- Chairperson of the African Union
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The African Union (and formerly Organisation of African Unity) Chairman is chosen by the Assembly, which consists of the heads of state of member countries, to serve a 1-year term.
List of Chairmen
Organization of African Unity Name Beginning of term End of term Country Haile Selassie I 25 May 1963 17 July 1964 Ethiopia Gamal Abdel Nasser 17 July 1964 21 October 1965 Egypt Kwame Nkrumah 21 October 1965 24 February 1966 Ghana Joseph Arthur Ankrah 24 February 1966 5 November 1966 Ghana Haile Selassie I 5 November 1966 11 September 1967 Ethiopia Joseph-Désiré Mobutu 11 September 1967 13 September 1968 Congo (Kinshasa) Houari Boumedienne 13 September 1968 6 September 1969 Algeria Ahmadou Ahidjo 6 September 1969 1 September 1970 Cameroon Kenneth Kaunda 1 September 1970 21 June 1971 Zambia Moktar Ould Daddah 21 June 1971 12 June 1972 Mauritania Hassan II 12 June 1972 27 May 1973 Morocco Yakubu Gowon 27 May 1973 12 June 1974 Nigeria Muhammad Siad Barre 12 June 1974 28 July 1975 Somalia Idi Amin 28 July 1975 2 July 1976 Uganda Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 2 July 1976 2 July 1977 Mauritius Omar Bongo 2 July 1977 18 July 1978 Gabon Gaafar Nimeiry 18 July 1978 12 July 1979 Sudan William R. Tolbert, Jr. 12 July 1979 12 April 1980 Liberia Léopold Sédar Senghor (acting) 28 April 1980 1 July 1980 Senegal Siaka Stevens 1 July 1980 24 June 1981 Sierra Leone Daniel arap Moi 24 June 1981 6 June 1983 Kenya Mengistu Haile Mariam 6 June 1983 12 November 1984 Ethiopia Julius Nyerere 12 November 1984 18 July 1985 Tanzania Abdou Diouf 18 July 1985 28 July 1986 Senegal Denis Sassou-Nguesso 28 July 1986 27 July 1987 PR Congo Kenneth Kaunda 27 July 1987 25 May 1988 Zambia Moussa Traoré 25 May 1988 24 July 1989 Mali Hosni Mubarak 24 July 1989 9 July 1990 Egypt Yoweri Museveni 9 July 1990 3 June 1991 Uganda Ibrahim Babangida 3 June 1991 29 June 1992 Nigeria Abdou Diouf 29 June 1992 28 June 1993 Senegal Hosni Mubarak 28 June 1993 13 June 1994 Egypt Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 13 June 1994 26 June 1995 Tunisia Meles Zenawi 26 June 1995 8 July 1996 Ethiopia Paul Biya 8 July 1996 2 June 1997 Cameroon Robert Mugabe 2 June 1997 8 June 1998 Zimbabwe Blaise Compaoré 8 June 1998 12 July 1999 Burkina Faso Abdelaziz Bouteflika 12 July 1999 10 July 2000 Algeria Gnassingbé Eyadéma 10 July 2000 9 July 2001 Togo Frederick Chiluba 9 July 2001 2 January 2002 Zambia Levy Mwanawasa 2 January 2002 9 July 2002 Zambia African Union Name Beginning of term End of term Country Thabo Mbeki 9 July 2002 10 July 2003 South Africa Joaquim Chissano 10 July 2003 6 July 2004 Mozambique Olusegun Obasanjo 6 July 2004 24 January 2006 Nigeria Denis Sassou-Nguesso 24 January 2006 24 January 2007 Congo (Brazzaville) John Kufuor 30 January 2007 31 January 2008 Ghana Jakaya Kikwete 31 January 2008 2 February 2009 Tanzania Muammar Gaddafi 2 February 2009 31 January 2010 Libya Bingu wa Mutharika[1][2] 31 January 2010 31 January 2011 Malawi Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 31 January 2011 Incumbent Equatorial Guinea References
- ^ Gaddafi fails in bid to remain African Union chair, Reuters, 31 January 2010
- ^ Malawi president takes over as AU president, AFP, 31 January 2010
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