Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity

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

List

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No. Portrait Chairperson Took office Left office Country Region
1 Haile Selassie 25 May 1963 17 July 1964 Ethiopia East Africa
2 Gamal Abdel Nasser 17 July 1964 21 October 1965 Egypt North Africa
3 Kwame Nkrumah 21 October 1965 24 February 1966 Ghana West Africa
4 Joseph Arthur Ankrah 24 February 1966 5 November 1966
(1) Haile Selassie 5 November 1966 11 September 1967 Ethiopia East Africa
5 Mobutu Sese Seko 11 September 1967 13 September 1968 Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Central Africa
6 Houari Boumédiène 13 September 1968 6 September 1969 Algeria North Africa
7 Ahmadou Ahidjo 6 September 1969 1 September 1970 Cameroon Central Africa
8 Kenneth Kaunda 1 September 1970 21 June 1971 Zambia Southern Africa
9 Moktar Ould Daddah 21 June 1971 12 June 1972 Mauritania North Africa
10 Hassan II 12 June 1972 27 May 1973 Morocco North Africa
11 Yakubu Gowon 27 May 1973 12 June 1974 Nigeria West Africa
12 Siad Barre 12 June 1974 28 July 1975 Somalia Somalia East Africa
13 Idi Amin 28 July 1975 2 July 1976 Uganda East Africa
14 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 2 July 1976 2 July 1977 Mauritius Southern Africa
15 Omar Bongo 2 July 1977 18 July 1978 Gabon Central Africa
16 Gaafar Nimeiry 18 July 1978 12 July 1979 Sudan Sudan East Africa
17 William Tolbert 12 July 1979 12 April 1980 Liberia West Africa
Léopold Sédar Senghor
Acting Chairperson		 28 April 1980 1 July 1980 Senegal
18 Siaka Stevens 1 July 1980 24 June 1981 Sierra Leone West Africa
19 Daniel arap Moi 24 June 1981 6 June 1983 Kenya East Africa
20 Mengistu Haile Mariam 6 June 1983 12 November 1984 Ethiopia East Africa
21 Julius Nyerere 12 November 1984 18 July 1985 Tanzania East Africa
22 Abdou Diouf 18 July 1985 28 July 1986 Senegal West Africa
23 Denis Sassou-Nguesso 28 July 1986 27 July 1987 People's Republic of the Congo Central Africa
(8) Kenneth Kaunda 27 July 1987 25 May 1988 Zambia Southern Africa
24 Moussa Traoré 25 May 1988 24 July 1989 Mali West Africa
25 Hosni Mubarak 24 July 1989 9 July 1990 Egypt North Africa
26 Yoweri Museveni 9 July 1990 3 June 1991 Uganda East Africa
27 Ibrahim Babangida 3 June 1991 29 June 1992 Nigeria West Africa
(23) Abdou Diouf 29 June 1992 28 June 1993 Senegal West Africa
(26) Hosni Mubarak 28 June 1993 13 June 1994 Egypt North Africa
28 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 13 June 1994 26 June 1995 Tunisia North Africa
29 Meles Zenawi 26 June 1995 8 July 1996 Ethiopia East Africa
30 Paul Biya 8 July 1996 2 June 1997 Cameroon Central Africa
31 Robert Mugabe 2 June 1997 8 June 1998 Zimbabwe Southern Africa
32 Blaise Compaoré 8 June 1998 12 July 1999 Burkina Faso West Africa
33 Abdelaziz Bouteflika 12 July 1999 10 July 2000 Algeria North Africa
34 Gnassingbé Eyadéma 10 July 2000 9 July 2001 Togo West Africa
35 Frederick Chiluba 9 July 2001 2 January 2002 Zambia Southern Africa
36 Levy Mwanawasa 2 January 2002 9 July 2002

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "OAU Founders". African Union. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. ^ TIME (1975-08-11). "AFRICA: Big Daddy: The Perfect Host". TIME. Retrieved 2024-06-29.