Editing Politics of Chad (section)

==Executive branch==
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|[[Heads of state of Chad|President]]
|[[Mahamat Déby]]
|[[Patriotic Salvation Movement]]
|20 April 2021
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[[File:Idriss Deby with Obamas (cropped)2014.png|thumb|left|Former President Idriss Deby in 2014]]
Chad's executive branch is headed by the President and dominates the [[Chad]]ian political system. Following the military overthrow of [[Hissène Habré]] in December 1990, Idriss Déby won the presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. The constitutional basis for the government is the 1996 constitution, under which the president was limited to two terms of office until Déby had that provision repealed in 2005. The president has the power to appoint the Council of State (or cabinet), and exercises considerable influence over appointments of judges, generals, provincial officials and heads of Chad's parastatal firms. In cases of grave and immediate threat, the president, in consultation with the National Assembly President and Council of State, may declare a state of emergency. Most of the key advisors for former president Déby were members of the [[Zaghawa people|Zaghawa]] clan, although some southern and opposition personalities were represented in his government.