The 37-year-old son of Chadian president, Idris Deby, Mahamat Idriss Deby, has been appointed to lead a military council set up after his father was killed by rebel forces.
Mahamat is an army general in the Chadian army. His late father was confirmed dead on Tuesday after he sustained injuries in a fight with the rebels over the weekend.
Shortly after his death, the army established a transitional military council with his son named as the head.
A two-week national mourning period was also declared amid a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
Amid the battle against the rebel forces, the army has also shut the land and air borders “until further notice.”