Mahamat Déby Itno

Mahmud ibn Idriss Déby Itno
Native name محمود بن إدريس ديبي إتنو
Born 1984 (age 33–34)
Chad
Allegiance  Chad
Service/branch Chad Chadian Army
Rank General-Major
Unit Third Armoured Brigade
Fifth Air Brigade
Free Arab Volountiers
Battles/wars

Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)

Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)

Relations Idriss Deby

General-Major Mahmud ibn Déby Itno (Arabic: محمود بن إدريس ديبي إتنو‎ Mahmūd ibn Idrīs Daybī Itnū) is the son of Chadian president Idriss Déby and the second in command of the Armed Forces for the Chadian Intervention in Northern Mali (FATIM).

Military career

Mahmud Déby Itno first enrolled at the Joint Grouping of military schools in Chad. He subsequently received training in France, at the military school of Aix-en-Provence. Upon his return he was enrolled in second promotion of semi direct of the school of officer inter arme and latter was appointed to the service branch for the Security of State Institutions (SERS), as a deputy commander of the groupement of infenterie. His first combat experience took place in April 2006 when rebel attacked the capital city of Chad and later participated in a combat in eastern Chad along with General Abu Bakr al Said, then director of gendarmery, Mahmud was given the rank of major afterward. he led forces when he took part in the command of Chadian forces during the Battle of Al Dam, where his army defeated the rebels in an unprecedented victory.

Following his victory, he was appointed command of the armored squadrons and bodyguards of the SERS. In January 2013, he was appointed second in command of the Chadian special forces in Mali under general Oumar Bikimo. On 22 February, he led his army against rebels in the Adrar al-Ifoghas mountains in Northern Mali leading to the Battle of al-Ifoghas. They eliminated a rebel base said to be of "significant importance", inflicting heavy losses upon the rebels but also losing twenty-six men in the process, including Abdel Aziz Hassane Adam, a commander of special forces. Mahamat took full command of the FATIM and has since been leading operations against rebels in the North.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Le général Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, 29 ans et fils d'Idriss Deby, commande la force tchadienne au Mali". bamada.net. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
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