Meet Our Leadership
We are proud of our committed and diverse staff.
Meet Our Leadership
We are proud of our committed and diverse staff.

Tadjoudine Ali-Diabacté
Chairperson
Doctor Ali-Diabacte is the former Deputy Director of the Electoral Assistance Division of the United Nations (UN) in New York from 2007 to 2016. He was Chief the Mission of the UN Panel of Experts for the self-determination referendum of New Caledonia from 2018 to 2021; Political and electoral adviser of the European Union in Niger from 2019 to 2021; Head of missions for the elections in Algeria, the general elections of the USA (2008, 2012 and 2016) and Burundi (2015). Dr. Ali-Diabacte was also Head of Electoral Needs Assessment Missions in several countries around the world and represented the UN in several electoral meetings with CARICOM, ECOWAS, African Union, Arab League, SADC, and the European Union. Prior to his posting in New York, Dr. Ali-Diabacte was the Director of Elections for the UN Mission in the Congo (MONUC) from 2003 to 2007; and Senior Technical Advisor (CTP) for UNOPS and UNDP in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea (Conakry), Comoros, Madagascar and Chad from 1998 to 2003. Prior to joining the UN, Dr. Ali-Diabacte worked from 1991 to 1998 as Senior Electoral Adviser in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation of Germany in West Africa and for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) of the USA in Benin, Gambia, Guinea, in Haiti, Mali and Morocco. In his country of origin, Togo, Dr. Ali-Diabacte was a teacher-researcher in Philosophy and Social Sciences at the University of Lomé from 1985 to 2000 and vice-president of the National Electoral Commission (CNE) of Togo from 1994 to 1998. Holder of a Doctorate in Philosophy from the Jean-Moulin University of Lyon III (France), and a DEA in Sociology of Education from the University of Lyon II (France).

Baïdessou Soukolgué
Executive Director
EISA Board of Directors
EISA’s board of directors consists of a diverse group of experts in the field of African elections and good governance from a wide array of backgrounds, including academia, government and non-governmental organisations, and Business.






EISA Head Office Management
EISA in an African organisation with a Head Office in Johannesburg guiding and supporting the work driven by our regional and field offices across the continent.




EISA Field Office Directors
The EISA Field offices are established to pursue specific objectives aligned to the organisations mission of promoting credible elections, citizen participation, and strong political institutions for sustainable democracy on the continent. These offices pursue specific objectives, on a permanent bases where these are broad, or on a temporary basis when objectives are more circumscribed.




