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Chairmen-in-office
Haile Selassie 25 May 1963 - 17 Jul 1964 (†1975) Ethiopia Gamal Abdel Nasser 17 Jul 1964 - 21 Oct 1965 (†1970) Egypt Kwame Nkrumah 21 Oct 1965 - 24 Feb 1966 (†1972) Ghana Haile Selassie 5 Nov 1966 - 11 Sep 1967 (†1975) Ethiopia Joseph-Désiré Mobutu 11 Sep 1967 - 13 Sep 1968 (†1997) Congo-Kinshasa Houari Boumedienne 13 Sep 1968 - 6 Sep 1969 (†1978) Algeria Ahmadou Ahidjo 6 Sep 1969 - 1 Sep 1970 (†1989) Cameroon Kenneth Kaunda 1 Sep 1970 - 21 Jun 1971 (†2021) Zambia Moktar Ould Daddah 21 Jun 1971 - 12 Jun 1972 (†2003) Mauritania Hasan II 12 Jun 1972 - 27 May 1973 (†1999) Morocco Yakubu Gowon 27 May 1973 - 12 Jun 1974 Nigeria Muhammad Siyad Barre 12 Jun 1974 - 28 Jul 1975 (†1995) Somalia Idi Amin Dada 28 Jul 1975 - 2 Jul 1976 (†2003) Uganda Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 2 Jul 1976 - 2 Jul 1977 (†1985) Mauritius Omar Bongo 2 Jul 1977 - 18 Jul 1978 (†2009) Gabon Jaafar an-Numeiry 18 Jul 1978 - 12 Jul 1979 (†2009) Sudan William Tolbert 12 Jul 1979 - 12 Apr 1980 (†1980) Liberia Léopold Sédar Senghor 28 Apr 1980 - 1 Jul 1980 (†2001) Senegal (acting) Siaka Stevens 1 Jul 1980 - 24 Jun 1981 (†1988) Sierra Leone Daniel arap Moi 24 Jun 1981 - 6 Jun 1983 (†2020) Kenya Mengistu Haile Mariam 6 Jun 1983 - 12 Nov 1984 Ethiopia Julius Nyerere 12 Nov 1984 - 18 Jul 1985 (†1999) Tanzania Abdou Diouf 18 Jul 1985 - 28 Jul 1986 Senegal Denis Sassou Nguesso 28 Jul 1986 - 27 Jul 1987 Congo-Brazzaville Kenneth Kaunda 27 Jul 1987 - 25 May 1988 (†2021) Zambia Moussa Traoré 25 May 1988 - 24 Jul 1989 (†2020) Mali Hosni Mubarak 24 Jul 1989 - 9 Jul 1990 (†2020) Egypt Yoweri Museveni 9 Jul 1990 - 3 Jun 1991 Uganda Ibrahim Babangida 3 Jun 1991 - 29 Jun 1992 Nigeria Abdou Diouf 29 Jun 1992 - 28 Jun 1993 Senegal Hosni Mubarak 28 Jun 1993 - 13 Jun 1994 (†2020) Egypt Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 13 Jun 1994 - 26 Jun 1995 (†2019) Tunisia Meles Zenawi 26 Jun 1995 - 8 Jul 1996 (†2012) Ethiopia Paul Biya 8 Jul 1996 - 2 Jun 1997 Cameroon Robert Mugabe 2 Jun 1997 - 8 Jun 1998 (†2012) Zimbabwe Blaise Compaoré 8 Jun 1998 - 12 Jul 1999 Burkina Faso Abdelaziz Bouteflika 12 Jul 1999 - 10 Jul 2000 (†2021) Algeria Gnassingbe Eyadéma 10 Jul 2000 - 9 Jul 2001 (†2005) Togo Frederick Chiluba 9 Jul 2001 - 2 Jan 2002 (†2011) Zambia Levy Mwanawasa 2 Jan 2002 - 9 Jul 2002 (†2008) Zambia Thabo Mbeki 9 