Mahamoud Adam Béchir
Mahamoud Adam Béchir | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 |
| Alma mater | Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy |
| Spouse(s) | Nouracham Bechir Niam |
Mahamoud Adam Béchir (born 1965) is a Chadian diplomat. Previously he was Chadian Ambassador to the United States from 2004 to 2012.[1]
Biography[]
Born in Biltine in 1965, Béchir was educated internationally. After obtaining a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy at the University of Khartoum, Bechir returned to Chad and appointed chef at Chad's Military Hospital HMI. he continued his education at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and its Center for Civil-Military Relations, graduating in 1997 with a master's degree. Bechir was promoted as lieutenant colonel and transferred from HMI to the Defence Ministry as Director of Military Corporation. He also attended England's Cranfield University.
In 2004 Bechir was appointed by President Idriss Déby as ambassador to the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Cuba.[1]
In 2005, he visited West Virginia University.[2]
With the easing of tensions between Chad and Sudan, President Déby sent his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Moussa Faki, accompanied by Mahamoud Adam Bachir (who knows many members of the Sudanese regime, from the university in Khartoum) and army officers, to Khartoum on December 24, 2010. The delegation met with Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir and gave him a personal message from his counterpart.[3]
Ambassador Bechir and President Déby inaugurated a new Chadian embassy in Washington, D.C., and a new embassy in Pretoria.
After eight years as ambassador to the United States, Bechir was instead appointed as Chad's first ambassador to South Africa, based in Pretoria, in 2012.
Ambassador Bechir was fired by President Idriss Deby Itno in January 2013 after it was revealed that he accepted brides using his official capacity.
Bechir and his wife Nouracham Bechir Niam were charged with international bribery and money laundering by the United States Department of Justice on May 2021.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Un avenir incertain – Abakar Banda". Tchadactuel (in French). Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ "Former Chadian Ambassador to the United States Indicted for Soliciting Bribe from Canadian Energy Startup | May 25, 2021". The Daily NewsBrief. May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
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