Idriss D�by

Became President:	December 2, 1990
Predecessor:	Jean Alingue Bawoyeu
Date of Birth:	1952
Place of Birth:

Idriss D�by (born 1952) is the president of Chad and the head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement.

D�by started out as a general in the civil war in Chad. On 2 December 1990, D�by's troops marched unopposed into the capital of N'Djamena. After three months of provisional government, on 28 February 1991, a charter was approved for Chad with D�by as president. D�by was reelected in 1996 and 2001, but international observers noted irregularities in the election process.

D�by is of the Zaghawa tribe, specifically, the Bidyate clan.

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