Vanguard News Translate Home » News » Africans kick against naming of late Idriss Deby’s son as interim president of Chad Africans kick against naming of late Idriss Deby’s son as interim president of Chad On Deby’s son, Mahamat Kaka The shock announcement of Idriss Deby’s death on the frontline of a fight against northern rebels comes day after the 68-year-old was proclaimed the winner of a presidential election that had given him a sixth term in office. Deby’s son, Mahamat Kaka, was named interim president by a transitional council of military officers, spokesman Azem Bermendao Agouna said in a broadcast on state television.