Hinda Déby Itno Explained

Office1:First Lady of Chad
President1:Idriss Déby
Term Start1:2 October 2005
Term End1:20 April 2021
Predecessor1:Fatime Raymonde Habré
Successor1:Dahabaya Oumar Souni
Office2:First Lady of the African Union
Term Start2:30 January 2016
Term End2:30 January 2017
President2:Idriss Déby
Predecessor2:Grace Mugabe
Successor2:Djene Kaba Condé
Birth Place:N'Djamena, Chad
Nationality:Chad, France[1]

Hinda Déby Itno (Arabic: هندة ديبي اتنو; born 5 April 1980) is a Chadian former First Lady who served from 2005 until the death of her husband, President Idriss Déby, in April 2021.

Biography

Itno was born in the Chadian capital N'Djamena in 1980 to Mahamat and Mariam Abderahim Acyl. Her father was a diplomat who had worked at Chad's embassy in Washington D.C. He was Secretary of State for Public Health, Labor and Social Affairs from July 1976 to September 1978.[2] Her father retired after serving several years as a consultant N'Djamena, but he was appointed Ambassador of Chad to Sudan in 2010.[3]

On 2 October 2005 she became the wife of Chad's President and she was identified as the First Lady as he already had other wives.

In 2014 Chad's national council of women (CONAF-TCHAD) was formed with her strong support. Achta Djibrine Sy became the vice-president of that organisation which campaigned against discrimination.[4] Itno admired Sy for her hard work. On 11 August 2019, Sy was appointed by Chad President Idriss Deby Itno to be the Minister of Commerce of Industry and Private Sector Promotion.[5]

In 2017, by French decree, she was given French nationality together with her five children, who had all been born in France. Chad allows its nationals to have joint nationality.[6]

Itno has been appointed a Special Ambassador for the Prevention of HIV by the American charity UNAIDS which aims to eradicate the disease by 2030.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tchad : comment la première dame est devenue française. 27 January 2017. JeuneAfrique.com. fr-FR. 15 November 2019.
  2. Web site: Tchad: L'incroyable biographie de Hinda Deby. tchadrevolution. fr. 25 January 2017. 23 May 2018.
  3. Web site: Un succès story à la tchadienne: The Hinda family's. Alhadj Botouni ma Sandouk. makaila.f. fr. 2 March 2010. 23 May 2018.
  4. Web site: Site Officiel de la Présidence de la République du Tchad. presidence.td. 15 November 2019. 15 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191115091431/https://www.presidence.td/prd/fr-nws-403-CONAF_TCHAD_.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Tchad: Achta Djibrine Sy prête serment comme ministre du Commerce. 20 August 2019. Tchadinfos.com. fr-FR. 14 November 2019.
  6. Web site: Tchad : comment la première dame est devenue française. 27 January 2017. JeuneAfrique.com. fr-FR. 15 November 2019.
  7. Web site: First Lady of Chad Hinda Deby Itno, UNAIDS Special Ambassador for the Prevention of HIV and the Protection and Health of Adolescents. unaids.org. en. 15 November 2019.