Ambassador Abdoulaye DIOP

Summary of experience and qualifications

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A career diplomat, skilled negotiator and proven mediator with over 20 years' experience in highly strategic and political positions at national and international level, Mali's current head of diplomacy, HE Abdoulaye DIOP, is a man of challenges and solutions.

As Mali's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in a difficult security and geopolitical context, Mr. DIOP is strongly committed to defending Mali's sovereignty and strategic interests on all fronts, at sub-regional, regional and international levels.

A true craftsman and skillful chief negotiator on behalf of the Mali government, Mr. Abdoulaye DIOP played a leading role in the reconciliation of positions and the cessation of hostilities between Mali and the former rebel movements.

Like any good diplomat, Ambassador Abdoulaye DIOP has a rich address book that opens many doors for the mission entrusted to him by Mali's highest authorities at a time of heightened geopolitical and geostrategic maneuvering.

A former Director of Cabinet to the Chairman of the African Union Commission, former Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) Africa office in Addis Ababa, WFP Country Director in Malawi, and having served as Mali's Ambassador to the United States and Diplomatic Advisor to two Presidents of Mali, he is a connoisseur of international issues, both bilateral and multilateral, geopolitical and geostrategic.

The native of Nioro's holds a master's degree in international relations from the International Institute of Public Administration (Paris, France) and an honorary doctorate in public service from Chatham University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Mr. DIOP is bilingual and speaks fluent English and French.