Saleh Kebzabo
Saleh Kebzabo ( Arabic صالح كبزابو, * March 27, 1947 in Léré ) is a politician from Chad who was a minister several times and was a candidate for the office of president of the National Union for Democracy and Renewal UNDR (Union nationale pour la démocratie et le renouveau) in 1996 and 2001 .
Life
Kebzabo held the office of Minister for Trade and Industrial Development in the government of Prime Minister Fidèle Moungar in 1993 .
In the presidential election on June 2, 1996, he ran for the Union nationale pour la démocratie et le renouveau (UNDR) for the office of President. With 199,691 votes (8.61 percent) he came in after the candidate of the Patriotic Welfare Movement MPS, Idriss Déby (1,016,277 votes, 43.82 percent), and the candidate of the Union for Renewal and Democracy (URD), Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué ( 287,512 votes, 12.39 percent) took third place out of 15 applicants, but missed the runoff vote for the top two.
In the government of Prime Minister Koibla Djimasta he acted as the successor to Ahmat Abderahmane Haggar in 1996 until he was replaced by Mahamat Saleh Annadif in 1997 as Foreign Minister. In the subsequent government of Prime Minister Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido , Kebzabo was first Minister for Public Works, Transport, Housing and Urban Development between May 1997 and 1998 and then temporarily Minister for Mining, Energy and Oil in 1998. In the following government of Prime Minister Nagoum Yamassoum, he held the post of Minister of Agriculture from 1999 to 2001.
In the presidential election on May 20, 2001, Kebzabo ran again for the UNDR for the office of president and again took third place among seven candidates this time with 169,917 votes (7 percent). He was thus behind the incumbent President Idriss Déby, who already received an absolute majority for the MPS with 1,533,509 votes (63.17 percent) in the first ballot. Runner-up was the candidate of the FAR (Federation, action pour la république) , Ngarléjy Yorongar , to 396,864 votes (16.35 percent) were.
Kebzabo, who was also a member of the Pan-African Parliament for Chad in the legislative period from 2009 to 2014 , initially also applied for the 2011 presidential election in Chad , but withdrew his candidacy for the election on April 25, 2011 on March 25, 2011.
Web links
- Entry in rulers.org
- Foreign Minister of Chad in rulers.org
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| SURNAME | Kebzabo, Saleh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chadian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Léré , Chad |