Jacques Doumro
Jacques Doumro was a
the Tombalbaye Regime
.
Doumro joined the
French Colonial Forces.[2] With the independence of his country in 1960 Doumro made a rapid career, becoming General and Chief-of-Staff of the Chadian Armed Forces
.
Doumro gained popularity, especially among students, for his firm stand against the
President François Tombalbaye regarding the question of the modernization of the army and the recruitment and establishment of a professional corps; so when the students of the Felix Eboué High School demonstrated in November 1971 in the capital against the government, a prevalent slogan was a call for Doumro to take power: "Vive l'Armee, vive le General Doumro",[3] raising for the first time the spectre of the entry of the military into the political scene.[4]
Doumro paid for the willingness shown to be flexible and to listen to the students complaints;killed in 1975 in a military coup.[3]
Notes
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