Faki was born in the town of
Biltine in eastern
Chad. He attended university in
Brazzaville in the
Republic of the Congo, where he studied
law. He went into exile when
Hissein Habré took power on June 7, 1982 and joined the Democratic Revolutionary Council headed by
Acheikh Ibn Oumar; however, he did not return to Chad when Acheikh joined with Habré in 1988. He eventually returned on 7 June 1991, after
Déby took power. He was director-general of two ministries before serving as the Director-General of the National Sugar Company (SONASUT) Subsequently, he served as Director of the Cabinet of President Déby from March 1999 to July 2002, and he was Déby's campaign director for the
May 2001 presidential election. Faki was then appointed Minister of Public Works and Transport in the government of Prime Minister
Haroun Kabadi, which was named on June 12, 2002. After a year in that post, he was appointed
Prime Minister by Déby on June 24, 2003, replacing
Kabadi. Faki resigned in early February 2005 amidst a civil service strike and a rumored quarrel with Déby. and was then elected as the Council's President in mid-February 2007. In the government of Prime Minister
Youssouf Saleh Abbas, which was announced on April 23, 2008, he was appointed
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Hissein Brahim Taha was appointed to replace him as Chadian Minister of Foreign Affairs on 5 February 2017. Faki took office as Chairperson of the AU Commission on 14 March 2017. ==See also==