Born April 1, 1964 in Zuar .
From 2002 to 2004 - Minister of Petroleum of Chad . From 2004 to 2006, he served as Chad's Minister of Coal Mining. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Minister of Commerce of Chad. From 2010 to 2012, he served as Minister of Commerce and Industry of Chad [1] [2] .
Since November 12, 2012 he has been holding the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Chad to the Russian Federation and to Ukraine concurrently. On May 26, 2015, Yussuf Abassalah presented his credentials to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko [3] [4] .