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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.
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