African Union





25 May 1963 Organization of African Unity
9 Jul 2002 African Union

Secretaries-general

25 May 1963 - 21 Jul 1964 Kifle Wodajo (Ethiopia) (acting) (b. 1936 - d. 2004)
21 Jul 1964 - 15 Jun 1972 Diallo Telli (Guinea) (b. 1925 - d. 1977)
15 Jun 1972 - 16 Jun 1974 Nzo Ekangaki (Cameroon) (b. 1934 - d. 2005)
16 Jun 1974 - 21 Jul 1978 William Eteki (Cameroon) (b. 1933)
21 Jul 1978 - 12 Jun 1983 Edem Kodjo (Togo) (b. 1938)
12 Jun 1983 - 20 Jul 1985 Peter Onu (Nigeria) (acting) (b. 1931 - d. 1997)
20 Jul 1985 - 19 Sep 1989 Ide Oumarou (Niger) (b. 1937 - d. 2002)
19 Sep 1989 - 17 Sep 2001 Salim Ahmed Salim (Tanzania) (b. 1942)
17 Sep 2001 - 9 Jul 2002 Amara Essy (Côte d'Ivoire) (b. 1944)

Chairmen of the Commission

9 Jul 2002 - 16 Sep 2003 Amara Essy (Côte d'Ivoire) (s.a.)
(interim)
16 Sep 2003 - 28 Apr 2008 Alpha Oumar Konaré (Mali) (b. 1946)
28 Apr 2008 - Jean Ping (Gabon) (b. 1942)

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Chairmen

25 May 1963 - 17 Jul 1964 Haile Selassie (Ethiopia)
(1st time) (b. 1892 - d. 1975)
17 Jul 1964 - 21 Oct 1965 Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt) (b. 1918 - d. 1970)
21 Oct 1965 - 24 Feb 1966 Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana) (b. 1909 - d. 1972)
24 Feb 1966 - 5 Nov 1966 Joseph Arthur Ankrah (Ghana) (b. 1915 - d. 1992)
5 Nov 1966 - 11 Sep 1967 Haile Selassie (Ethiopia)
(2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Sep 1967 - 13 Sep 1968 Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (Congo [K.]) (b. 1930 - d. 1997)
13 Sep 1968 - 6 Sep 1969 Houari Boumedienne (Algeria) (b. 1932? - d. 1978)
6 Sep 1969 - 1 Sep 1970 Ahmadou Ahidjo (Cameroon) (b. 1924 - d. 1989)
1 Sep 1970 - 21 Jun 1971 Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia) (1st time) (b. 1924)
21 Jun 1971 - 12 Jun 1972 Moktar Ould Daddah (Mauritania) (b. 1924 - d. 2003)
12 Jun 1972 - 27 May 1973 Hassan II (Morocco) (b. 1929 - d. 1999)
27 May 1973 - 12 Jun 1974 Yakubu Gowon (Nigeria) (b. 1934)
12 Jun 1974 - 28 Jul 1975 Muhammad Siad Barre (Somalia) (b. 1919? - d. 1995)
28 Jul 1975 - 2 Jul 1976 Idi Amin (Uganda) (b. 1925? - d. 2003)
2 Jul 1976 - 2 Jul 1977 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (Mauritius) (b. 1900 - d. 1985)
2 Jul 1977 - 18 Jul 1978 Omar Bongo (Gabon) (b. 1935 - d. 2009)
18 Jul 1978 - 12 Jul 1979 Gaafar Nimeiry (The Sudan) (b. 1930 - d. 2009)
12 Jul 1979 - 12 Apr 1980 William R. Tolbert, Jr. (Liberia) (b. 1913 - d. 1980)
28 Apr 1980 - 1 Jul 1980 Léopold Sédar Senghor (Senegal) (b. 1906 - d. 2001)
(acting)
1 Jul 1980 - 24 Jun 1981 Siaka Stevens (Sierra Leone) (b. 1905 - d. 1988)
24 Jun 1981 - 6 Jun 1983 Daniel arap Moi (Kenya) (b. 1924)
6 Jun 1983 - 12 Nov 1984 Mengistu Haile Mariam (Ethiopia) (b. 1937)
12 Nov 1984 - 18 Jul 1985 Julius Nyerere (Tanzania) (b. 1922 - d. 1999)
18 Jul 1985 - 28 Jul 1986 Abdou Diouf (Senegal) (1st time) (b. 1935)
28 Jul 1986 - 27 Jul 1987 Denis Sassou-Nguesso (Congo)
(1st time) (b. 1943)
27 Jul 1987 - 25 May 1988 Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia) (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 May 1988 - 24 Jul 1989 Moussa Traoré (Mali) (b. 1936)
24 Jul 1989 - 9 Jul 1990 Hosni Mubarak (Egypt) (1st time) (b. 1928)
9 Jul 1990 - 3 Jun 1991 Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) (b. 1944?)
3 Jun 1991 - 29 Jun 1992 Ibrahim Babangida (Nigeria) (b. 1941)
29 Jun 1992 - 28 Jun 1993 Abdou Diouf (Senegal) (2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Jun 1993 - 13 Jun 1994 Hosni Mubarak (Egypt) (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Jun 1994 - 26 Jun 1995 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Tunisia) (b. 1936)
26 Jun 1995 - 8 Jul 1996 Meles Zenawi (Ethiopia) (b. 1955)
8 Jul 1996 - 2 Jun 1997 Paul Biya (Cameroon) (b. 1933)
2 Jun 1997 - 8 Jun 1998 Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe) (b. 1924)
8 Jun 1998 - 12 Jul 1999 Blaise Compaoré (Burkina Faso) (b. 1951)
12 Jul 1999 - 10 Jul 2000 Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algeria) (b. 1937)
10 Jul 2000 - 9 Jul 2001 Gnassingbé Eyadéma (Togo) (b. 1937 - d. 2005)
9 Jul 2001 - 2 Jan 2002 Frederick Chiluba (Zambia) (b. 1943)
2 Jan 2002 - 9 Jul 2002 Levy Mwanawasa (Zambia) (b. 1948 - d. 2008)
9 Jul 2002 - 10 Jul 2003 Thabo Mbeki (South Africa) (b. 1942)
10 Jul 2003 - 6 Jul 2004 Joaquim Chissano (Mozambique) (b. 1939)
6 Jul 2004 - 24 Jan 2006 Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria) (b. 1937)
24 Jan 2006 - 29 Jan 2007 Denis Sassou-Nguesso (Congo [B.])
(2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Jan 2007 - 31 Jan 2008 John Agyekum Kufuor (Ghana) (b. 1938)
31 Jan 2008 - 2 Feb 2009 Jakaya Kikwete (Tanzania) (b. 1950)
2 Feb 2009 - Muammar al-Qaddafi (Libya) (b. 1942)

