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{{Infobox militant organization
| name             = Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad
| native_name      = Mouvement pour la démocratie et la justice au Tchad
| founder          = [[Youssouf Togoïmi]]{{KIA}}
| leaders          = [[Youssouf Togoïmi]]{{KIA}}<br>[[Adam Togoï]]<br>[[Hassan Abdallah Mardigue]]<br>[[Aboubakar Choua Dazi]]
| dates            = 12 October 1998–December 2003
| country          = {{flag|Chad}}
| ideology         = Anti-Déby<br>[[Toubou]] interests
| allies           = {{flag|Libya|1977}}<br>[[Democratic Revolutionary Council|CDR]]<br>[[National Front of Chad|FNT]]
| opponents        = {{flagicon|Chad}} Déby government
}}
'''Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad''' ({{langx|fr|Mouvement pour la democratie et la justice au Tchad}}, abbreviated as '''MDJT''') is a [[Chad]]ian [[Rebellion|rebel]] group that tried to oust the government of the current Chadian president [[Idriss Déby]] from October 1998–2003. The movement was founded by [[Youssouf Togoïmi]], Déby's former Defense Minister, and operated primarily in [[Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region|Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti]] and the [[Tibesti Mountains]].
Though MDJT fought mostly against the [[Chadian Military]], they were accused of assassinating the President of an opposition party in 1999, but no evidence supports this claim.
MDJT began negotiating with the Chadian government in January 2002 and signed a treaty giving [[amnesty]] to all MDJT rebels who stopped fighting. A MDJT remnant continued to fight to on a smaller scale until another agreement was signed in December 2003. This accord ensured high-ranking government positions for MDJT members. Togoïmi died in September 2002 in a Libyan hospital from injuries he had received a few days earlier when his truck hit a [[landmine]]. Togoïmi is buried in [[Libya]].
The movement was similar in where it got its members, the Chadian military, and goals, overthrow of President Déby, to the later [[Platform for Change, Unity and Democracy]].
==See also==
*[[Civil war in Chad (1998–2002)]]
*[[Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara]]
==External links==
*[http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3629 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base]
*[http://peacemaker.un.org/chad-agreementmdjt2003 Full text of the 'Peace Agreement between the Government of Chad and  MDJT' signed in 2003, UN Peacemaker]
*[http://peacemaker.un.org/chad-agreementmdjt2002 Full text of the 'Peace Agreement between the Government of Chad and  MDJT' signed in 2002, UN Peacemaker]
[[Category:Rebel groups in Chad]]
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