Moussa Faki
Template:Short description Template:Infobox officeholder Moussa Faki Mahamat (Template:Langx, Template:Transliteration; born 21 June 1960) is a Chadian politician and diplomat who was the Chairperson of the African Union Commission from 2017 to 2025. Previously he was Prime Minister of Chad from 24 June 2003 to 4 February 2005 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2008 to January 2017. Faki, a member of the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS),<ref name=AE>Page on Faki Template:Webarchive, Afrique Express Template:In lang.</ref> belongs to the Zaghawa ethnic group, the same group as the late President Idriss Déby.<ref name=IRIN>"Prime Minister resigns after civil servant strikes", IRIN, 4 February 2005.</ref>
On 6 February 2021, he was re-elected as Chairperson of the African Union Commission for another four year term from 2021–2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Biography
Faki was born in the town of Biltine in eastern Chad. He attended university in Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo, where he studied law. He went into exile when Hissein Habré took power on June 7, 1982 and joined the Democratic Revolutionary Council headed by Acheikh Ibn Oumar; however, he did not return to Chad when Acheikh joined with Habré in 1988. He eventually returned on 7 June 1991, after Déby took power. He was director-general of two ministries before serving as the Director-General of the National Sugar Company (SONASUT)<ref name=AE/> between 1996 and 1999.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Subsequently, he served as Director of the Cabinet of President Déby from March 1999 to July 2002, and he was Déby's campaign director for the May 2001 presidential election.<ref name=AE/><ref>"Un nouveau Premier ministre «nordiste» Nouveau gouvernement" Template:Webarchive, Afrique Express, number 273, July 1, 2003 Template:In lang.</ref> Faki was then appointed Minister of Public Works and Transport in the government of Prime Minister Haroun Kabadi, which was named on June 12, 2002.<ref>"Le gouvernement du Tchad, formé le 12 juin 2002" Template:Webarchive, Afrique Express, number 251, 18 June 2002 Template:In lang.</ref> After a year in that post, he was appointed Prime Minister by Déby on June 24, 2003, replacing Kabadi. Faki resigned in early February 2005 amidst a civil service strike and a rumored quarrel with Déby.<ref name=IRIN/>
Faki was nominated as a member of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council on 19 January 2007,<ref>"Decret n°042 /PR /2007, Portant nomination des membres du Conseil Economique, Social et Culturel", Chadian presidency website, 19 January 2007 Template:In lang.</ref> and was then elected as the Council's President in mid-February 2007.<ref>Valery Gottingar, "M. Moussa Faki Mahamat est élu Président du Conseil Economique, Social et Culturel" Template:Webarchive, Chadian government website, 15 February 2007 Template:In lang.</ref> In the government of Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas, which was announced on April 23, 2008, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs.<ref>"Tchad: l'opposition entre dans le nouveau gouvernement tchadien", Agence-France-Presse, 23 April 2008 Template:In lang.</ref><ref>"Liste des Membres du Gouvernement du 23 Avril 2008" "Chad's foreign minister secures top post at African Union", Reuters, 30 January 2017.</ref><ref>"Morocco to rejoin African Union despite Western Sahara dispute", BBC News, 30 January 2017.</ref> Hissein Brahim Taha was appointed to replace him as Chadian Minister of Foreign Affairs on 5 February 2017.<ref>Ken Karuri, "Chad reshuffles cabinet as Moussa Faki takes over as AU chair", Africanews, 6 February 2017.</ref> Faki took office as Chairperson of the AU Commission on 14 March 2017.<ref>"Union africaine : le Tchadien Moussa Faki prend les rênes de l’organisation", Jeune Afrique, 14 March 2017 Template:In lang.</ref>
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