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Déby was born on June 18, 1952, [10] in the town of Berdoba, approximately 190 kilometers from Fada in northern Chad [11]. His father was a poor shepherd, who belongs to the Bidayat clan of the Zaghawa community. After attending the Koranic School in Tiné, Déby studied at the École Française in Fada and at the Franco-Arab school (Lycée Franco-Arabe) in Abéché. [11] He also attended the Lycée Jacques Moudeina in Bongor and has a Bachelor of Science degree. [12] After finishing school, he entered the Officers’ School in N’Djamena. [11] From there he was sent to France for training and returned to Chad in 1976 with a professional pilot certificate. He remained loyal to the army and to President Félix Malloum even after Chad’s central authority collapsed in 1979 [11]. He returned from France in February 1979 and discovered that Chad had become a battlefield for many armed groups [11]. Déby tied his fortune to that of Hissène Habré, one of the leading Chadian warlords. A year after Habré assumed the presidency in 1982, Déby was appointed commander-in-chief of the army. He distinguished himself in 1984 for destroying pro-Libyan forces in eastern Chad. In 1985, Habré sent him to Paris to take a course at the École de Guerre; upon his return in 1986, [11] he was appointed chief military adviser to the presidency. In 1987, he engaged Libyan forces in the field, with the help of France [11] in the so-called “Toyota War”, adopting tactics that inflicted heavy losses on enemy forces. During the war, he also led a raid on the Maaten al-Sarra air base in Kufrah, on Libyan territory. [11] On April 1, 1989, a rift arose between Habré and Déby due to the growing power of the Presidential Guard.

In a swift change of fate, after news had come in that Chad’s veteran president, Idriss Déby had won a sixth term in the latest provisional results in on Monday by 79.3%, an announcement broadcast on national radio today has announced his death.

According to the army spokesperson, Général Azem Bemrandoua Agouna, the military had been pushed back by a column of insurgents who were advancing on the capital, N’Djamena.

Déby, was expected to give a victory speech after receiving the provisional results, but opted instead to visit Chadian soldiers on the front lines, said his campaign director Mahamat Zen Bada.

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For now, the constitution has been suspended. A military council will take over in the meantime, under the leadership of General Mahamat Kaka, also known as Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, the son of Idriss.

This temporary government should remain in place for 18 months.
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His son has been a general in the Chadian army and for many years headed the Direction Générale des Services de Sécurité des Institutions de l’État (DGSSIE) [Directorate General of Security Services of State Institutions], which includes the presidential guard.