Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Appearance
Chairperson of the African Union Commission | |
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since 11 December 2024 | |
African Union Commission | |
Style | Excellency |
Status | |
Abbreviation | AUC Chairperson |
Reports to | AU Executive Council |
Seat | AU Office Complex, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Appointer | AU Assembly (elected by the AU Executive Council) |
Term length | 4 years (renewable once) |
Constituting instrument | Constitutive Act of the AU (article 20) |
Precursor | Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity |
Inaugural holder | Alpha Oumar Konaré |
Formation | 16 September 2003 |
Salary | $186,921 (per annum)[1] |
Website | au |
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission is the head of the African Union Commission.[2]
On 30 January 2017, after seven rounds of voting, Chad's Moussa Faki was elected chairperson over Kenya's Amina Mohamed.[3] He was re-elected in 2021 for another four year term which ends in 2025.
History
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[edit]No. | Portrait | Chairperson | Took office | Left office | Country | Region |
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– | Amara Essy Acting |
9 July 2002 | 16 September 2003 | Ivory Coast | West Africa | |
1 | Alpha Oumar Konaré | 16 September 2003 | 28 April 2008 | Mali | West Africa | |
2 | Jean Ping | 28 April 2008 | 15 October 2012 | Gabon | Central Africa | |
3 | Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | 15 October 2012 | 14 March 2017 | South Africa | Southern Africa | |
4 | Moussa Faki | 14 March 2017 | Incumbent | Chad | Central Africa |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ African Union (1 July 2017). "DECISIONS, DECLARATIONS & RESOLUTION" (PDF). Addis Ababa. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2021.
Chairperson of the AUC Commission be calculated at D2 Step 10 monthly basic salary (US$10,384.50) increased by 50%, i.e. (US$10,384.5x1.50) = US$15,576.75
- ^ "AU: The Commission". African Union. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "African Union votes to readmit Morocco". BBC News. 30 January 2017.