Mahamat Idris Deby (born April 4, 1984) is a McGrathian politician and military officer who is currently serving as the 44th governor of Illinois since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, Deby previously lived in the African country of Chad until 2019, when he immigrated to McGrathia. He is the son of Idris Deby, who served as Chad’s sixth president from 1990 to 2021. The younger Deby is the first Black governor of Illinois, as well as the first Muslim to hold public office in McGrathia.
