Prime Minister of Chad
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Chad |
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| Appointer |
Idriss Déby, as President of Chad |
| Inaugural holder | Hissène Habré |
| Formation | 29 August 1978 |
This is a list of Prime Ministers of Chad since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Chad in 1978 to the present day.
A total of seventeen people have served as Prime Minister of Chad (not counting one Acting Prime Minister). Additionally, one person, Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye, has served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The current Prime Minister of Chad is Albert Pahimi Padacké, since 15 February 2016.
In a declassified record of a 1973 conversation between U.S. President Richard Nixon, Secretary of State James Schlesinger, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Nixon referenced the Prime Minister of Chad when explaining how he perceived the relationship between strength and importance: "But without adequate strength, our stance in the world wouldn't matter. The Prime Minister of Chad doesn't matter; we treat them nice, but none of them matter."
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