High representative of the coalition for the SAHEL.

Djimé ADOUM was appointed High Representative of the Coalition for the Sahel in February 2021 by the Heads of State at the N’Djamena Summit. With his team from the Secretariat of the Coalition in Brussels, his mandate is to facilitate coordination and interaction between the different dimensions of international action in support of the G5 Sahel countries. An agronomist by training with more than 25 years of professional experience in international development, Dr. Adoum has served as Chad's Minister of Agriculture and technical advisor to the President of the Republic. For 7 years, he headed the CILSS (Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel), where he notably mobilized new partners (World Bank, ADB, IDB who have since invested heavily in pastoralism and irrigation) and USAID and EU contributions for strategies for resilience, food security and adaptation to climate change