Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno passed away from wounds sustained in battle after three decades in power, the Army said, opening a period of uncertainty in a country that is a key strategic ally of the West.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
Idriss Déby Itno (1952 – 2021) was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the president of Chad from 1990 until his death by militant forces when commanding troops on the front in 2021.
He was killed in April 2021 while commanding forces fighting on the front against rebels from the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT).
The Transitional Military Council, led by interim president Mahamat Idriss Déby, son of the late president, has assumed control of government.
