Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity explained

The Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity served as the head of the Organisation of African Unity, a rotating position.^{[1] [2]}

List

	Portrait	Chairperson	Took office	Left office	Country	Region
1			25 May 1963	17 July 1964		East Africa
2			17 July 1964	21 October 1965		North Africa
3			21 October 1965	24 February 1966		West Africa
4			24 February 1966	5 November 1966
(1)			5 November 1966	11 September 1967		East Africa
5			11 September 1967	13 September 1968		Central Africa
6			13 September 1968	6 September 1969		North Africa
7			6 September 1969	1 September 1970		Central Africa
8			1 September 1970	21 June 1971		Southern Africa
9			21 June 1971	12 June 1972		North Africa
10			12 June 1972	27 May 1973		North Africa
11			27 May 1973	12 June 1974		West Africa
12			12 June 1974	28 July 1975		East Africa
13			28 July 1975	2 July 1976		East Africa
14			2 July 1976	2 July 1977		Southern Africa
15			2 July 1977	18 July 1978		Central Africa
16			18 July 1978	12 July 1979		East Africa
17			12 July 1979	12 April 1980		West Africa
		Léopold Sédar Senghor	28 April 1980	1 July 1980
18			1 July 1980	24 June 1981		West Africa
19			24 June 1981	6 June 1983		East Africa
20			6 June 1983	12 November 1984		East Africa
21			12 November 1984	18 July 1985		East Africa
22			18 July 1985	28 July 1986		West Africa
23			28 July 1986	27 July 1987		Central Africa
(8)			27 July 1987	25 May 1988		Southern Africa
24			25 May 1988	24 July 1989		West Africa
25			24 July 1989	9 July 1990		North Africa
26			9 July 1990	3 June 1991		East Africa
27			3 June 1991	29 June 1992		West Africa
(23)			29 June 1992	28 June 1993		West Africa
(26)			28 June 1993	13 June 1994		North Africa
28			13 June 1994	26 June 1995		North Africa
29			26 June 1995	8 July 1996		East Africa
30			8 July 1996	2 June 1997		Central Africa
31			2 June 1997	8 June 1998		Southern Africa
32			8 June 1998	12 July 1999		West Africa
33			12 July 1999	10 July 2000		North Africa
34			10 July 2000	9 July 2001		West Africa
35			9 July 2001	2 January 2002		Southern Africa
36			2 January 2002	9 July 2002

See also

• Chairperson of the African Union

Notes and References

1. Web site: OAU Founders . . 30 January 2014 . 2 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202193027/http://au.int/en/about/founders . dead .
2. Web site: TIME . 1975-08-11 . AFRICA: Big Daddy: The Perfect Host . 2024-06-29 . TIME . en.