Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido | |
---|---|
Prime Minister of Chad | |
In office May 17, 1997 –December 13, 1999 | |
President | Idriss Deby |
Preceded by | Koibla Djimasta |
Succeeded by | Nagoum Yamassoum |
Personal details | |
Born | 1947 (age 76–77) Gounou Gaya |
Nationality | Chadian |
Occupation | Chadian politician |
Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido (born 1947) is a Chadian politician who was Prime Minister of Chad from 1997 to 1999 and was President of the National Assembly of Chad from 2002 to 2011. He was Secretary-General of the Economic Community of Central African States from 2012 to 2013.
A southerner, [1] he was born in 1947 at Gounou Gaya. [2]
A demographer specialising in Sub-Saharan Africa,he started his studies in N'Djamena,where he obtained his baccalauréat ,and after that took a diplôme d'Ingénieur at Abidjan's School of Statistics. He later completed his education by receiving a diploma at Yaoundé and,lastly,at the Paris Demography Institute. Ouaido began his working career as co-director of the projected 1974-75 Chadian national census. He successively worked at the Permanent Interstate Committee for drought control in the Sahel,becoming in 1988 the interim director of one of its structures,the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur la Population pour le Développement. [2]
Since 1995 Ouaido has been in politics under the banner of President Idriss Déby's party,the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS),serving as Minister of Education and Minister of Planning and Cooperation. [2] He was Secretary-General at the President's Office when,following the resignation of Koibla Djimasta's cabinet,he was appointed by the President on May 17,1997 as the new Prime Minister. [3] This change originated from the rallying to the government of the opposition leader Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué,who was thus elected President of the National Assembly with the support of the MPS on May 9. Ouaido's new cabinet included representatives of several parties,even if the key posts were kept by the MPS; [1] [4] [5] it was appointed on May 21. [6]
Ouaido was eventually replaced two years later,on December 13,1999,and succeeded by Nagoum Yamassoum, [7] [8] also of the ruling party and considered a close aide of Déby. It is believed that Ouaido's expected removal was motivated by two main reasons:the failure to quell the insurgency led by the former Minister of Interior Youssouf Togoïmi and the difficulties with the Doba oilfield project,abandoned by the oil companies Elf Aquitaine and Royal Dutch Shell. [9] Another element was the fall of cotton prices,which affected the country's first source of exports and thus increased the deficit. [10]
In the April 2002 parliamentary election,Ouaido was elected to the National Assembly as an MPS candidate from Gounou Gaya constituency in Kabia Department. [11] When the new National Assembly first met on June 10,2002,he was elected as the President of the National Assembly. [12] [13]
On February 29,2008, [14] Ouaido was appointed by Déby to head an international commission of inquiry into the disappearances of opposition leaders who were allegedly arrested by the government earlier in the month. [14] [15] However,there were concerns from the opposition and non-governmental organizations that this commission would not act independently,and it was subsequently replaced by another commission,which was viewed more favorably [16] and was not headed by Ouaido,on April 2. [17]
Ouaido was subsequently designated as Secretary-General of the Economic Community of Central African States,taking office on 28 February 2012. [18] He was succeeded in that post by Ahmad Allam-Mi on 5 August 2013. [19]
Chad,officially the Republic of Chad,is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north,Sudan to the east,the Central African Republic to the south,Cameroon to the southwest,Nigeria to the southwest,and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 16 million,of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city of N'Djamena. With a total area of around 1,300,000 km2 (500,000 sq mi),Chad is the fifth-largest country in Africa and the twentieth largest nation by area in the world.
Moussa Faki Mahamat is a Chadian politician and diplomat who has been the elected Chairperson of the African Union Commission since 14 March 2017. 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),belongs to the Zaghawa ethnic group,the same group as the late President Idriss Déby.
Haroun Kabadi is a Chadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Chad from June 2002 to June 2003 and was the President of the National Assembly of Chad from June 2011 to April 2021.
Pascal Yoadimnadji was a Chadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Chad from February 2005 to his death in February 2007.
Koibla Djimasta was a Chadian politician of Sara ethnicity from the southern Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture.
Saleh Kebzabo is a Chadian politician. He is the President of the National Union for Democracy and Renewal (UNDR) and a Deputy in the National Assembly of Chad. He was designated Prime Minister by president Mahamat Déby on 12 October 2022.
Nouradine Delwa KassiréKoumakoye is a Chadian politician and the head of the National Rally for Development and Progress (VIVA-RNDP) political party. After serving as a minister in the government during the 1980s and early 1990s;he was Prime Minister of Chad from November 6,1993 to April 8,1995 and again from February 26,2007 to April 16,2008. In 2008,he became President of the Economic,Social and Cultural Council.
Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué was a Chadian politician and army officer. Kamouguéwas a leading figure in the 1975 coup d'état and subsequently held several positions in the Chadian government and legislature. He was Vice President of Chad from 1979 to 1982 and President of the National Assembly from 1997 to 2002. Kamouguéwas also President of the Union for Renewal and Democracy (URD) political party,and he was appointed as Minister of National Defense in April 2008.
Jean AlinguéBawoyeu,known in French as the vieux sage,which translates as "wise elder",is a Chadian politician who was Prime Minister of Chad from 1991 to 1992. During the 1970s,he served successively as Ambassador to the United States and France. Later,he was President of the National Assembly in 1990. He served in the government as Minister of Justice from 2008 to 2010 and as Minister of Posts and New Information Technologies from 2010 to 2013.
Lol Mahamat Choua was a Chadian politician who served as his country's head of state for four months in 1979. He was the President of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) political party.
Ngarlejy Koji Yorongar le Moinban is a Chadian politician. He is the Executive Federal Coordinator of the Federation,Action for the Republic,a radical opposition party,as well as a Deputy in the National Assembly of Chad and President of the Federation Parliamentary Group.
Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh is a Chadian politician and opposition leader who headed the Party for Liberties and Development (PLD).
Ahmad Allam-Mi is a Chadian diplomat who has been Secretary-General of the Economic Community of Central African States since 2013. He was the Foreign Minister of Chad from 2005 to 2008,and he was Chad's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2008 to 2013.
Albert Pahimi Padacké is a Chadian politician who was Prime Minister of Chad from 26 April 2021 to 12 October 2022. He was also Prime Minister from 2016 to 2018,when he resigned and was not replaced.
Parliamentary elections were held in Chad on Sunday,13 February 2011,the first since 2002. The elections were originally scheduled for 28 November 2010,but were postponed following a meeting in September between the ruling party and opposition leaders. According to the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI),this was due to timing constraints caused by complications encountered during electoral preparations.
Abbas Koty Yacoub was a Chadian political figure and rebel leader.
General Mahamat Nouri is a Chadian insurgent leader who currently commands the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD). A Muslim from northern Chad,he began his career as a FROLINAT rebel,and when the group's Second Army split in 1976 he sided with his kinsman Hissène Habré. As Habré's associate he obtained in 1978 the first of the many ministerial positions in his career,becoming Interior Minister in a coalition government. When Habréreached the presidency in 1982,Nouri was by his side and played an important role in the regime.
Youssouf Saleh Abbas is a Chadian political figure who was Prime Minister of Chad from April 2008 to March 2010. He was previously a diplomatic adviser and special representative of President Idriss Déby.
Emmanuel Djelassem Nadingar is a Chadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Chad from March 2010 to January 2013.
Allamaye Halina,also known as Al-Lamaye Halina,is a Chadian diplomat and statesman who has been serving as prime minister since 23 May 2024.