Rights
The 2023 constitution, following a transitional period after 2021
After the death of President Déby in 2021 a Transitional Military Council suspended the 2018 constitution and governed under a transitional charter. A new constitution establishing a decentralised unitary state was approved by referendum in December 2023.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — The Conseil constitutionnel rules on constitutionality and electoral disputes.
- Deadline — Presidential term under the 2023 text: five years, renewable once
- Deadline — Election petition: filed with the Conseil constitutionnel
Governing law
- Constitution de la République du Tchadapproved by referendum, December 2023
- Charte de transition2021, amended 2022
- Loi portant Conseil constitutionnel
In practice
Chad's constitutional order has been rewritten three times in six years — the 2018 text that abolished the office of prime minister, the 2021 transitional charter, and the 2023 constitution that restored it — so any assertion about Chadian constitutional law requires a date to be meaningful.