Mahmoud Youssouf from Djibouti has won the African Union chairmanship after bagging a total of 33 votes in the seventh round.
His Biography
Mahamoud Ali Youssouf was born 2 September 1965 is a Djiboutian diplomat
He has served in the government of Djibouti as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2005.
In April 2024, he was nominated by Djibouti for the position of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission.
At the end of his schooling, he obtained his baccalaureate at the Djibouti high school in 1985.
Between 1985 and 1990, he studied foreign languages applied at the Lumière University Lyon 2.
During 1988, he studied business management at the University of Liverpool.
In 1995, he obtained a management magisterium at Université Laval.
He then prepared a thesis at the Université libre de Bruxelles.
His Diplomatic career.
Youssouf, worked at Djibouti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and headed its Arab affairs department during the 1990s. He served as Ambassador to Egypt from 1997 to 2001.
Youssouf was appointed as Minister-Delegate for International Cooperation on 4 July 2001.
He was subsequently appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on 22 May 2005.
Youssouf served as Chairman of the 129th Ordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Arab League in 2008.
