Background
Koumakoye was born in Bongor in southern Chad.
Koumakoye was born in Bongor in southern Chad.
Koumakoye wanted to run for office in the election that was to mark the end of the transitional period. But this led President Idriss Déby to act against him and to change the transitional charter and in April 1995 he was dismissed by Koibla Djimasta as prime minister. In the presidential elections held of June 1996 he took 2.29% of the vote and the ninth place. He ran again in the May 2001 presidential election, taking 2.36% of the votes and the sixth place. From March 2003 to August 2006 he was a member of the Pan-African Parliament. In the presidential elections of May 3, 2006, which were boycotted by most of the opposition Koumakoye was the second place with 15.13% of the vote far behind Déby. On May 29, he congratulated Déby on winning the election. In August 2006 Koumakoye became the Minister of State for Regional Planning, Town Planning, and Housing, serving in that appointment until he became prime minister for the second time in February 2007 a few days after the death of Pascal Yoadimnadji. In March 1996, Koumakoye was arrested for alleged illegal weapons possession and sentenced to three months in prison. according to Amnesty International the trial was unfair and apparently intended to keep Koumakoye from taking part in the elections.