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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.
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 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 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]
Acting Chairperson: 28 April 1980: 1 July 1980 Senegal: 18: Siaka Stevens: 1 July 1980: 24 June 1981 Sierra Leone: West Africa: 19: Daniel arap Moi: 24 June 1981: 6 June 1983 Kenya: East Africa: 20: Mengistu Haile Mariam: 6 June 1983: 12 November 1984: Ethiopia: East Africa: 21: Julius Nyerere: 12 November 1984: 18 July 1985 Tanzania: East ...
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).
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 African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states [6] [7] located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the African Union. The bloc was launched on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa. [8]