The former 75 -year -old journalist was appointed by Mahamat Idriss Déby, son of the deceased head of state Idriss Déby Itno and current transitional president.
Le Monde With AFP
Saleh Kebzabo, historic opponent of former president Idriss Déby Itno, was appointed Prime Minister of Chad on Wednesday October 12, by decree of Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, proclaimed head of state upon the death of his father, In 2021, and renewed recently for a two -year transition.
m. Kebzabo, 75, former journalist, four times presidential candidate against the late Idriss Déby Itno and whose party had joined the government appointed by the military junta led by General Mahamat Déby, “was appointed first Minister “, we read in a decree signed by the Head of State.
On April 20, 2021, at the announcement of the death of Marshal Déby, killed by rebels by going to the front, the army had proclaimed his son, Mahamat Déby, then 37 years old, President of the Republic At the head of a junta of fifteen generals for a period of transition of eighteen months having to lead to “free and democratic” elections.
But on Monday, he was again invested in Head of State for a prolonged transition of two years, on the proposal of a “national dialogue” supposed to bring together all the components of Chadian society as well as rebellion, but boycotted by a very large majority of the political and armed opposition. Mahamat Déby had promised Monday to appoint “in the next few days” a “national unity government”.