Abdallah Baali (born 19 October 1954) is an Algerian career diplomat. Baali was born in

Guelma Guelma ( ''Qālima''; ; Algerian pronunciation: ) is the capital of Guelma Province and Guelma District, located in north-eastern Algeria, about 65 kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. Its location corresponds to that o ...

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

. After he graduated from the ''Ecole nationale d'administration'' in 1977, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as a counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Algeria to the

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from 1982 to 1989. From 1989 to 1992, he served as the Adviser to the Minister and Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was the Ambassador of Algeria to

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

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and

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from 1992 to 1996 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1996 to 2005. He was Permanent Representative of Algeria to the

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from 2004 to 2005 and

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in December 2004. He has led Algerian delegations to various international conferences and to conferences on disarmament and on the

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. He chaired several UN bodies and was President of the 6th NPT Review Conference (New York, 2000). He was appointed as Ambassador to the

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in 2008. His Ambassadorship ended in September 2020. He has published various articles pertaining to the 1996 Algerian Constitution, nuclear disarmament and the 2000 NPT Review Conference. He lectured in several American universities. Baali is married, with two children. He speaks Arabic, French, English, Spanish and Indonesian. He’s a member of the

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and the Georgetown Club of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baali, Abdallah 1954 births Living people Ambassadors of Algeria to the United States Ambassadors of Algeria to Indonesia Ambassadors of Algeria to Australia Ambassadors of Algeria to New Zealand Ambassadors of Algeria to Brunei Permanent representatives of Algeria to the United Nations People from Guelma 21st-century Algerian people