Background
Jacques Doumro was born in 1919 in Fort Archambault (today’s Sahr)
politician Soldier Brigadier-general
Jacques Doumro was born in 1919 in Fort Archambault (today’s Sahr)
) he enlisted with the Senegalese Artillery Regiment in 1938 as a private and transferred the follow¬ing year to the French 6th Colonial Infantry Regiment, one of the first Free French units to be formed at the begin¬ning of the Second World War.
He served for almost 22 years including three years in Indochina, was promoted to sub-lieutenant on April 1, 1955. In 1961 he was made a lieutenant of the new Chadian army. The following year he attended a course at the French General Staff School and returned to Chad immediately afterwards. He was promoted to brigadier-general and appointed Chief of the General Staff in January 1964.
Elected to the Political Bureau in 1971, following the March Congress as the representative for the armed forces, he was replaced on December 27, 1971, as Chad’s no. 1 soldier by a younger officer. Colonel Felix Malloum.
Doumro gained popularity, especially among students, for his firm stand against the President François Tombalbaye regarding the question of the modernization of the army and the recruitment and establishment of a professional corps;
Quotes from others about the person
When the students of the Felix Eboué High School demonstrated in November 1971 in the capital against the government, a prevalent slogan was a call for Doumro to take power: "Vive l'Armee, vive le General Doumro"