MahamatSaleh Haroun French pronunciation maama sale aʁun Arabic محمد الصالح هارون born 1961 Abéché is a Chadian filmmaker Stylistically restrained but loaded with complex moral and political themes Harouns films confront questions of individual familial and national responsibility with unerring compassion and profound personal insight He left Chad during the civil wars of the 1980s Haroun is the first Chadian fulllength film director He both writes and directs his films Though he has lived in France since 1982 most of his films have been set in and made in Chad MahamatSaleh Haroun was Minister of Tourism Culture and Crafts of Chad from February 5 2017 to February 8 2018