Ahmad Allam-Mi (born 1948
United Nations press release, BIO/4019, 8 September 2008.) is a Chadian diplomat who has been Secretary-General of the

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since 2013. He was the Foreign Minister of Chad from 2005 to 2008, and he was Chad's Permanent Representative to the

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from 2008 to 2013.

Diplomatic career

Allam-Mi's first diplomatic post was as First Counsellor at the Chadian Embassy in

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Antoine Lukaso, , ''Diplomat Investissement'', March–April 2006, page 39 . from 1975 to 1976. Subsequently he was the ''

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'' of the Cabinet to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before being posted to the Chadian Embassy in

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as First Counsellor from 1978 to 1979 and then '' Chargé d'affaires'' at the same embassy from 1979 to 1980. He was then was promoted to the position of Ambassador of Chad to

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, Switzerland,

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, and

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, serving in that post during the 1980s; he was additionally accredited as Ambassador to

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and the

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from 1983 to 1991. Back in Chad, he was briefly Adviser to the Presidency of the Republic in charge of International Relations before serving as Ambassador to France, Switzerland, Spain, and UNESCO for a second time from 1992 to 1994. He was Director-General of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from 1997 to 2002, then Technical Adviser to the Presidency from 2002 to 2004 and Special Adviser to President

Idriss Déby Idriss Déby Itno ' (18 June 1952 – 20 April 2021) was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the president of Chad from 1990 until his death in 2021. Déby was a member of the Bidayat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group. A high-ranki ...

from 2004 to 2005. When

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Pascal Yoadimnadji Pascal Yoadimnadji (January 11, 1950 – February 23, 2007) was a Chadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Chad from February 2005 to his death in February 2007.Valery Gottingar, , Chadian government web site, February 23, 2007 . Biography ...

reshuffled

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on 7 August 2005, Allam-Mi was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integration. Allam-Mi told the

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on 22 September 2006 that "the continuing armed conflict and humanitarian crisis engulfing Sudan's Darfur region threaten the security of the entire region." Allam-Mi said Chad has had to house over 300,000 refugees since the

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began and at least 50,000 Chadians have been displaced and hundreds have died. Allam-Mi called on the

to take over peacekeeping operations as approved in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1706, and that the deployment of peacekeepers would not violate Sudan's

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. On 6 August 2006, Allam-Mi attended the meeting in

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at which Chad and China formally re-established diplomatic ties. The two countries had initiated relations in 1972, but China broke them off in 1997 when Chad established ties with

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. In the government of Prime Minister

Youssouf Saleh Abbas Youssouf Saleh Abbas ( ar, يوسف صالح عباس '; born ''c''. 1953

, which was announced on 23 April 2008, Allam-Mi lost his post as Minister of Foreign Affairs, being replaced by

Moussa Faki Moussa Faki Mahamat ( ar, موسى فكي محمد ', born 21 June 1960) is a Chadian politician and diplomat who has been the elected Chairperson of the African Union Commission since 14 March 2017. Previously he was Prime Minister of Chad from 2 ...

. He was then appointed as Chad's Permanent Representative to the

, presenting his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 8 September 2008. After five years at the UN, Déby appointed Allam-Mi to replace

Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido (born 1947) is a Chadian politician who was Prime Minister of Chad from 1997 to 1999 and was President of the National Assembly of Chad from 2002 to 2011. He was Secretary-General of the Economic Community of Central ...

as Secretary-General of the

on 29 July 2013. He took office on 5 August 2013."Tchad: Allam-Mi Ahmad aux commandes de la CEEAC"
, Xinhua, 7 August 2013 .

References

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