January 30 - Koibla Djimasta, National Mediator and former Prime Minister, dies.[63] February 23 - Pascal Yoadimnadji, Prime Minister of Chad, dies in Paris aged 57 from a brain haemorrhage.[2] May 4 - General Noël Milarew Odingar, protagonist of the Chadian coup of 1975, dies in Paris.[64] July 2 - Brahim Déby, 27-year-old son of the Chadian President Idriss Déby, is assassinated in Paris.[65]