Jul 2002 - 10 Jul 2003 South Africa Joaquim Chissano 10 Jul 2003 - 6 Jul 2004 Mozambique Olusegun Obasanjo 6 Jul 2004 - 24 Jan 2006 Nigeria Denis Sassou Nguesso 24 Jan 2006 - 29 Jan 2007 Congo-Brazzaville John Kufuor 29 Jan 2007 - 31 Jan 2008 Ghana Jakaya Kikwete 31 Jan 2008 - 2 Feb 2009 Tanzania Muammar al-Gaddafi 2 Feb 2009 - 31 Jan 2010 (†2011) Libya Bingu wa Mutharika 31 Jan 2010 - 30 Jan 2011 (†2012) Malawi Teodoro Obiang 30 Jan 2011 - 29 Jan 2012 Equatorial Guinea Yayi Boni 29 Jan 2012 - 27 Jan 2013 Benin Hailemariam Desalegn 27 Jan 2013 - 30 Jan 2014 Ethiopia Mohammed Ould Abdelaziz 30 Jan 2014 - 30 Jan 2015 Mauritania Robert Mugabe 30 Jan 2015 - 30 Jan 2016 (†2019) Zimbabwe Idriss Déby Itno 30 Jan 2016 - 30 Jan 2017 (†2021) Chad Alpha Condé 30 Jan 2017 - 28 Jan 2018 Guinea Paul Kagame 28 Jan 2018 - 10 Feb 2019 Rwanda Abdel Fattah al-Sisi 10 Feb 2019 - 9 Feb 2020 Egypt Cyril Ramaphosa 9 Feb 2020 - 6 Feb 2021 South Africa Félix Tshisekedi 6 Feb 2021 - 5 Feb 2022 Congo-Kinshasa Macky Sall 5 Feb 2022 - 18 Feb 2023 Senegal Azali Assoumani 18 Feb 2023 - 17 Feb 2024 Comoros Mohammed Ould Ghazouani 17 Feb 2024 - Mauritania
Ato Kifle Wodajo 22 May 1963 - 21 Jul 1964 (†2004) Ethiopia (acting) Diallo Telli 21 Jul 1964 - 15 Jun 1972 (†1977) Guinea Nzo Ekangaki 15 Jun 1972 - 16 Jun 1974 (†2005) Cameroon William Eteki 16 Jun 1974 - 21 Jul 1978 (†2016) Cameroon Edem Kodjo 21 Jul 1978 - 12 Jun 1983 (†2020) Togo Peter Onu 12 Jun 1983 - 20 Jul 1985 (†1997) Nigeria (acting) Ide Oumarou 20 Jul 1985 - 19 Sep 1989 (†2002) Niger Salim Ahmed Salim 19 Sep 1989 - 17 Sep 2001 Tanzania Amara Essy 17 Sep 2001 - 9 Jul 2002 Côte d'Ivoire
Amara Essy 9 Jul 2002 - 16 Sep 2003 Côte d'Ivoire (interim) Alpha Oumar Konaré 16 Sep 2003 - 28 Abr 2008 Mali Jean Ping 28 Apr 2008 - 15 Oct 2012 Gabon Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma 15 Oct 2012 - 14 Mar 2017 South Africa Moussa Faki Mahamat 14 Mar 2017 - Chad
Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella 18 Mar 2004 - 29 May 2009 Tanzania Idriss Ndele Moussa 29 May 2009 - 28 May 2012 (†2013) Chad Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi 28 May 2012 - 29 May 2015 (†2019) Nigeria Roger Nkodo Dang 29 May 2015 - 1 Apr 2020 Cameroon Bouras Djamel 1 Apr 2020 - 1 Mar 2021 Algeria (acting) Fortune Charumbira 1 Mar 2021 - Zimbabwe (acting to 29 Jun 2022)
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