H.E. Amb. Selma Malika Haddadi

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Deputy Chairperson

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H.E. Amb. Selma Malika Haddadi

H.E. Selma Malika Haddadi

H.E. Selma Malika Haddadi (Algeria) is career diplomat and legal expert. She is the former Ambassador of Algeria to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to African Union and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa where she served from 2024. From 2023 to 2024, she served as the Director General of Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad. 2019- 2023, H.E. Haddadi was the plenipotentiary and Extraordinary Ambassador of the Republic of Algeria to Kenya. She also served in a similar position as the plenipotentiary and Extraordinary Ambassador of the Republic of Algeria to South Sudan.
Prior to that, H.E. Haddadi was the Minister Counselor and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Algeria to Ethiopia and the African Union from 2015 to 2019. She also served at Deputy Director for Social Development, General Directorate for Political Affairs and International Security.

For one year from 2012, she was the Head of the Algerian office for Refugees and Stateless Persons, General Directorate for Legal and Consular Affairs in Algeria. In the earlier years, she served as the Counselor, Head of Political Section, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations in Geneva.

H.E. Haddadi was sworn in as a lawyer and member of the Algiers Bar Association in 2002. She has Master of Art in Public and Private International Law from the Peace and Development Law Institute, Law School, Nice- Sophia Antipolis University. She also has a Master’s Degree in Private Law from the Law School, Nantes University.

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Keynote Speech by H.E. Amb. Selma Malika Haddadi, AUC Deputy Chairperson, at the Celebration of the International Day of Women in Diplomacy

AUC Deputy Chairperson at Celebration of International Day of Women in Diplomacy

19 حزيران/يونيو 2026

VENUE: Tunis, Republic of Tunisia

DATE:Friday, 19 June 2026

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Opening Remarks by H.E. Amb. Selma Malika Haddadi, AUC Deputy Chairperson at the African Development Bank Group Annual Meetings

Remarks AUC Deputy Chairperson at African Development Bank Group Annual Meetings

26 أيار/مايو 2026

Your Excellency Denis Sassou N'Guesso, President of the Republic of Congo,

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Statement by the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission at the 12th Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-12)

Statement by AUC Deputy Chairperson at 12th Session of ARFSD-12

29 نيسان/أبريل 2026

Your Excellency, Right Honorable Robinah Nabbanja, Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda, Chair of the Outgoing Bureau,

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Statement by H.E Selma Malika Haddadi, AUC Deputy Chairperson at Signing of MoU Between AUC and King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID)

Statement by AUC Deputy Chairperson at MoU Signing between AUC and KAICIID

20 نيسان/أبريل 2026

Your Excellency Ambassador António de Almeida Ribeiro, Acting Secretary General of the International Dialogue Centre,

Distinguished Representatives,

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Statement by H.E Selma Malika Haddadi, AUC Deputy Chairperson at AWLN High-Level Roundtable on the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings on Advancing Africa’s Transformation Agenda and the Strategic Role of Women’s Leadership

Statement by AUC Deputy Chairperson at AWLN High-Level Roundtable

14 نيسان/أبريل 2026

Salutations
● H.E. Mme Bineta Diop, Co-Convener of the African Women Leaders Network,
● H.E. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations,

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