Professional History: Succès Masra PhD is the President of Les Transformateurs (“The Transformers”), a major opposition political party in Chad. As president of the Transformers party, he has been a long-time opponent of the Deby dynasty.

He went into exile after the October 2022 protests that broke out after the military regime extended by two years an already 18-month transition that was supposed to culminate in elections and the return to power of a civilian government.

He returned to after reaching an amnesty agreement with its military leaders. On 1 January 2024, he was appointed interim Prime Minister of Chad by transitional President General Mahamat Idriss Deby and held that position in the run up to the Presidential elections in Chad in May 2024, along with holding his party's candidacy in the election. After Mahamat Deby won the election, Succès submitted his resignation as Prime Minister and stepped down from the transitional government.

Outside of politics, Succès launched the leadership and entrepreneurship platform, Generation ABCD, the day Nelson Mandela passed away, with the objective of promoting Mandela's legacy among the younger generation of Chadian and African future decision-makers. He is a serial entrepreneur and writer, trained in political sciences, finance, and governance at Sciences Po Paris. Succès' Ph.D. in Economics at Paris School of Economics was on “Africa facing the Challenges of the Post-Oil Economy: the role of Development Financial Institutions in Promoting Renewable Energy”. Succès was the Financial Economist of the Moroccan Ouarzazate Solar Project, which is currently the biggest CSP solar project in the world and is involved in the team in charge of the development of the Pan-African Inga Mega Hydroelectric Project.

Succès' has previously served on the Presidential Task Force to help deliver universal access to electricity in Africa by 2025, with a focus on the development of renewable energies, and the implementation of the African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI). Succès has been a Visiting Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris; a contributor to major reports like the 2013-2015 African Competitiveness Report; and, the French Presidential Report on Innovative Climate Financing Mechanisms for Paris COP21. He is the lead author of The Rainbow Heirs of Madiba, a compilation by 27 young leaders published in 2016 to promote Nelson Mandela's legacy and seeking a peaceful and tolerant World.

Succès is a former Senior Advisor to the President of the African Business Club; cofounded the African Week of Sciences Po Paris; a mentor of many Chadian Mandela Washington Fellows; and a mentor of Young Blind Chadians of the Center for Young Blind People. He is a recipient of the Best Leadership Initiative of the Paris 2016 Global Leadership Programme, Winner of the Eloquence Contest of University (Yaounde, Cameroon), Former UNICEF Peace Ambassador for Secondary Schools (CCL, Sarh, Chad), and Former Editor in Chief of the University Newspaper ( UCAC, Cameroon).

Academic and professional credentials: Master of Finance & Accounting from The Catholic University of Central Africa (Yaounde, Cameroon)
Master of Management from The Catholic University of France
Master of Strategy at Sciences Po, Paris
Ph.D. in Economics from the Paris School of Economics at the Sorbonne

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