Djibrine KHERALLAH

1925

Ati, Central Chad

A Muslim, who once tried to rally dissident political elements against the party, he was arrested after the March 1963 riots in Fort Lamy and then imprisoned for six years. After it he returned entirely to official favour, was elected to the Political Bureau and given a job in the President’s Office. In March 1946 he was made a Councillor at the Representative Assembly, in 1952 he was elected for Batha to the Territorial Assembly, and in 1959 to the Legislative Assembly. In May 1957 he was appointed Minister of Finance and then Minister of Interior (April to June 1959), Minister of Finance (June 1959 to January 1960), Minister of Justice (August to December 1960) and Minister of Finance (December 1960 to April 1961). Exactly one year later the PNA and the PPT merged. President Tombalbaye chose him to be Chad’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in April 1961. On September 17, 1963, accused of being one of the instigators of the disturbances of the previous day in Fort Lamy, he was arrested and remained in prison until June 18, 1969, when he was released. He then withdrew from politics for the next two years, but was “personally invited” by the President to take part in the March-April 1971 Congress and he was comfortably elected to the National Political Bureau of the Party. On April 16, he made a broadcast, advising strongly the need for “national reconciliation and renovation” and the following month he was appointed Minister of Finance (May 23, 1971).

Djibrine KHERALLAH

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Djibrine KHERALLAH was born in 1926 at Ati, in the Batha Region in Central Chad.

Education

. A few years of Koranic and primary school led him to a minor job as a clerk in the administration.

Career

A Muslim, who once tried to rally dissident political elements against the party, he was arrested after the March 1963 riots in Fort Lamy and then imprisoned for six years. After it he returned entirely to official favour, was elected to the Political Bureau and given a job in the President’s Office.

In March 1946 he was made a Councillor at the Representative Assembly, in 1952 he was elected for Batha to the Territorial Assembly, and in 1959 to the Legislative Assembly. In May 1957 he was appointed Minister of Finance and then Minister of Interior (April to June 1959), Minister of Finance (June 1959 to January 1960), Minister of Justice (August to December 1960) and Minister of Finance (December 1960 to April 1961).

Exactly one year later the PNA and the PPT merged. President Tombalbaye chose him to be Chad’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in April 1961. On September 17, 1963, accused of being one of the instigators of the disturbances of the previous day in Fort Lamy, he was arrested and remained in prison until June 18, 1969, when he was released.

He then withdrew from politics for the next two years, but was “personally invited” by the President to take part in the March-April 1971 Congress and he was comfortably elected to the National Political Bureau of the Party. On April 16, he made a broadcast, advising strongly the need for “national reconciliation and renovation” and the following month he was appointed Minister of Finance (May 23, 1971).

Membership

In February 1960, when the African National Party (PNA) was formed in a fruitless effort to group minority and Muslim elements against Francois Tombalbaye’s Chad Progressive Party, he became its vice-president

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May, 1957 - April, 1959

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August, 1960 - December, 1960

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April, 1961