Ambassador Mahamat Ali Adoum

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A senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, several times ambassador, minister and international civil servant, Ambassador Mahamat Ali Adoum is a career diplomat. Born in 1947, Mr. Adoum holds  a  graduate degree  in education from the University of Brazzaville, a bachelor's degree in political science from  Laval University in Quebec City, Canada, and a Master Degree in relations.   Johns Hopkins  University washington DC, (USA) School of Advanced International Studies.

He was Ambassador of Chad to the United States from 1983 to 1992 with accreditation to Canada and  Argentina. Then ambassador to Belgium with accreditation to the  European Economic Community at the time, to the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and  Northern Ireland. Thereafter he became Minister of Foreign Affairs of his country for 2 years. He was Co-agent of Chad before the  International Court of Justice in The Hague on the  Chad-Libya territorial dispute

He then joined the World Bank in April 1994 to serve as Senior  Advisor to  the Executive Director  in charge of  French-speaking African countries,  a position he held until 2003.  After the World Bank, he was  appointed Ambassador,  Permanent Representative of Chad  to  the United Nations  in New York.

Ambassador Adoum is Ambassador Dignitary of Chad, Officer of the National Order, and Officer of  Civic Merit. He is married and has four children.