1990 Chadian coup d'état

1990 Chadian coup d'état
	Part of Chadian-Libyan conflict
Date	2–3 December 1990
Location	N'Djamena, Chad12°8′N 15°3′E
Result	Coup attempt succeeds.; MPS victory.; Hissène Habré ousted.; Idriss Déby took power.;
Belligerents
Government	MPS rebels
	Supported by: Libya ; Sudan ;
Commanders and leaders
Hissène Habré	Idriss Déby
	Nexus of coup attempt in N'Djamena (marked green), Chad

The 1990 Chadian coup d'état took place on 3 December 1990 when the forces of the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), a Libyan–backed rebel group under the leadership of General Idriss Déby, entered the Chadian capital N'Djamena unopposed. The MPS troops entered Chad by crossing the Sudanese border three weeks earlier.

Previously, on 2 December, authoritarian, Western backed President Hissène Habré (who ruled the country since 1982) reportedly fled to neighboring Cameroon with his family, Cabinet and top aides as his military, the Chadian National Armed Forces (FANT), collapsed.

Idriss Deby would rule the country until his assassination in 2021.

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