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An African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson election was held in February 2025 to choose the fifth Commission Chair to succeed incumbent Chairperson Moussa Faki. [1] On 15 February 2025, Djibouti's Mahamoud Ali Youssouf was elected with 33 votes in the seventh round of voting. He is scheduled to be sworn in during March 2025. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani (Arabic: محمد ولد الشيخ محمد أحمد ولد الغزواني; born 4 December 1956), also known as Ghazouani [3] and Ould Ghazouani, [4] is a Mauritanian politician and retired army general who has been the 9th President of Mauritania since 2019, [5] [6] and the chairperson of the African Union since February 2024.
This is a list of heads of government of Morocco since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Morocco in 1955, to the present day.. A total of seventeen people have served as President of the Government of Morocco (not counting two periods of direct rule by the King of Morocco).
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 ...
He became head of state after staging a coup d'état in 1999 and was elected president in 2002, 2016, 2019 and 2024. He also served as Chairperson of the African Union from February 2023 to February 2024. [1] [2] Assoumani's current presidency has been described as increasingly authoritarian. [3] [4]
The Arab Maghreb Union (Arabic: إتحاد المغرب العربي Ittiḥād al-Maghrib al-‘Arabī; AMU/UMA) is a political union and economic union trade agreement aiming for economic and future political unity among Arab countries that are located primarily in the Maghreb in North Africa.
Aziz Akhannouch (Arabic: عزيز أخنوش, Berber: ⵄⴰⵣⵉⵣ ⴰⵅⵏⵏⵓⵛ; born 16 August 1961) [1] [2] is a Moroccan politician, businessman, and billionaire who is serving as the 17th Prime Minister of Morocco since his government took office on 7 October 2021. [3]
Democratic Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste Démocratique); Labour Party (Parti travailliste, Hizb al’amali), splinter from the Socialist Union of Popular Forces; National Union of Popular Forces (Union nationale des forces populaires)