

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Dunama Dabbalemi

Dunama Dabbalemi, of the Sayfawa dynasty, was the mai of the Kanem Empire, in present-day Chad, from 1203 to 1243.A fervent Muslim, Dabbalemi initiated diplomatic exchanges with sultans in North Africa and apparently arranged for the establishment of a special hostel in Cairo to facilitate...

: (emperor of Kanem

Kanem Empire

The Kanem Empire was located in the present countries of Chad, Nigeria and Libya. At its height it encompassed an area covering not only much of Chad, but also parts of southern Libya , eastern Niger and north-eastern Nigeria...

from 1221 to 1259)
Brahim Déby

Brahim Déby

Brahim Déby Itno was the son of current Chadian President Idriss Déby.Brahim attended the University of Ottawa in Canada as a foreign exchange student and graduated in 2004 with a degree in business administration...

: son of current Chadian President Idriss Déby
Idriss Déby

Idriss Déby

General Idriss Déby Itno is the President of Chad and the head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement. Déby is of the Bidyat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group. He added "Itno" to his surname in January 2006.-Rise to power:...

: (1952- ) President of Chad from 1990
Hassan Djamous

Hassan Djamous

Hassan Djamous was a Commander in Chief of the Chadian Army and a cousin of current Chadian President Idriss Déby. The Hassan Djamous International Airport is named after him....

: (head of the Chadian National Armed Forces

Chadian National Armed Forces

The Chadian National Armed Forces was the army of the central government of Chad from January 1983, when the President Hissène Habré's forces, in first place his personal Armed Forces of the North , were merged...

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Yaya Dillo Djérou

Yaya Dillo Djérou

Yaya Dillo Djérou became a prominent political figure in Chad. On October 14, 2005, when the government of Idriss Déby had to admit desertions in the army, especially from the Zaghawa, the President's ethnic group...

: (leader of the insurgent group Platform for Change, Unity and Democracy

Platform for Change, Unity and Democracy

Platform for Change, Unity and Democracy, abbreviated as S.C.U.D. , is a Chadian rebel group that was formed in October of 2005 by former members of the Military of Chad who deserted and united under founders and current leaders, 30-year old Yaya Dillo Djérou and his brother...

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Koibla Djimasta

Koibla Djimasta

Koibla Djimasta was a Chadian politician of Sara ethnicity from the southern Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture.An administrator, Djimasta held various cabinet positions under Presidents Hissène Habré and Idriss Déby, beginning with his appointment as Minister of Health and Social Affairs in the cabinet...

: (1950- ) Prime Minister 1995-97
Negue Djogo

Negue Djogo

Negue Djogo was a Chadian officer and politician.A French-trained Sara officer, his first prominent assignment came in 1966 when, still a lieutenant, he was made by President François Tombalbaye prefect of the key Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region, which France, Chad's former colonial power, had...

: (head of the Chadian Armed Forces

Chadian Armed Forces

The Chadian Armed Forces were the army of the central government of Chad from 1960 to 1979, under the southern presidents François Tombalbaye and Félix Malloum, until the downfall of the latter in 1979, when the head of the gendarmerie, Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué, assumed command...

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Jacques Doumro

Jacques Doumro

Jacques Doumro was a Chadian general during the Tombalbaye Regime.Doumro joined the French Army when he was nineteen years old, and fought in the Second World War, becoming a non-commissioned officer in the French Colonial Forces...

: (head of the Chadian Armed Forces

Chadian Armed Forces

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Loum N. Neloumsei Elise

Elise Ndoadoumngue Ne'loumsei Loum was a Vice-President of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament from 2004 to 2009. In 1983 she received a Junior High School Teacher Certificate from Advanced Teachers' College, N'Djaména, Chad...

: (1956-) Vice-President of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament

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Pierre Toura Gaba

Pierre Toura Gaba was a Chadian politician and diplomat. He was born on December 28, 1920 at Maibyan, near Moissala, in the prefecture of Moyen-Chari in southern Chad...

: (1920–1998) former Secretary General of the Chadian Progressive Party

Chadian Progressive Party

The Chadian Progressive Party was the first African political party created in Chad, active from 1947 to 1973...

, Chadian ambassador to Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

from 1966-1973, Chadian ambassador to the United States from 1976-1979

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Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué

Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué was a Chadian politician and former army officer. Kamougué was a leading figure in the 1975 coup d'état and since then he has held several positions in the Chadian government and legislature. He was Vice-President from 1979 to 1982 and was President of the National...

Saleh Kebzabo

Saleh Kebzabo is a Chadian politician. He is the President of the National Union for Democracy and Renewal and a Deputy in the National Assembly of Chad.-Political career:...

Djibrine Kerallah

Djibrine Kerallah was a Chadian politician and diplomat....

Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye

Nouradine Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye is a Chadian politician and the head of the National Rally for Development and Progress political party. After serving as a minister in the government during the 1980s and early 1990s; he was Prime Minister of Chad from November 6, 1993 to April 8, 1995 and again...

Alphonse Kotiga

Colonel Alphonse Kotiga, also known as Kotiga Guérina, was a Chadian military officer and politician. He was one of the leaders of the coup d'etat which overthrew and killed Chadian President François Tombalbaye on April 15, 1975, and then became a minister in the government of the new president,...

Ahmed Koulamallah

Ahmed Koulamallah was a prominent politician in Colonial Chad. He was the estranged son of the sultan of Baguirmi and the charismatic leader of the Tijaniyyah Islamic brotherhood in Chad....

Marie-Christine Koundja

Marie-Christine Koundja is a Chadian writer and diplomat. She has written a novel, Al-Istifakh, ou, L'idylle de mes amis .She was the Ambassador to Cameroon, and is currently First Secretary at the Chadian Embassy in Nigeria....

: (écrivain, 1957 -)

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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...

Hassan Abdallah Mardigue

Hassan Abdallah Mardigue is the disputed leader of the Chadian rebel group Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad . He was born circa 1951 in Gouro in the north of Chad.-References:...

Idriss Miskine

Idriss Miskine was a Chadian politician and diplomat under Presidents Félix Malloum and Hissène Habré.-Career:...

Fidèle Moungar

Fidèle Abdelkérim Moungar is a Chadian doctor and a veteran politician who served as Prime Minister of Chad in 1993. He is currently Secretary-General of Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism , a left-wing opposition party....

Ahmed Hassan Musa

Ahmed Hassan Musa was a Chadian insurgent who participated to the first phase of the Chadian Civil War. An islamic fundamentalist close to the Muslim Brotherhood, he was head of the General Union of the Children of Chad , an islamic political party formed by Chadian exiles in Sudan...

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Noël Milarew Odingar

Noël Milarew Odingar was a Chadian officer who briefly served as head of state and was later one of the nine members of the Supreme Military Council, the military junta that ruled Chad between 1975 and 1978....

Othman I

Othman I was the emperor of the Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1356-1369 during the Sayfawa dynasty....

: ruled the Kanem-Bornu Empire

Kanem-Bornu Empire

The Kanem-Bornu Empire existed in modern Chad and Nigeria. It was known to the Arabian geographers as the Kanem Empire from the 9th century AD onward and lasted as the independent kingdom of Bornu until 1900. At its height it encompassed an area covering not only much of Chad, but also parts of...

from 1356–1369 during the Sayfawa dynasty

Sayfawa dynasty

Sayfawa dynasty or more properly Sefuwa dynasty is the name of the kings of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, centered first in Kanem in western Chad, and then, after 1380, in Borno ....

Othman II

Othman II was the emperor of Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1369-1371....

: ruled the Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1369-1371 during the Sayfawa dynasty
Othman III: ruled the Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1463-1473 during the Sayfawa dynasty
Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido

Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido

Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido is a Chadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Chad from 1997 to 1999 and was President of the National Assembly of Chad from 2002 to 2011.A southerner, he was born in 1947 at Gounou Gaya....

Goukouni Oueddei

Goukouni Oueddei is a Chadian political figure. He was Head of State of Chad from 1979 to 1982. He is currently in exile.-Biography:...

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Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane

Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane was a Chadian warlord active during the civil war . His early life is very undocumented, and his date of birth is unknown. A semi-literate Muslim Kanembu, he originally belonged to Goukouni Oueddei's People's Armed Forces...

: Chadian warlord and founder of FROLINAT

FROLINAT

-Origins:The organization was born as the result of a political union between the leftist Chadian National Union , led by Ibrahim Abatcha, and the General Union of the Children of Chad which was led by Ahmed Hassan Musa. Musa was close to the Muslim Brotherhood and was an Islamist...

who was active during the civil war (1966–1993)

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Nagoum Yamassoum

Nagoum Yamassoum is a Chadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Chad from 1999 to 2002 and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2005....

Pascal Yoadimnadji

Pascal Yoadimnadji served as the Prime Minister of Chad from February 2005 to February 2007.-Biography:Yoadimnadji was born in Béboto in the Logone Oriental Region of southern Chad...

Joseph Yodoyman

Joseph Yodoyman was a Chadian politician and civil servant, who held the post of Prime Minister under President Idriss Déby from 1992 to 1993....

Ngarlejy Yorongar

Ngarlejy Koji Yorongar le Moinban is a Chadian politician. He is the Executive Federal Coordinator of the Federation, Action for the Republic , a radical opposition party, as well as a Deputy in the National Assembly of Chad and President of the Federation Parliamentary Group.-Early career:Before...

Youssouf Dahab Mahamat

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