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]

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No.PortraitChairpersonTook officeLeft officeCountryRegion
1 Haile Selassie in full dress (cropped).jpg Haile Selassie 25 May 196317 July 1964Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia East Africa
2 Nasser portrait2.jpg Gamal Abdel Nasser 17 July 196421 October 1965Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  Egypt North Africa
3 The National Archives UK - CO 1069-50-1.jpg Kwame Nkrumah 21 October 196524 February 1966Ghana flag 1964.svg  Ghana West Africa
4 Joseph Arthur Ankrah 24 February 19665 November 1966
(1) Haile Selassie in full dress (cropped).jpg Haile Selassie 5 November 196611 September 1967Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia East Africa
5 Mobutu.jpg Mobutu Sese Seko 11 September 196713 September 1968 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966-1971).svg Democratic Republic of the Congo Central Africa
6 Houari Boumediene's Portrait.jpg Houari Boumédiène 13 September 19686 September 1969Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria North Africa
7 Ahmadou Ahidjo.jpg Ahmadou Ahidjo 6 September 19691 September 1970Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg  Cameroon Central Africa
8 Kenneth Kaunda 1983-03-30.jpg Kenneth Kaunda 1 September 197021 June 1971Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia Southern Africa
9 Moktar Ould Daddah - 1977.jpg Moktar Ould Daddah 21 June 197112 June 1972Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania North Africa
10 King Hassan II.jpg Hassan II 12 June 197227 May 1973Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco North Africa
11 Yakubu Gowon (cropped).jpg Yakubu Gowon 27 May 197312 June 1974Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria West Africa
12 Siad Barre 929-8865.jpg Siad Barre 12 June 197428 July 1975 Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia East Africa
13 Idi Amin at UN (United Nations, New York) gtfy.00132 (cropped).jpg Idi Amin 28 July 19752 July 1976Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda East Africa
14 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.jpg Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 2 July 19762 July 1977Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Southern Africa
15 Omar Bongo 1973.jpg Omar Bongo 2 July 197718 July 1978Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Central Africa
16 Gaafar Nimeiry 1981.jpg Gaafar Nimeiry 18 July 197812 July 1979 Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan East Africa
17 William R. Tolbert, Jr..JPG William Tolbert 12 July 197912 April 1980Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia West Africa
Leopold Sedar Senghor (1987) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg Léopold Sédar Senghor
Acting Chairperson
28 April 19801 July 1980Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
18 Siaka Stevens 1 July 198024 June 1981Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone West Africa
19 Daniel arap Moi 1979b.jpg Daniel arap Moi 24 June 19816 June 1983Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya East Africa
20 Mengistu Haile Mariam 3.jpg Mengistu Haile Mariam 6 June 198312 November 1984Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg Ethiopia East Africa
21 Julius Nyerere (1965).jpg Julius Nyerere 12 November 198418 July 1985Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania East Africa
22 Abdou Diouf.jpg Abdou Diouf 18 July 198528 July 1986Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal West Africa
23 Denis Sassou Nguesso 1986 cropped.jpg Denis Sassou-Nguesso 28 July 198627 July 1987Flag of the People's Republic of Congo.svg People's Republic of the Congo Central Africa
(8) Kenneth Kaunda 1983-03-30.jpg Kenneth Kaunda 27 July 198725 May 1988Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia Southern Africa
24 Moussa Traore (1989) (cropped).jpg Moussa Traoré 25 May 198824 July 1989Flag of Mali.svg  Mali West Africa
25 Hosni Mubarak ritratto.jpg Hosni Mubarak 24 July 19899 July 1990Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt North Africa
26 Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.jpg Yoweri Museveni 9 July 19903 June 1991Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda East Africa
27 Ibrahim Babangida (cropped).jpg Ibrahim Babangida 3 June 199129 June 1992Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria West Africa
(23) Abdou Diouf.jpg Abdou Diouf 29 June 199228 June 1993Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal West Africa
(26) Hosni Mubarak ritratto.jpg Hosni Mubarak 28 June 199313 June 1994Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt North Africa
28 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.jpg Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 13 June 199426 June 1995Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia North Africa
29 Meles Zenawi - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg Meles Zenawi 26 June 19958 July 1996Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia East Africa
30 Paul Biya 2014.png Paul Biya 8 July 19962 June 1997Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Central Africa
31 Robert Mugabe May 2015 (cropped).jpg Robert Mugabe 2 June 19978 June 1998Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Southern Africa
32 Blaise Compaore 2014 White House (cropped).png Blaise Compaoré 8 June 199812 July 1999Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso West Africa
33 Abdelaziz Bouteflika.jpg Abdelaziz Bouteflika 12 July 199910 July 2000Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria North Africa
34 Gnassingbe Eyadema detail1 DF-SC-84-10025.jpg Gnassingbé Eyadéma 10 July 20009 July 2001Flag of Togo.svg  Togo West Africa
35 Frederick Chiluba (cropped).jpg Frederick Chiluba 9 July 20012 January 2002Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Southern Africa
36 Levy Mwanawasa.jpg Levy Mwanawasa 2 January 20029 July 2002

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  1. "OAU Founders". African Union. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.