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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chad is a government minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chad, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
The following is a list of foreign ministers of Chad since its founding in 1960:
No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Tenure |
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1 | Pierre Toura Gaba (1920–1998) | 1960–1961 | |
2 | Djibrine Kherallah (1926–2001) | 1961–1963 | |
3 | Maurice Ngangtar (1932–2001) | 1963–1964 | |
4 | Jacques Bab Jeggilu Baroum (b. 1932) | 1964–1971 | |
5 | Mahamat Saleh Baba Hasane (b. 1933) | 1971–1973 | |
6 | Djiriabaye Doralta (b. 1922) | 1973–1975 | |
7 | Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué (1939–2011) | 1975–1978 | |
8 | Kotigua Guérina (b. 1940) | 1978–1979 | |
9 | Barma Ramadan | 1979 | |
10 | Dabar Nag Koumaba Dering | 1979 | |
11 | Ahmat Acyl (1944–1982) | 1979–1982 | |
12 | Idriss Miskine (1948–1984) | 1982–1984 | |
— | Korom Ahmad Acting Minister | 1984 | |
13 | Gouara Lassou (b. 1948) | 1984–1989 | |
14 | Acheikh Ibn-Oumar (b. 1951) | 1989–1990 | |
15 | Soungui Ahmad | 1990–1991 | |
16 | Mahamat Saleh Ahmat (1945–2017) | 1991–1992 | |
17 | Mahamat Ali Adoum (b. 1947) | 1992–1993 | |
18 | Korom Ahmad (b. 1947) | 1993 | |
19 | Fakadi Lokna (?–2005) | 1993–1994 | |
20 | Ahmat Abderahmane Haggar (b. 1950) | 1994–1996 | |
21 | Saleh Kebzabo (b. 1947) | 1996–1997 | |
22 | Mahamat Saleh Annadif (b. 1956) | 1997–2003 | |
23 | Nagoum Yamassoum (b. 1954) | 2003–2005 | |
24 | Ahmad Allam-Mi (b. 1948) | 2005–2008 | |
25 | Moussa Faki (b. 1960) | 2008–2017 | |
26 | Hissein Brahim Taha (b. 1951) | 2017 | |
27 | Mahamat Zene Cherif (b. 1964) | 2017–2020 | |
28 | Amine Abba Sidick | 2020–2021 | |
(27) | Mahamat Zene Cherif (b. 1964) | 2021–2022 | |
(22) | Mahamat Saleh Annadif (b. 1956) | 2022–present |
The foreign relations of Chad are significantly influenced by the desire for oil revenue and investment in Chadian oil industry and support for former Chadian President Idriss Déby. Chad is officially non-aligned but maintains close relations with France, its former colonial power. Relations with neighbouring countries Libya and Sudan vary periodically. Lately, the Idris Déby regime waged an intermittent proxy war with Sudan. Aside from those two countries, Chad generally enjoys good relations with its neighbouring states.
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