LIST OF CHAIRPERSONS OF OAU/AU  SINCE 1963 - 2013

Name
Beginning of term
End of term
Country
Picture
Haile Selassie I 25-May-63 17-Jul-64

 

 

 

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Gamal Abdel Nasser 17-Jul-64 21-Oct-65

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_United_Arab_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_United_Arab_Republic.svg.png

Kwame Nkrumah 21-Oct-65 24-Feb-66

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png

Joseph Arthur Ankrah 24-Feb-66 05-Nov-66

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png

Haile Selassie I 05-Nov-66 11-Sep-67

 

 

 

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Joseph-Désiré Mobutu 11-Sep-67 13-Sep-68

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Flag_of_Congo-Kinshasa_%281966-1971%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Congo-Kinshasa_%281966-1971%29.svg.png

Houari Boumedienne 13-Sep-68 06-Sep-69

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png

Ahmadou Ahidjo 06-Sep-69 01-Sep-70

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Cameroon_%281961%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cameroon_%281961%29.svg.png

Kenneth Kaunda 01-Sep-70 21-Jun-71

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png

Moktar Ould Daddah 21-Jun-71 12-Jun-72

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png

Hassan II 12-Jun-72 27-May-73

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/22px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png

Yakubu Gowon 27-May-73 12-Jun-74

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png

Muhammad Siad Barre 12-Jun-74 28-Jul-75

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png

Idi Amin 28-Jul-75 02-Jul-76

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 02-Jul-76 02-Jul-77

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png

Omar Bongo 02-Jul-77 18-Jul-78

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png

Gaafar Nimeiry 18-Jul-78 12-Jul-79

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png

William R. Tolbert, Jr. 12-Jul-79 12-Apr-80

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png

Léopold Sédar Senghor (acting) 28-Apr-80 01-Jul-80

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png

Siaka Stevens 01-Jul-80 24-Jun-81

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png

Daniel arap Moi 24-Jun-81 06-Jun-83

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png

Mengistu Haile Mariam 06-Jun-83 12-Nov-84

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281975%E2%80%931987%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281975%E2%80%931987%29.svg.png

Julius Nyerere 12-Nov-84 18-Jul-85

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png

Abdou Diouf 18-Jul-85 28-Jul-86

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png

Denis Sassou-Nguesso 28-Jul-86 27-Jul-87

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Congo.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Congo.svg.png

Kenneth Kaunda 27-Jul-87 25-May-88

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png

Moussa Traoré 25-May-88 24-Jul-89

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png

Hosni Mubarak 24-Jul-89 09-Jul-90

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/22px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png

Yoweri Museveni 09-Jul-90 03-Jun-91

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png

Ibrahim Babangida 03-Jun-91 29-Jun-92

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png

Abdou Diouf 29-Jun-92 28-Jun-93

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png

Hosni Mubarak 28-Jun-93 13-Jun-94

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/22px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 13-Jun-94 26-Jun-95

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png

Meles Zenawi 26-Jun-95 08-Jul-96

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png

Paul Biya 08-Jul-96 02-Jun-97

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png

Robert Mugabe 02-Jun-97 08-Jun-98

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/22px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png

Blaise Compaoré 08-Jun-98 12-Jul-99

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/22px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png

Abdelaziz Bouteflika 12-Jul-99 10-Jul-00

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png

Gnassingbé Eyadéma 10-Jul-00 09-Jul-01

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_Togo.svg/22px-Flag_of_Togo.svg.png

Frederick Chiluba 09-Jul-01 02-Jan-02

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png

Levy Mwanawasa 02-Jan-02 09-Jul-02

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png

Name
Beginning of term
End of term
Country
Thabo Mbeki 09-Jul-02 10-Jul-03

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png

Joaquim Chissano 10-Jul-03 06-Jul-04

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png

Olusegun Obasanjo 06-Jul-04 24-Jan-06

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png

Denis Sassou-Nguesso 24-Jan-06 24-Jan-07

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png

John Kufuor 30-Jan-07 31-Jan-08

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png

Jakaya Kikwete 31-Jan-08 02-Feb-09

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png

Muammar Gaddafi 02-Feb-09 31-Jan-10

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Libya_%281977-2011%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Libya_%281977-2011%29.svg.png

Bingu wa Mutharika 31-Jan-10 31-Jan-11

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Malawi_%282010-2012%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Malawi_%282010-2012%29.svg.png

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 31-Jan-11 29-Jan-12

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/22px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png

Yayi Boni 29-Jan-12 27-Jan-13

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/22px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png

Hailemariam Desalegn 27-Jan-13 Incumbent

 

 

 

Description: Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png

12 Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz August 2014 (cropped).jpg Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz[23] 30 January 2014 30 January 2015  Mauritania North Africa
13 Robert Mugabe May 2015 (cropped).jpg Robert Mugabe[24] 30 January 2015 30 January 2016  Zimbabwe Southern Africa
14 Idriss Déby at the White House in 2014.jpg Idriss Déby[25] 30 January 2016 30 January 2017  Chad Central Africa
15 Alpha Conde - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg Alpha Condé[26] 30 January 2017 28 January 2018  Guinea West Africa
16 Paul Kagame 2014.jpg Paul Kagame[27] 28 January 2018 10 February 2019  Rwanda East Africa
17 AbdelFattah Elsisi (cropped).jpg Abdel Fattah el-Sisi[28] 10 February 2019 10 February 2020  Egypt North Africa
18 Mr. Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General with H. E. Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, President, South Africa (cropped) (cropped).jpg Cyril Ramaphosa[29] 10 February 2020 6 February 2021  South Africa Southern Africa
19 Félix Tshisekedi - 2019 (cropped).jpg Félix Tshisekedi[30] 6 February 2021 Incumbent  Democratic Republic of Congo Central Africa