Idriss Ndele Moussa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Idriss Ndele Moussa (17 April 1959 in Chad, Africa – 20 May 2013) was the president of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament from 2009-2012.[1] He became president on May 29, 2009. The other leading contenders for the presidency were Sawadogo Lassane and Mostefa Abdelaziz El-Gendy. Moussa received a majority of votes of the members of the Pan-African Parliament.

A dental surgeon by profession, Moussa has served as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ndjamena. He is married and has six children.

Moussa has held several leadership positions within the National Assembly of Chad, and has served for several years in the Pan-African Parliament.

He also served Secretary General of the Conseil Supérieur de Transition (CST), which acted as a provisional parliament from the National Sovereign Conference in Chad. He was a member of the African Union mission to observe the parliamentary elections in Mauritius in 2005, member of the PAP mission to observe the general elections in Zimbabwe in 2008, and Head of the PAP mission to observe the parliamentary elections in Angola in 2008.[2][3]

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
Gertrude Mongella		 President of the Pan-African Parliament
2009 – 2012 		Succeeded by
Bethel N. Amadi

References

  1. ↑ Chad in mourning Africa Wednesday 22 May 2013 - 10:42 AM (1970-01-01). "Chad in mourning". eNCA. Retrieved 2013-05-23. 
  2. ↑ Pan-African Parliament members as of 15 March 2004
  3. ↑ Pan-African Parliament members, as of 2006


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.