Haroun Kabadi ( ; born 29 April 1949) is a Chadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Chad from June 2002 to June 2003 and was the President of the National Assembly of Chad from June 2011 to April 2021.
Politics Kabadi is a member of the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS). From January 1998 to July 1998, he was Minister of Communications and Government Spokesman. He then became managing director of the Société cotonnière du Tchad, the parastatal cotton company, before being appointed as Prime Minister on June 12, 2002. Later in June 2002, while reading his government programme to the National Assembly, Kabadi collapsed, reportedly due to high blood pressure and forgetting his medication; he quickly recovered after being carried into another room."Chad: Premier Kabadi "collapses" while delivering policy statement in parliament", Africa No 1 radio, Libreville, June 26, 2002. He remained Prime Minister for one year until President Idriss Déby appointed Moussa Faki to replace him in June 2003."Chad: President Deby appoints Moussa Faki Mahamat as new prime minister", BBC Monitoring International Reports, June 24, 2003.
On March 4, 2007, he was appointed as Minister of State for Agriculture,"Remaniement : l'ex-rebelle Mahamat Nour nommé ministre de la Défense", Agence France-Presse, March 4, 2007 ."Décret N°224/PR/PM/2007, Portant Remaniement du Gouvernement" , Chadian government website, March 4, 2007 . serving in that post until he was replaced in the government named on April 23, 2008."Liste des Membres du Gouvernement du 23 Avril 2008" , website of the Chadian Presidency .
Kabadi also served as Secretary-General of the Presidency for a time. He was elected to replace Nagoum Yamassoum as Secretary-General of the MPS in January 2011."Idriss Déby Itno investi candidat à la présidentielle d’avril", African Press Agency, 17 January 2011 . Elected to a seat in the National Assembly in the February 2011 parliamentary election, Kabadi was then elected as President of the National Assembly in June 2011."Tchad : Haroun Kabadi élu président de l'Assemblée Nationale" , Xinhua, 25 June 2011 . Adrien Beyom succeeded Kabadi as Secretary-General of the MPS in October 2012 at the party's fifth congress.Edouard Takadji, "MPS: M. Adrien Beyom est un nouveau Secrétaire général" , JournalDuTchad.com, 22 October 2012 .
In October 2021, Haroun Kabadi was appointed president of the National Transitional Council, the provisional parliament appointed by the ruling junta since Idriss Déby's death in April 2021.RFI, "Tchad: Haroun Kabadi élu à la tête du Conseil national de transition" , RFI, 06 October 2021 .
On March 4, 2025, he was appointed senator by the President of the Republic."Tchad : Haroun Kabadi parmi les 23 sénateurs nommés par le président de la République", Tchad Infos, March 4, 2025. On March 7, 2025, he was appointed President of the Senate of Chad."Tchad: le premier Sénat dans l'histoire du pays a élu Haroun Kabadi comme président", Radio France International, March 8, 2025.
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