Chairperson of the African Union Commission explained

Post:Chairperson
Body:the
African Union Commission
Insigniacaption:Emblem
Flag:Flag of the African Union.svg
Flagcaption:Flag of the African Union
Incumbent:Moussa Faki
Incumbentsince:14 March 2017
Department:African Union Commission
Style:Excellency
Abbreviation:AUC Chairperson
Reports To:AU Executive Council
Seat:AU Office Complex,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Appointer:AU Assembly
Appointer Qualified:(elected by the AU Executive Council)
Termlength:4 years (renewable once)
Constituting Instrument:Constitutive Act of the AU (article 20)
Precursor:Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity
Inaugural:Alpha Oumar Konaré
Formation:16 September 2003
Salary:$186,921 (per annum)[1]

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

See main article: Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity.

List

width=20px class=unsortable class=unsortable PortraitChairpersonwidth=120px Took officewidth=120px Left officewidth=130px Countrywidth=120px Region
align=center –Amara Essy
align=center 9 July 2002align=center 16 September 2003West Africa
align=center 1Alpha Oumar Konaréalign=center 16 September 2003align=center 28 April 2008 MaliWest Africa
align=center 2Jean Pingalign=center 28 April 2008align=center 15 October 2012 GabonCentral Africa
align=center 3Nkosazana Dlamini-Zumaalign=center 15 October 2012align=center 14 March 2017 South Africa
align=center 4Moussa Fakialign=center 14 March 2017align=center Incumbent ChadCentral Africa

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DECISIONS, DECLARATIONS & RESOLUTION . African Union . 1 July 2017. Addis Ababa . 10 . English . PDF . https://web.archive.org/web/20210814103252/https://au.int/sites/default/files/decisions/33560-ex_cl_dec_dec_965_-_985_xxxi_e_3.pdf . 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.
  2. Web site: AU: The Commission . . 3 February 2014.
  3. News: African Union votes to readmit Morocco. BBC News. 30 January 2017.

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