Career
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation. Commander of Gendarmerie 1978-1979. Leader of Front Uni du Sud (later Forces Armees Tchadiennes).
Vice-President of Transitional Government of National Unity (GUNT) November 1979-1982. Now Vice-President in exile. Leader Mouvement revolutionnaire du peuple.
President, of State Council June-September 1982. Fled to Cameroon, then Gabon September-October 1982, after defeat by forces of FAN. Returned to Ndjamena February 1987. Minister of Agriculture 1987-1989, of Justice and Keeper of the Seals 90.