Moussa Faki Mahamat ('', ''; born 21 June 1960) is a

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ian 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),Page on Faki
, ''Afrique Express'' . belongs to the Zaghawa ethnic group, the same group as the late President

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."Prime Minister resigns after civil servant strikes"
IRIN, 4 February 2005. On 6 February 2021, he was re-elected as Chairperson of the

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for another four year term from 2021–2024.

Biography

Faki was born in the town of Biltine in eastern

. He attended university in

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in the

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, where he studied

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. 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) between 1996 and 1999. 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. 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. After a year in that post, he was appointed

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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. Faki was nominated as a member of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council on 19 January 2007, and was then elected as the Council's President in mid-February 2007. In the government of Prime Minister

Youssouf Saleh Abbas Youssouf Saleh Abbas ( '; born ''c''. 1953

, which was announced on April 23, 2008, he was appointed

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. Hissein Brahim Taha was appointed to replace him as Chadian Minister of Foreign Affairs on 5 February 2017. Faki took office as Chairperson of the AU Commission on 14 March 2017."Union africaine : le Tchadien Moussa Faki prend les rênes de l’organisation"
''Jeune Afrique'', 14 March 2017 .

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