1942 - 2021
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 747,374 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Hissène Habré is the 2,658th most popular politician (up from 3,679th in 2019), the most popular biography from Chad and the most popular Chadian Politician.
Hissène Habré is most famous for being the president of Chad from 1982 to 1990.
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Among politicians, Hissène Habré ranks 2,658 out of 15,577. Before him are Otto Wille Kuusinen, Ayas Mehmed Pasha, Emperor Momozono, Al-Hadi, Charles II, Duke of Parma, and Childebert II. After him are Hyeokgeose of Silla, Thabo Mbeki, Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Valdas Adamkus, and George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence.
1881 - 1964
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 2,652
1483 - 1539
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 2,653
1741 - 1762
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 2,654
764 - 786
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 2,655
1799 - 1883
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 2,656
570 - 595
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 2,657
1942 - 2021
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 2,658
69 BC - 4
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 2,659
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 2,660
1388 - 1421
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 2,661
1864 - 1928
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 2,662
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 2,663
1449 - 1478
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 2,664
Among people born in 1942, Hissène Habré ranks 67. Before him are Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Lee Kun-hee, Peter Greenaway, Felipe González, Leo Beenhakker, and René Angélil. After him are Thabo Mbeki, Vicente Fox, Margaret Court, Larry Flynt, George Jung, and Wolfgang Schäuble. Among people deceased in 2021, Hissène Habré ranks 50. Before him are Jean-Pierre Adams, Dušan Ivković, Richard R. Ernst, Jean-Luc Nancy, Vicente Fernández, and Phil Spector. After him are Abdelkader Bensalah, Isamu Akasaki, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Edita Gruberová, Larry Flynt, and Manuel Santana.
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 61
1942 - 2020
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 62
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 63
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 64
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 65
1942 - 2016
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 66
1942 - 2021
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 67
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 68
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 69
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 70
1942 - 2021
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 71
1942 - 2021
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 72
1942 - 2023
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 73
1948 - 2021
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 44
1943 - 2021
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 45
1933 - 2021
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 46
1940 - 2021
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 47
1940 - 2021
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 48
1939 - 2021
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 49
1942 - 2021
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 50
1941 - 2021
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 51
1929 - 2021
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 52
1934 - 2021
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 53
1946 - 2021
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 54
1942 - 2021
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 55
1938 - 2021
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 56
Among people born in Chad, Hissène Habré ranks 1 out of 19. After him are Idriss Déby (1952), François Tombalbaye (1918), Félix Malloum (1932), Goukouni Oueddei (1944), Catherine Samba-Panza (1954), Noël Milarew Odingar (1932), Moussa Faki (1960), Pascal Yoadimnadji (1950), Lol Mahamat Choua (1939), Mahamat Déby (1984), and Albert Pahimi Padacké (1966).
1942 - 2021
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 1
1952 - 2021
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 2
1918 - 1975
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 3
1932 - 2009
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 4
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 5
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 6
1932 - 2007
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 7
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 8
1950 - 2007
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 9
1939 - 2019
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 10
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 11
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Chad, Hissène Habré ranks 1. After him are Idriss Déby (1952), François Tombalbaye (1918), Félix Malloum (1932), Goukouni Oueddei (1944), Catherine Samba-Panza (1954), Noël Milarew Odingar (1932), Moussa Faki (1960), Pascal Yoadimnadji (1950), Lol Mahamat Choua (1939), Albert Pahimi Padacké (1966), and Youssouf Saleh Abbas (1952).
1942 - 2021
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 1
1952 - 2021
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 2
1918 - 1975
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 3
1932 - 2009
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 4
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 5
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 6
1932 - 2007
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 7
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 8
1950 - 2007
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 9
1939 - 2019
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 10
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 11
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 12