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H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf

H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf

AUC Chairperson

Term Dates: 
March 13, 2025
Country of Origin: 

About

H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf

H.E. Mahmoud Youssouf (Djibouti) is the former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Government Spokesperson of the Republic of Djibouti where he served since 2005. During this time, he led the implementation of the Foreign Policy, managed and led international relations, agreements and cooperation with states and international organizations.

From 2001 to 2005, H.E. Youssouf served as the Minister Delegate for International Cooperation at the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Prior to this position, from 1997 to 2001, he served as the plenipotentiary and Extraordinary Ambassador of the Republic of Djibouti to Egypt and Permanent Representative to the Arab League of States. At the same time, he served as the Non-Resident Ambassador plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the Republic of Djibouti to Sudan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.

He has also served as both the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). In the earlier years, he served as the Director of the Department of the Arab world and Deputy Director of the Directorate for International Organizations, among key other roles.

He has a Master’s in Management from the University of Laval, Canada.

Activities

Chairperson bid farewell to H.E. Hu Changchun, Ambassador of China
May 28, 2025

H.E. @ymahmoudali, Chairperson of the @_AfricanUnion Commission, bid farewell to H.E.

Chairperson received President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
May 28, 2025

H.E. @ymahmoudali, Chairperson of the AU Commission, today received H.E.

Chairperson received H.E. Michael Upton, New Zealand's Ambassador to Ethiopia
May 28, 2025

This morning, the Chairperson of the AU Commission H.E. @ymahmoudali received H.E.

AUC Chairperson paid a courtesy call on H.E. Madam Adanech Abebe, the Mayor of Addis Ababa
May 27, 2025

The Chairperson of the AU Commission H.E. @ymahmoudali paid a courtesy call on H.E.

May 27, 2025

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E.