Direction générale de service de sécurité des institutions de l'État

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DGSSIE soldier during a target practice

The Direction générale de service de sécurité des institutions de l'État ( DGSSIE ) is a unit of the Chad Armed Forces . Sometimes the unit is also referred to as the Presidential Guard. The unit was formed in 2005 when the Republican Guard was disbanded because of mass deserters . The unit is an elite unit within the military , is better armed and pays its soldiers higher wages . Initially, it is said to have had 1640 soldiers. It now employs 14,000 men in 2019.

management

In 2008, Général de division Dirmi Haroun was commander of the DGSSIE. His deputy at the time was Général de Brigade Toufa Abdoulaye. In 2012, the guard was then headed by Géneral Saleh Touma . In April 2014 Mahamat Idriss Déby was appointed commander of the DGSSIE and is still in office in 2019.

Web links

Commons : Direction générale de service de sécurité des institutions de l'État  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roland Marchal: An emerging military power in Central Africa? Chad under Idriss Déby. (pdf) Sociétés poliƟ ques comparées, 2016, p. 4 , accessed on April 17, 2019 (English, ISSN 2429-1714).
  2. ↑ MARIELLE DEBOS: Behind the cliché of the Chadian 'desert warriors', militarized politics and Idriss Déby's global political capital. (pdf) p. 3 , archived from the original on December 19, 2018 ; accessed on April 15, 2019 .
  3. ^ Chad's Deby forms new elite security force. November 1, 2005, accessed April 17, 2019 .
  4. ^ Rapport de La Commission d'Enquête sur les événements survenus en République du Tchad du 28 Janvier au 8 February 2008 et leurs conséquences. Adopté le jeudi 31 juillet 2008. (pdf) p. 145 , accessed on May 13, 2020 (French).
  5. ↑ LA DGSSIE ADRESSE SA COMPASSION AU CHEF DE L'ETAT. November 3, 2012, accessed May 13, 2020 (French).
  6. ↑ MARIELLE DEBOS: Behind the cliché of the Chadian 'desert warriors', militarized politics and Idriss Déby's global political capital. (pdf) Retrieved May 13, 2020 (English).
  7. ^ Mathieu Olivier: Tchad: qui sont les lieutenants d'Idriss Déby Itno? November 12, 2019, accessed on May 13, 2020 (French).