Presidents of the Pan-African Parliament

18 Mar 2004 - 29 May 2009 Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella (f) (Tanzania) (b. 1955)
29 May 2009 - Idriss Ndele Moussa (Chad) (b. 1959)



AU membership

25 May 1963 Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville) , Congo (Léopoldville)1, Dahomey2, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea3, Ivory Coast4, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar5, Mali, Mauritania6, Morocco7, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, The Sudan, Tanganyika8, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Upper Volta9, Zanzibar7

13 Dec 1963 Kenya
13 Jul 1964 Malawi
16 Dec 1964 Zambia
Oct 1965 The Gambia
31 Oct 1966 Botswana, Lesotho
Aug 1968 Mauritius
24 Sep 1968 Swaziland
12 Oct 1968 Equatorial Guinea
19 Nov 1973 Guinea-Bissau
11 Feb 1975 Angola
18 Jul 1975 Cape Verde, Comoros, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe
29 Jun 1976 Seychelles
27 Jun 1977 Djibouti
Jun 1980 Zimbabwe
22 Feb 1982 Saharan Arab Democratic Republic
Jun 1990 Namibia
24 May 1993 Eritrea
6 Jun 1994 South Africa


1 1966-71 and from 1997 CongoKinshasa[/COLOR]);1971-97Zaire. 2From 1975 Benin 3Suspended from 29 Dec 2008. 4From 1985 Côte d'Ivoire. 5Suspended Dec 2001 - 10 Jul 2003 and from 20 Mar 2009. 6Suspended 4 Aug 2005 - 10 Apr 2007 and from 9 Aug 2008. 7Withdrew 12 Nov 1984. 8Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged in 1964 to form Tanzania. 9From 1984 Burkina Faso.

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