Tenure |
Portrait |
Incumbent |
Affiliation |
Notes |
Republic of Chad | Independence from France |
(République du Tchad) |
11 August 1960 to 23 April 1962 | ![](../I/m/Fran%C3%A7ois_Tombalbaye_p1959.jpg) | François Tombalbaye, Head of State | PPT | |
23 April 1962 to 30 August 1973 | François Tombalbaye, President | Changed name to N’Garta Tombalbaye |
30 August 1973 to 13 April 1975 | N’Garta Tombalbaye, President | MNRCS | Previously named François Tombalbaye; Killed in a coup d'état |
13 April 1975 to 15 April 1975 | | Noël Milarew Odingar, interim Head of State | Mil | |
15 April 1975 to 12 May 1975 | | Félix Malloum N'Gakoutou, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council | Mil | |
12 May 1975 to 29 August 1978 | Félix Malloum N'Gakoutou, Head of State | |
29 August 1978 to 23 March 1979 | Félix Malloum N'Gakoutou, President | Resigned |
23 March 1979 to 29 April 1979 | | Goukouni Oueddei, Chairman of the Provisional Council of State | FROLINAT-FAP | 1st Term |
29 April 1979 to 3 September 1979 | | Lol Mahamat Choua, President of the Transitional Government of National Unity | MPLT | |
3 September 1979 to 10 November 1979 | | Goukouni Oueddei, Chairman of the Provisional Administrative Committee | FROLINAT-FAP | 2nd Term |
10 November 1979 to 7 June 1982 | Goukouni Oueddei, President of the Transitional Government of National Unity | 2nd Term; Deposed in a coup d'état |
7 June 1982 to 19 June 1982 | ![](../I/m/Hissene_Habre.jpg) | Hissène Habré, Chairman of the Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North | FAN | |
19 June 1982 to 21 October 1982 | Hissène Habré, Chairman of the Council of State | |
21 October 1982 to 1984 | Hissène Habré, President | |
1984 to 2 December 1990 | UNIR | Deposed |
2 December 1990 to 4 December 1990 | ![](../I/m/Idriss_D%C3%A9by_at_the_White_House_in_2014.jpg) | Idriss Déby, President of the Patriotic Salvation Movement | MPS | |
4 December 1990 to 4 March 1991 | Idriss Déby, President of the Council of State | |
4 March 1991 to Present | Idriss Déby, President | |