1990 Chadian coup d'état
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The 1990 Chadian coup d'état took place on 3 December 1990 when the forces of the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), a Libyan–backed[1] rebel group under the leadership of General Idriss Déby, entered the Chadian capital N'Djamena unopposed. The MPS troops entered Chad by crossing the Sudanese border three weeks earlier.[2]
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Hissène Habré |
Idriss Déby Bada Abbas Maldoum | ||||||
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Previously, on 2 December, authoritarian, Western backed President Hissène Habré, who had ruled the country since 1982, reportedly fled to neighboring Cameroon with his family, Cabinet and top aides as his military, the Chadian National Armed Forces (FANT), collapsed.[3]
Idriss Deby would rule the country until his assassination in 2021.[4]