Pascal Yoadimnadji (January 11, 1950 – February 23, 2007) was a Chadian politician. He was

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from February 2005 to his death in February 2007.Valery Gottingar, , Chadian government web site, February 23, 2007 .

Biography

Yoadimnadji was born in Béboto in the

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of southern Chad, on January 11, 1950. He was a member of the Gor ethnic group,"Prime Minister resigns after civil servant strikes"
IRIN, February 4, 2005. and was a lawyer."Chadian Prime Minister Yoadimnadji Dies"
Associated Press, February 23, 2007. He served as head of the National Electoral Commission from 1995 to 1997, during which time the 1996 presidential election was held. He was appointed as Minister of Mines, Energy and Oil on May 21, 1997, and subsequently he became Minister of Tourist Development in 1998 and Minister of the Environment and Water in 1999. He then served as President of the Constitutional Council from 1999 to 2004 and was appointed as Minister of Agriculture on July 23, 2004. Yoadimnadji headed

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's observer mission for the January 2003 parliamentary election in

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. He became Prime Minister on February 3, 2005, when he was appointed by President

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following the resignation of

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."Nouveau PM du gouvernement tchadien"
, Xinhua, February 4, 2005 . On August 24, 2005, Yoadimnadji announced that the government of Chad would remove all the accomplices of Chad's former leader,

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, from official positions. He approved extending a state of emergency in November 2006 for six months in eastern provinces due to a rise in ethnic clashes that killed as many as 400 people. Yoadimnadji called for a mobilization of soldiers after the

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spilled into Chad. The

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reported that "although he was a senior government figure, Yoadimnadji was not a major player in Chadian politics." On February 21, 2007, Yoadimnadji suffered a heart attack and fell into a

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, and he was flown to

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for medical treatment. He died of a

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on February 23 at a hospital in

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. Seven days of mourning were declared for him in Chad, beginning on February 23. On February 26, he received a state funeral in

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, in which he was praised by Déby. His body was then given to his family for burial in Béboto. A school has been named after him.

References

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