François Tombalbaye (Arabic: فرنسوا تومبالباي Franswā Tūmbālbāy; 15 June 1918 – 13 April 1975), also known as N'Garta Tombalbaye, was a Chadian politician...

August 1960 with the PPT's leader, François Tombalbaye, an ethnic Sara, as its first president. Two years later, Tombalbaye banned opposition parties and established...

an independent country and François Tombalbaye became its first president. One of the most prominent aspects of Tombalbaye's rule to prove itself was his...

One of the most prominent aspects of Tombalbaye's rule to prove itself was his authoritarianism and distrust of democracy. Already in January 1962 he banned...

Chadian President François Tombalbaye, whose regime was marked by authoritarianism, extreme corruption, and favoritism. In 1975 Tombalbaye was murdered by...

electoral college, but in an attempt mobilise support, incumbent François Tombalbaye initiated direct elections. The country was a one-party state at...

of many of the country's Muslim regions. As a result, President François Tombalbaye asked France to send troops to help defeat the rebels; the only ones...

as Transitional President until 10 May 2024. Changed name to N’Garta Tombalbaye on 30 August 1973 due to the policy of Africanization. Ilunga, Patrick...

brought the country to independence in 1960 under the leadership of François Tombalbaye. European interest in Africa generally grew during the 19th century...

victorious. A moderate left-wing intellectual and a former minister under François Tombalbaye, he became the new 1970 secretary-general of FROLINAT, and established...

country's first president, François Tombalbaye. In the context of the first Chadian Civil War, he was arrested and imprisoned by Tombalbaye in 1972 after being...

Houphouët-Boigny –  Chad  French Equatorial Africa 11–12 August 1960 François Tombalbaye –  Central African Republic 13 August 1960 David Dacko –  Republic...

part generated by the growing distrust of the president of Chad, François Tombalbaye, for the army. This distrust came in part from the Chadian Armed...

increasing authoritarianism of the country's first President François Tombalbaye. To overthrow Tombalbaye he founded in Sudan in 1966 the FROLINAT, of which he...

government of Chad from 1960 to 1979, under the southern presidents François Tombalbaye and Félix Malloum, until the downfall of the latter in 1979, when...

he was arrested for plotting against the government of President François Tombalbaye. Condemned to death, his sentence was commuted after a vigorous campaign...

Authenticité was the name given to the Chadian president François (Ngarta) Tombalbaye's attempt to remove foreign influence and promote southern Chadian...

the 1962, 1963 and 1969 parliamentary elections, whilst PPT leader François Tombalbaye was re-elected President unopposed in 1969.[citation needed] Whilst...

under the presidency of François Tombalbaye and advocated the participation of central and northern peoples. After Tombalbaye's assassination in 1975,...

coup against then-president François Tombalbaye by recently amnestied Chadians. On the day of the failed coup, Tombalbaye cut all diplomatic relations...

Joseph-Désiré Mobutu changed to Mobutu Sese Seko François Tombalbaye changed to N'Garta Tombalbaye Étienne Eyadéma changed to Gnassingbé Eyadéma Francisco...

claims part of his hostility was apparently because Chadian President François Tombalbaye was Christian. Libya was also involved in a sometimes violent territorial...

who overthrew Tombalbaye during the 1975 coup Kalthouma Nguembang, only woman in Chadian National Assembly in 1968 François Tombalbaye, first President...

opened a branch there.[citation needed] On 6 April 1973, President François Tombalbaye changed its name to N'Djamena (taken from the Arabic name of a nearby...

 Chad  France Supported by:  United States Overthrow and death of François Tombalbaye in 1975 Overthrow of Félix Malloum in 1979 Signing of Lagos Accord...

on June 19, 1867, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico Assassination of Marie François Sadi Carnot on June 25, 1894, Lyon, France Assassination of Antonio Cánovas...

François Tombalbaye. By 1968 the revolt had extended to most of the country, and the FROLINAT could count on roughly 3000 men. This forced Tombalbaye...

by President François Tombalbaye, who further changed its name to Chari Jazz. (Sarh was located in the Moyen-Chari Prefecture.) Tombalbaye sent Chari Jazz...

seconded as security adviser to President François Tombalbaye of Chad, and was therefore effectively head of Tombalbaye's security and intelligence service....

insurgency in northern Chad against the post-independence government of François Tombalbaye. By 1967, the rebellion had spread to much of the country, particularly...