Organisation of African Unity - List of Chairpersons

List of Chairpersons

Chairpersons of the Organisation of African Unity
Name Beginning of Term End of Term Country
Haile Selassie I 25 May 1963 17 July 1964 Ethiopia
Gamal Abdel Nasser 17 July 1964 21 October 1965 Egypt
Kwame Nkrumah 21 October 1965 24 February 1966 Ghana
Joseph Arthur Ankrah 24 February 1966 5 November 1966 Ghana
Haile Selassie I 5 November 1966 11 September 1967 Ethiopia
Joseph-Désiré Mobutu 11 September 1967 13 September 1968 Congo (Kinshasa)
Houari Boumedienne 13 September 1968 6 September 1969 Algeria
Ahmadou Ahidjo 6 September 1969 1 September 1970 Cameroon
Kenneth Kaunda 1 September 1970 21 June 1971 Zambia
Moktar Ould Daddah 21 June 1971 12 June 1972 Mauritania
Hassan II 12 June 1972 27 May 1973 Morocco
Yakubu Gowon 27 May 1973 12 June 1974 Nigeria
Siad Barre 12 June 1974 28 July 1975 Somalia
Idi Amin 28 July 1975 2 July 1976 Uganda
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 2 July 1976 2 July 1977 Mauritius
Omar Bongo 2 July 1977 18 July 1978 Gabon
Gaafar Nimeiry 18 July 1978 12 July 1979 Sudan
William R. Tolbert, Jr. 12 July 1979 12 April 1980 Liberia
Léopold Sédar Senghor (acting) 28 April 1980 1 July 1980 Senegal
Siaka Stevens 1 July 1980 24 June 1981 Sierra Leone
Daniel arap Moi 24 June 1981 6 June 1983 Kenya
Mengistu Haile Mariam 6 June 1983 12 November 1984 Ethiopia
Julius Nyerere 12 November 1984 18 July 1985 Tanzania
Abdou Diouf 18 July 1985 28 July 1986 Senegal
Denis Sassou-Nguesso 28 July 1986 27 July 1987 Congo (Brazzaville)
Kenneth Kaunda 27 July 1987 25 May 1988 Zambia
Moussa Traoré 25 May 1988 24 July 1989 Mali
Hosni Mubarak 24 July 1989 9 July 1990 Egypt
Yoweri Museveni 9 July 1990 3 June 1991 Uganda
Ibrahim Babangida 3 June 1991 29 June 1992 Nigeria
Abdou Diouf 29 June 1992 28 June 1993 Senegal
Hosni Mubarak 28 June 1993 13 June 1994 Egypt
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 13 June 1994 26 June 1995 Tunisia
Meles Zenawi 26 June 1995 8 July 1996 Ethiopia
Paul Biya 8 July 1996 2 June 1997 Cameroon
Robert Mugabe 2 June 1997 8 June 1998 Zimbabwe
Blaise Compaoré 8 June 1998 12 July 1999 Burkina Faso
Abdelaziz Bouteflika 12 July 1999 10 July 2000 Algeria
Gnassingbé Eyadéma 10 July 2000 9 July 2001 Togo
Frederick Chiluba 9 July 2001 2 January 2002 Zambia
Levy Mwanawasa 2 January 2002 9 July 2002 Zambia

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