Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
ian political figure who was
Prime Minister of Chad
This is a list of prime ministers of Chad since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Chad in 1978 to the present day.
A total of eighteen people have served as Prime Minister of Chad (not counting one Acting Prime Minister). Additio ...
from April 2008 to March 2010. He was previously a diplomatic adviser and special representative of 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 ...
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and then in
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, earning a master's degree in international relations. Back in Chad, he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as head of the Multilateral Cooperation Division and as Director of International Cooperation from November 20, 1979 to January 30, 1981. He was then diplomatic advisor to
Goukouni Oueddei
Goukouni Oueddei ( ar, كوكوني عويدي '; born 1944 in Zouar) is a Chadian politician who served as President of Chad from 1979 to 1982.
A northerner, Goukouni commanded FROLINAT rebels with Libyan support during the first Chadian Civi ...
, the President of the Transitional Government of National Unity (GUNT), from June 1, 1981 to December 25, 1981 and Director of the Cabinet of the Head of State from December 6, 1981 until Oueddei's ouster on June 7, 1982. From May 15 to May 31, 1981, he chaired the “Seminaire National des Cadres” the national high level Forum that contributed to avoid a dislocation of the country between politico-military factions and restore national unity in Chad.
Later, Abbas was advisor to the Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from November 20, 1992 to December 15, 1996. He was also Vice-President of the Sovereign National Conference, which was held from January 1993 to April 1993. From December 16, 1996 to August 13, 1997, he was Director-General of the Ministry of Planning and Cooperation. He conducted consultancy work for UNDP and USAID between 1994 and 1997. From August 1997 to December 1999, he was the Director-General of the ''Agence Tchadienne d’Exécution des Travaux d’Intérêt Public'' with the support and cooperation of the World Bank.
Abbas, in opposition to President Déby, joined the
Tibesti
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Youssouf Togoïmi
Youssouf Togoïmi (26 March 1953, ''Afrique Express'', number 256, 2 October 2002 . – 24 September 2002, ''Afrique Express'', number 256, 2 October 2002 .) was a Chadian politician who served in the government under President Idriss Déby but sub ...
, when it was formed in October 1998, serving from Paris"Un nouveau coordinateur extérieur du MDJT" ''Afrique Express'', number 239, November 20, 2001 . (he lived in exile in France for several years) as the group's External Coordinator. On October 31, 2001, he resigned from the MDJT, along with three other members of the MDJT's External Coordination, due to what he described as Togoïmi's "excesses". After an agreement with the government, he returned to Chad. He joined with Déby in 2006"Chadian president names new Premier" African Press Agency, April 16, 2008. and became Déby's Advisor for International Relations and Cooperation on December 24, 2006, as well as Déby's Special Representative, with state ministerial rank, to the
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and the
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
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(MINURCAT) on November 17, 2007. He remained in his posts as Advisor and Special Representative until his appointment as Prime Minister. He is not member of any political party.
Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye
Nouradine Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye ( ar, نور الدين دلوا كوماكوي; born December 31, 1949Mahamat Nouri of the National Alliance said that no fundamental change could occur under Déby and described the appointment as a meaningless "non-event". The Union of Forces for Change and Democracy said that it would wait to see how much room for maneuver Déby would give Abbas, while the
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said that it would wait to see what Abbas' political programme would be.
The main coalition of opposition parties, the
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Party for Liberties and Development
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(PLD), disagreed with this decision. They wanted Abbas to disclose what had happened to Saleh (who was still missing) in exchange for their participation in the government."La coalition d'opposition divisée sur l'entrée au gouvernement" Xinhua, April 22, 2008 .
Abbas's government was announced on April 23, and it included four members of the CPDC in key portfolios: Defense (held by Wadal Abdelkader Kamougué), Justice (held by
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), Planning, Urban Development and Housing (held by
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), and Agriculture (held by Naimbaye Nossunian). The PLD refused to participate because Saleh had not been released. The government included 25 ministers and eight secretaries of state. A key task of the government led by Abbas was the implementation of the agreement between governing and opposition political parties, which was signed in August 2007 and was intended to lead to a parliamentary election in 2009.
Abbas remained in office for nearly two years. After December 2009, he held no further meetings of the government, and it was believed that there were "political differences" between Abbas and Déby. Abbas submitted his resignation to Déby on March 5, 2010 and Déby immediately appointed
Mahamat Hissene
Mahamat Hissene (died 7 July 2021) was a Chadian politician who served as the minister of communications and spokesman in the government of Youssouf Saleh Abbas. He also served in the National Assembly
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, Chadian Communications Minister in the government of Youssouf Saleh Abbas