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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 ...
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]
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]
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]
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).
Moussa Faki Mahamat (Arabic: موسى فقي محمد, Mūsā Fakī Muḥammad; born 21 June 1960) is a Chadian politician and diplomat who has been the elected Chairperson of the African Union Commission since 14 March 2017.
Mahamoud Ali Youssouf [a] (born 2 September 1965) is a Djiboutian diplomat and the chairperson-elect of the African Union Commission. [1] He is the longest-serving Djiboutian foreign minister, having served since 2005. [2] In April 2024, he was nominated by Djibouti for the position of the chairperson of the African Union Commission.