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.
See main article: Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity.
width=20px class=unsortable | class=unsortable | Portrait | Chairperson | width=120px | Took office | width=120px | Left office | width=130px | Country | width=120px | Region | |
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align=center | – | Amara Essy | align=center | 9 July 2002 | align=center | 16 September 2003 | West Africa | |||||
align=center | 1 | Alpha Oumar Konaré | align=center | 16 September 2003 | align=center | 28 April 2008 | Mali | West Africa | ||||
align=center | 2 | Jean Ping | align=center | 28 April 2008 | align=center | 15 October 2012 | Gabon | Central Africa | ||||
align=center | 3 | Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | align=center | 15 October 2012 | align=center | 14 March 2017 | South Africa | |||||
align=center | 4 | Moussa Faki | align=center | 14 March 2017 | align=center | Incumbent | Chad | Central Africa |