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The Resume

    (August 13, 1942-August 24, 2021)
    Born in Faya-Largeau, Chad
    Toubou ethnicity
    Joined Front de la Liberation Nationale du Tchad (1971)
    Leader of Forces Armees du Nord, FROLINAT's military wing (1972-1976)
    Prime Minister of Chad (August 21, 1978-March 23, 1979)
    President of Chad (June 7, 1982-December 1, 1990)
    Lived in exile in Senegal (1990- 2013)
    Arrested after 22 years of living in exile for orchestrating the murders of as many as 40000 people (June 30, 2013)

Why he might be annoying:

    He is called the ‘Pinochet of Africa’ because of the highly brutal nature of his regime.
    He murdered about 40,000 political dissidents and tortured about 200,000 of them.
    When he was a senior local official, he was tasked to tell two rebel chiefs to end their struggle, but he joined then instead.
    He took three European hostages and killed one of their wives during an attack in Bardaï (April 21, 1974).
    He conducted massacres against the Sara (1984), Hadjerai (1987), Chadian Arab, and Zaghawa ethnicities (latter two in 1989-1990)
    He tried to hide his crimes so that he won’t be put on trial.
    He is extremely unpopular in Chad because he is power-hungry.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He came from a family of shepherds.
    He was a bright student at school.
    He helped America and France to halt Muammar Gaddafi’s influence in the surrounding region by defeating him in a war to regain northern Chad (December 15, 1980-1988).

Credit: Big Lenny


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 58 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 200 Votes: 77.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 146 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 77 Votes: 77.92% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 117 Votes: 73.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 77 Votes: 70.13% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 55 Votes: 74.55% Annoying