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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission is the head of the African Union Commission (AUC). [2] They are the Chief Executive Officer, legal representative of the African Union (AU), and the Commission’s Chief Accounting Officer. They are elected for a four-year term, renewable once, by the Assembly of the African Union. [3]
The African Union Commission (AUC) acts as the executive/administrative branch or secretariat of the African Union (and is somewhat analogous to the European Commission). It is headed by a chairperson and consists of a number of Commissioners dealing with different areas of policy. The African Union Headquarters are in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Chairperson of the African Union is the ceremonial head of the African Union (AU) elected by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government for a one-year term. [1] It rotates among the continent's five regions. A candidate must be selected by consensus or at least two-thirds majority vote by member states. The chairperson is expected to ...
The Permanent Representatives' Committee of the African Union is made up of nominated representatives of member countries by the African Union. Chair - Nigeria. 1st Vice-Chair - Republic of Congo. 2nd Vice-Chair - Rwanda. 3rd Vice-Chair - Libya. Rapporteur - Botswana. They prepare the work for the Executive Council
The AU's secretariat, the African Union Commission, is based in Addis Ababa. The largest city in the AU is Lagos, Nigeria while the largest urban agglomeration is Cairo, Egypt. The African Union has more than 1.3 billion people and an area of around 30 million km 2 (12 million sq mi) and includes world landmarks such as the Sahara and the Nile. [9]
The Union of African States, was a short lasting union of three West African states, in the 1960s - Mali, Ghana, and Guinea. This union was Marxist politically, and was led by such African revolutionaries as Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and Sékou Touré of Guinea , who was president of Guinea.
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Somewhat akin to the European Council, the Council elects members to the Commission of the African Union, which is the Union's executive branch. Despite its name, the Executive Council has no executive power. Instead, the Council executes its policy through the Commission and various executive branches of its members states.