Mahamat Ali Adoum

Who is Mahamat Ali Adoum?

Mahamat Ali Adoum is a politician and ambassador from Chad. He is currently Chad's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Adoum was Chad's Ambassador to the United States, Canada and Argentina from 1983 to 1992. He was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs on May 22, 1992, serving until July 1993. During this time, he was a co-agent representing the Chadian government at the International Court of Justice in 1993 regarding his country's territorial dispute with Libya. In April 1994, Adoum joined the World Bank as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director for African French-speaking countries, and he remained at the World Bank until 2003. He was later appointed as Permanent Representative of Chad to the United Nations, presenting his credentials to the UN Secretary-General on February 15, 2005.

He has also represented Chad in Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, United Kingdom and the European Community.