2021 Chadian presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Chad on 11 April 2021.[1] Incumbent Idriss Déby, who served five consecutive terms since seizing power in the 1990 coup d'état,[2] was running for a sixth.[3] Déby was described as an authoritarian by several international media sources,[2][4][5] and as "strongly entrenched".[6] During previous elections, he forbade the citizens of Chad from making posts online,[5] and while Chad's total ban on social media use was lifted in 2019,[7] restrictions continue to exist.
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Provisional results released on April 19 showed that Déby won reelection with 79% of the vote.[8] However, on 20 April it was announced by the military that Déby had been killed in action while leading his country's troops in a battle against rebels calling themselves the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT).[9][10]
Following Déby's death, a body called the Transitional Military Council – led by his son Mahamat Déby Itno, dissolved the government and the legislature, and proclaimed that it would be assuming power for a period of 18 months. Thereafter, a new presidential election would be held.[11] Some political actors within Chad have labeled the installing of the transitional military government a "coup", as the constitutional provisions regarding the filling of a presidential vacancy were not followed.[12] Namely, according to the constitution, the President of the National Assembly, Haroun Kabadi, should have been named Acting President after Déby's death, and an early election called within a period of no less than 45 and no more than 90 days from the time of the vacancy.[13]