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Hissène Habré

1942 - 2021

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Hissène Habré (Arabic: حسين حبري Ḥusaīn Ḥabrī, Chadian Arabic: pronounced [hiˈsɛn ˈhabre]; French pronunciation: [isɛn abʁe]; 13 August 1942 – 24 August 2021), also spelled Hissen Habré, was a Chadian politician and convicted war criminal who served as the 5th president of Chad from 1982 until he was deposed in 1990. A Muslim from northern Chad, Habré joined FROLINAT rebels in the first Chadian Civil War against the southern-dominated Chadian government. Due to a rift with fellow rebel commander Goukouni Oueddei, Habré and his Armed Forces of the North rebel army briefly defected to Felix Malloum's government against Oueddei before turning against Malloum, who resigned in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hissène Habré has received more than 788,005 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Hissène Habré is the 3,318th most popular politician (down from 2,650th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Chad (down from 1st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chadian Politician.

Hissène Habré is most famous for being the president of Chad from 1982 to 1990.

Memorability Metrics

  • 790k

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  • 62.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hissène Habré ranks 3,318 out of 19,576. Before him are Hans Lammers, Andrey Bogolyubsky, John Hyrcanus, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Yasuhiro Nakasone, and Oskar Potiorek. After him are Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Istakhri, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Drypetis, and Frederick I, Elector of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Hissène Habré ranks 80. Before him are Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vicente Fox, Maurizio Pollini, Muhammadu Buhari, Junichiro Koizumi, and Peter Greenaway. After him are Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, John Cale, Jean-Claude Trichet, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Valeri Polyakov, and George Jung. Among people deceased in 2021, Hissène Habré ranks 49. Before him are Carlos Reutemann, Edmond H. Fischer, Wilbur Smith, Osamu Yamaji, Phil Spector, and Bernard Haitink. After him are Ei-ichi Negishi, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Betty White, George Jung, Noah Gordon, and Giampiero Boniperti.

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In Chad

Among people born in Chad, Hissène Habré ranks 2 out of 24. Before him are Idriss Déby (1952). After him are François Tombalbaye (1918), Goukouni Oueddei (1944), Félix Malloum (1932), Catherine Samba-Panza (1954), Mahamat Déby (1984), Saleh Kebzabo (1947), Moussa Faki (1960), Pascal Yoadimnadji (1950), Lol Mahamat Choua (1939), and Noël Milarew Odingar (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In Chad

Among politicians born in Chad, Hissène Habré ranks 2. Before him are Idriss Déby (1952). After him are François Tombalbaye (1918), Goukouni Oueddei (1944), Félix Malloum (1932), Catherine Samba-Panza (1954), Saleh Kebzabo (1947), Moussa Faki (1960), Pascal Yoadimnadji (1950), Lol Mahamat Choua (1939), Noël Milarew Odingar (1932), and Youssouf Saleh Abbas (1952).

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