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Idriss Déby

1952 - 2021

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Idriss Déby Itno (Arabic: إدريس ديبي Idrīs Daybī Itnū; 18 June 1952 – 20 April 2021) was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the 6th president of Chad from 1991 until his death in 2021 during the Northern Chad offensive. His term of office of more than 30 years makes him Chad's longest-serving president. Déby was a member of the Bidayat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Idriss Déby has received more than 1,833,708 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Idriss Déby is the 2,764th most popular politician (up from 2,929th in 2019), the most popular biography from Chad (up from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Chadian Politician.

Idriss Déby is most famous for being the president of Chad from 1990 to 1993 and from 1997 to present. He is also the chairman of the Patriotic Salvation Movement.

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  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Idriss Déby ranks 2,764 out of 19,576. Before him are Georg Michaelis, Yamato Takeru, Ramsay MacDonald, Emperor Qianshao of Han, Dương Văn Minh, and Alpha Condé. After him are Emperor Suzong of Tang, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Wilhelm Liebknecht, and Sigebert I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Idriss Déby ranks 41. Before him are Lee Hsien Loong, John Goodman, Isabella Rossellini, Allan Simonsen, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Anneliese Michel. After him are Jimmy Connors, Christian Clavier, Dan Aykroyd, Fuad II of Egypt, İbrahim Tatlıses, and Mr. T. Among people deceased in 2021, Idriss Déby ranks 37. Before him are Steven Weinberg, Jorge Sampaio, Nawal El Saadawi, Richard Rogers, Antony Hewish, and Aaron T. Beck. After him are Karolos Papoulias, Robert Mundell, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Edward de Bono, Chick Corea, and Carlos Reutemann.

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In Chad

Among people born in Chad, Idriss Déby ranks 1 out of 24. After him are Hissène Habré (1942), 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, Idriss Déby ranks 1. After him are Hissène Habré (1942), 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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