1944 (age 79–80) Zouar, French Equatorial Africa (present-day Chad)
Political party
FROLINAT
Goukouni Oueddei (Arabic: كوكوني عويديKūkūnī ʿWaīday; born 1944)[1] is a Chadian politician who served as President of Chad from 1979 to 1982.
A northerner, Goukouni commanded FROLINAT rebels with Libyan support during the first Chadian Civil War against Chad's southern-dominated government. Upon the rebel victory and the resignation of President Felix Malloum in 1979, he became the new president of Chad's new transitional coalition government by the terms of the Lagos Accord, with rival fellow rebel commander Hissène Habré as defense minister. Goukouni pursued a pro-Libya policy; continued differences with Habré, who opposed Libya, led to him being overthrown by Habré's forces in 1982. He then became the foremost opponent to Habré's new government, and fought against him during the Libyan-Chadian conflict as a Libyan-backed rebel leader. In 1985, due to a supposed rift with his Libyan allies, he went into exile.
^Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 156. ISBN 9781134264902.
GoukouniOueddei (Arabic: كوكوني عويدي Kūkūnī ʿWaīday; born 1944) is a Chadian politician who served as President of Chad from 1979 to 1982. A northerner...
obtained the support of GoukouniOueddei, an influential figure among the Teda of the Tibesti and son of the derde of the Toubou, Oueddei Kichidemi. This extended...
Council until his death in 1982, and served as the foreign minister in GoukouniOueddei's government. Under the Tombalbaye government, Acyl had been a National...
(not counting two Interim Heads of State). Additionally, one person, GoukouniOueddei, has served on two non-consecutive occasions. The current head of state...
units that remained loyal to Hissène Habré following his break from GoukouniOueddei and the CCFAN in 1976. Consisting at first of only a few hundred Toubou...
of Chad's leaders have been Toubou (Gouran), including presidents GoukouniOueddei and Hissène Habré. The Toubou people have historically lived in northern...
Saadie Goukouni Weddeye (born 1980) is a Chadian activist. Her father, GoukouniOueddei, was Chad's head of state in the early 1980s. She was appointed...
Oueddei Kichidemi (died December 1977) was the father of the former Chadian President GoukouniOueddei and was the tribal leader, or derde, of the Toubou...
the rebel Transitional Government of National Unity (GUNT) headed by GoukouniOueddei and supported on the ground by Libyan forces, while the south was held...
GoukouniOueddei became President, Habré Defence Minister, Acyl Foreign Minister and Siddick Health Minister. Siddick at first remained with Goukouni...
"Mr. Chad". He married to a sister of al-Gaddafi and to a niece of GoukouniOueddei. The United Nations Security Council drafted a resolution naming 23...
National Unity (GUNT) was created with a mandate to govern for 18 months. GoukouniOueddei, a northerner, was named president; Colonel Kamougué, a southerner...
1463 to 1473 during the Sayfawa dynasty Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido GoukouniOueddei Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane, Chadian warlord and founder of FROLINAT who...
Boumediène. In February 1977, Libya began to provide military supplies to GoukouniOueddei and the People's Armed Forces in Chad. The Chadian–Libyan conflict...
when France intervened in the country in Operation Sparrowhawk and GoukouniOueddei's and his People's Armed Forces rebelled against his former supporter...
Gaddafi. Meanwhile, the pro-Libya faction within FROLINAT, led by GoukouniOueddei, renamed itself People's Armed Forces (FAP). In December 1980, Gaddafi...
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