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Chad

Chad

StaleSovereign state

Chad

Primary executive

Complete
Mahamat Déby
Originalhttps://www.state.gov/africasummit/photos/ · United States Department of State Africa U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Photos and Videos · Public Domain · Original

Mahamat Déby

Head of state Active

Head of State · Principal · De jure

Head of government

Editorial profile v1

Verified country brief

Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.

completeAug 10, 2026
Executive system
Semi-presidential republic · One primary executive function
Dominant executive office
Head of state
Why this office is primary
The President appoints the Prime Minister, chairs the Council of Ministers and sets the direction of the national executive.

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

Partial
Tracked parties
63
Active in source
9
Historical in source
10
parties shown
63
More parties (51)

Administration

Partial

Government of Chad

Current

Aug 9, 2026 · 0 Party

Legislature

Partial

National Assembly

Elections

Partial

2011 Chadian presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

Apr 25, 2011

Completed

2006 Chadian presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

May 3, 2006

Completed

2001 Chadian presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

May 20, 2001

Completed

1996 Chadian presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

Jun 2, 1996

Completed

1990 Chadian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jul 8, 1990

Completed

1969 Chadian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Dec 14, 1969

Completed

1963 Chadian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Dec 22, 1963

Completed

1962 Chadian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Mar 4, 1962

Completed

1959 Chadian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

May 31, 1959

Completed

1957 Chadian Territorial Assembly election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Mar 31, 1957

Completed

Candidates

Partial

Sources

10

  1. 1Presidency of Chad — Biography of the Presidentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  2. 2Presidency of Chad — Constitutional powers of the Presidentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  3. 3Presidency of Chad — Presidency and Governmentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  4. 4Official Journal of Chad — Government of 1 April 2026citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  5. 5Presidency of Chad — Current National Assembly compositioncitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  6. 6Senate of Chad — Current Senatecitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  7. 7Inter-American Development Bank Database of Political Institutions 2023CC-BY-4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  8. 8WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  9. 9Wikimedia CommonsPER-FILE · Aug 9, 2026
  10. 10Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Middle Africa

Congo - Kinshasa. Primary executive: Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo. StaleChad. Primary executive: Mahamat Déby. StaleCameroon. Primary executive: Paul Biya. StaleCentral African Republic. Primary executive: Faustin-Archange Touadéra. StaleCongo - Brazzaville. Primary executive: Denis Sassou-Nguesso. StaleGabon. Primary executive: Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema. ConflictingEquatorial Guinea. Primary executive: Teodoro Obiang. StaleAngola. Primary executive: João Lourenço. Stale
ChadPrimary executive: Mahamat DébyStale
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