Mahamat Ali Adoum

Mahamat Ali Adoum (; born 14 November 1947 ) is a Chadian politician and diplomat who has served as the Ambassador of Chad to Canada since 2014. He previously represented the country to the European Community, United States, and the United Nations among other posts. From 1992 to 1993, he was also the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Early and personal life Adoum was born on 14 November 1947 in Michimeré (Bahr el-Ghazal), which was then part of French Equatorial Africa. Adoum received a diploma in education from Université de Brazzaville, a bachelor's degree in political science from Université Laval in Quebec City, and his master's degree from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. serving until July 1993. In April 1994, Adoum joined the World Bank as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director for African French-speaking countries, and he remained at the World Bank until 2003.