The individual elected will lead the secretariat of the African Union (AU) for four years, with the possibility for a mandate renewal.
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The current AUC Chairperson, Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, formerly prime minister and foreign affairs minister of Chad, is the first to serve two mandates, having been elected in 2017 and re-elected unopposed in 2021. President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, who hosted the first AU summit of heads of state, became the first chairperson of the AU. Since then, the AU has seen 22 heads of state and government serve as chairpersons, each for one term of one year, except for Nigeria’s then President Olusegun Obasanjo, who held the office for two years .
The AU leaders sought to appoint one of their own and turned to a new candidate, and elected a former head of state, former President Alpha Konare of Mali, to replace Essy as AUC chairperson in 2003. The change from Konare to Ping highlighted the delicate equilibrium inherent in the role of AUC chairperson in the restructured African Union on policy-making and executive initiatives, especially regarding sensitive subjects such as sovereignty, security, governance and peace-building.
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