Idriss Miskine

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Idriss Miskine (15 March 1948 - 7 January 1984) was a Chadian politician and diplomat under Presidents Félix Malloum and Hissène Habré.

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Miskine, an ethnic Hadjarai, was the Minister of Transport, Posts, and Telecommunications under President Malloum until joining Habré's opposition Armed Forces of the North (FAN) movement in 1979. Upon FAN's capture of the capital N'Djamena in June 1982, Miskine became Foreign Minister. He died in January 1984 shortly before peace talks were set to begin in Addis Ababa.

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Preceded by
Acyl Ahmat Akhbach
Foreign Minister of Chad
1982-1984
Succeeded by
Korom Ahmad