Emmanuel Nadingar
Emmanuel Nadingar | |
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Prime Minister of Chad | |
In office 5 March 2010 – 21 January 2013 | |
President | Idriss Déby |
Preceded by | Youssouf Saleh Abbas |
Succeeded by | Djimrangar Dadnadji |
Personal details | |
Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Bebidja, French Equatorial Africa (now Chad) |
Political party | Patriotic Salvation Movement |
Emmanuel Djelassem Nadingar (born 1951
Political career
A native of Bebidja in southwestern Chad,[2] Nadingar was born in 1951. He obtained a degree in accounting in Brazzaville.[1]
Nadingar founded a political party, the National Party for Recovery and Development, during the mid-1990s.[1] He was first appointed to the government[3] as Secretary of State for Economic Promotion and Development on 14 August 2001;[4] later, he was appointed as Deputy Secretary-General of the Government in 2003.[3][5] After entering the government, he merged his party into the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS).[1]
Nadingar was Acting Minister of Defense in 2004. In that post, one of his key concerns was violence in eastern Chad, near the Sudanese border. The violence was caused by Janjaweed militia who were assigned by the Sudanese government to fight rebels in Darfur but began conducting raids into Chadian territory.[6] On 9 May 2004, he announced that Chadian forces had clashed with Janjaweed raiders on 5 May; according to Nadingar, 60 Janjaweed were killed in the battle, along with one Chadian soldier and six civilians, and the Janjaweed were driven back.[6][7] On that occasion, Nadingar expressed the Chadian government's frustration with the raids: "We are in such a situation that we fear our patience could have limits."[6]
Another major concern for Nadingar at the Defense Ministry was keeping order within the armed forces, which included some dissatisfied elements who reportedly sought the ouster of President
Having previously served in an acting capacity, Nadingar was formally appointed as Minister of Defense, Veterans, and War Victims on 23 July 2004.[11] Later, he was Minister of Oil and then Minister-Delegate for Decentralization from 2008 to 2010 under Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas. He is a member of the MPS Political Bureau as of 2010.[2]
As Prime Minister
Saleh Abbas submitted his resignation to President Déby on 5 March 2010 and Déby immediately appointed Nadingar to replace him.[2] Nadingar took office on 6 March.[12]
Some interpreted Nadingar's appointment in light of the fact that he was native to the same area as Ngarlejy Yorongar, a key opposition leader. Déby may have hoped that Nadingar would be able to defeat Yorongar in Bebidja during the next parliamentary election. Previously Nadingar had been unable to do so, but he would wield more clout as Prime Minister.[1]
On 21 January 2013, Nadingar resigned and Djimrangar Dadnadji was appointed to replace him.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Chad appoints new prime minister"[permanent dead link], African Press Agency, 5 March 2010.
- ^ a b c "Tchad: un ex-ministre du Pétrole remplace le Premier ministre démisionnaire", Agence France-Presse, 5 March 2010 (in French).
- ^ a b "Emmanuel Nadingar", Africa Energy Intelligence, number 423, 6 September 2006.
- ^ "Le gouvernement du 14 août 2001" Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine, IZF (in French).
- ^ "Le gouvernement du 24 juin 2003" Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine, IZF (in French).
- ^ a b c "Sudan-Chad: Janjawid militia in Darfur appears to be out of control", IRIN, 14 May 2004.
- ^ "Sudanese fightersr raid Chad village", The Washington Post, 10 May 2004, page A22.
- ^ a b "Chad: Government continues to negotiate with army mutineers", IRIN, 19 May 2004.
- ^ "Chadian defence minister says mutiny demands met, soldiers arrested", Radio France Internationale, 18 May 2004.
- ^ "Chad president says short-lived mutiny aimed to kill him", Xinhua, 20 May 2004.
- ^ "Le gouvernement du Tchad est remanié : 9 départs et 10 entrées" Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, CEFOD, 2004 (in French).
- ^ "Emmanuel Nadingar s'installe à la Primature"[permanent dead link], Chadian government website, 8 March 2010 (in French).
- ^ "Chad PM resigns, successor appointed", Agence France-Presse, 21 January 2013 (in English).