Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity

The Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity served as the head of the Organisation of African Unity, a rotating position.

List Portrait Chairperson Took office Left office Country Region 1 Haile Selassie 25 May 1963 17 July 1964 East Africa 2 Gamal Abdel Nasser 17 July 1964 21 October 1965 North Africa 3 Kwame Nkrumah 21 October 1965 24 February 1966 West Africa 4 Joseph Arthur Ankrah 24 February 1966 5 November 1966 (1) Haile Selassie 5 November 1966 11 September 1967 East Africa 5 Mobutu Sese Seko 11 September 1967 13 September 1968 Democratic Republic of the Congo Central Africa 6 Houari Boumédiène 13 September 1968 6 September 1969 North Africa 7 Ahmadou Ahidjo 6 September 1969 1 September 1970 Central Africa 8 Kenneth Kaunda 1 September 1970 21 June 1971 Southern Africa 9 Moktar Ould Daddah 21 June 1971 12 June 1972 North Africa 10 Hassan II 12 June 1972 27 May 1973 North Africa 11 Yakubu Gowon 27 May 1973 12 June 1974 West Africa 12 Siad Barre 12 June 1974 28 July 1975 Somalia East Africa 13 Idi Amin 28 July 1975 2 July 1976 East Africa 14 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 2 July 1976 2 July 1977 Southern Africa 15 Omar Bongo 2 July 1977 18 July 1978 Central Africa 16 Gaafar Nimeiry 18 July 1978 12 July 1979 Sudan East Africa 17 William Tolbert 12 July 1979 12 April 1980 West Africa Léopold Sédar Senghor 28 April 1980 1 July 1980 18 Siaka Stevens 1 July 1980 24 June 1981 West Africa 19 Daniel arap Moi 24 June 1981 6 June 1983 East Africa 20 Mengistu Haile Mariam 6 June 1983 12 November 1984 Ethiopia East Africa 21 Julius Nyerere 12 November 1984 18 July 1985 East Africa 22 Abdou Diouf 18 July 1985 28 July 1986 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 Southern Africa 24 Moussa Traoré 25 May 1988 24 July 1989 West Africa 25 Hosni Mubarak 24 July 1989 9 July 1990 North Africa 26 Yoweri Museveni 9 July 1990 3 June 1991 East Africa 27 Ibrahim Babangida 3 June 1991 29 June 1992 West Africa (23) Abdou Diouf 29 June 1992 28 June 1993 West Africa (26) Hosni Mubarak 28 June 1993 13 June 1994 North Africa 28 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 13 June 1994 26 June 1995 North Africa 29 Meles Zenawi 26 June 1995 8 July 1996 East Africa 30 Paul Biya 8 July 1996 2 June 1997 Central Africa 31 Robert Mugabe 2 June 1997 8 June 1998 Southern Africa 32 Blaise Compaoré 8 June 1998 12 July 1999 West Africa 33 Abdelaziz Bouteflika 12 July 1999 10 July 2000 North Africa 34 Gnassingbé Eyadéma 10 July 2000 9 July 2001 West Africa35 Frederick Chiluba 9 July 2001 2 January 2002 Southern Africa 36 Levy Mwanawasa 2 January 2002 9 July 2002

See also Chairperson of the African Union

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