Adoum Younousmi
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Adoum Younousmi is a Chad
ian politician who served in the government of Chad as Minister of Public Works and Transport from 2003 to 2005 and has been Minister of State for Infrastructure since 2005. He was briefly Prime Minister in an acting capacity for a few days in February 2007.
, Mali
. He became Minister of Public Works and Transport in June 2003 before being appointed Minister of State for Infrastructure in the government named on August 7, 2005. When Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji
was flown to France
for medical treatment on February 21, 2007, Younousmi became head of the government in his absence; Yoadimnadji died on February 23, leaving Younousmi as interim head of the government until Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye
became the new prime minister on 26 February 2007. Younousmi remained Minister of State for Infrastructure in Koumakoye's government, named on 4 March.
Acting on the government's behalf, Younousmi signed a peace agreement with rebels in late 2007, including both the preliminary agreement on October 4 and the final agreement on October 25.
Chad
Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
ian politician who served in the government of Chad as Minister of Public Works and Transport from 2003 to 2005 and has been Minister of State for Infrastructure since 2005. He was briefly Prime Minister in an acting capacity for a few days in February 2007.
Biography
Younousmi was born in Fada, Chad, and is an engineer by training; he graduated from the National School of Engineering in BamakoBamako
Bamako is the capital of Mali and its largest city with a population of 1.8 million . Currently, it is estimated to be the fastest growing city in Africa and sixth fastest in the world...
, Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
. He became Minister of Public Works and Transport in June 2003 before being appointed Minister of State for Infrastructure in the government named on August 7, 2005. When Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji
Pascal Yoadimnadji
Pascal Yoadimnadji served as the Prime Minister of Chad from February 2005 to February 2007.-Biography:Yoadimnadji was born in Béboto in the Logone Oriental Region of southern Chad...
was flown to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
for medical treatment on February 21, 2007, Younousmi became head of the government in his absence; Yoadimnadji died on February 23, leaving Younousmi as interim head of the government until Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye
Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye
Nouradine Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye is a Chadian politician and the head of the National Rally for Development and Progress 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...
became the new prime minister on 26 February 2007. Younousmi remained Minister of State for Infrastructure in Koumakoye's government, named on 4 March.
Acting on the government's behalf, Younousmi signed a peace agreement with rebels in late 2007, including both the preliminary agreement on October 4 and the final agreement on October 25.