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The African Union (AU, or, in its other official languages, UA) is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco.

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The AU was established on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa and launched on 9 July 2002 in South Africa to replace the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The most important decisions of the AU are made by the Assembly of the African Union, a semi-annual meeting of the heads of state and government of its member states. The AU's secretariat, the African Union Commission, is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


  • May 1963: Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Léopoldville), Dahomey (Present day Benin), Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast (Present day Cote-d'Ivoire), Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, The Sudan, Tanganyika, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Upper Volta, Zanzibar
  • 13 December 1963: Kenya
  • 13 July 1964: Malawi
  • 16 December 1964: Zambia
  • October 1965: The Gambia
  • 31 October 1966: Botswana, Lesotho
  • August 1968: Mauritius
  • 24 September 1968: Swaziland
  • 12 October 1968: Equatorial Guinea
  • 19 November 1973: Guinea-Bissau
  • 11 February 1975: Angola
  • 18 July 1975: Cape Verde, Comoros, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe
  • 29 June 1976: Seychelles
  • 27 June 1977: Djibouti
  • June 1980: Zimbabwe
  • 22 February 1982: Saharan Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara)
  • June 1990: Namibia
  • 24 May 1993: Eritrea
  • 6 June 1994: South Africa


Chairpersons of the OAU

  • Haile Selassie I From 25 May 1963 to 17 July 1964 , Ethiopian
  • Gamal Abdel Nasser From 17 July 1964 to 21 October 1965, Egyptian
  • Kwame Nkrumah From 21 October 1965 to 24 February 1966, Ghanaian
  • Joseph Arthur Ankrah From 24 February 1966 to 5 November 1966, Ghanaian
  • Haile Selassie I From 5 November 1966 to 11 September 1967, Ethiopian
  • Joseph-Désiré Mobutu From 11 September 1967 to 13 September 1968, Congolese (Kinshasa)
  • Houari Boumedienne From 13 September 1968 to 6 September 1969, Algerian
  • Ahmadou Ahidjo From 6 September 1969 to 1 September 1970, Cameroonian
  • Kenneth Kaunda From 1 September 1970 to 21 June 1971, Zambian
  • Moktar Ould Daddah From 21 June 1971 to 12 June 1972, Mauritanian
  • Hassan II From 12 June 1972 to 27 May 1973, Moroccan
  • Yakubu Gowon From 27 May 1973 to 12 June 1974, Nigerian
  • Siad Barre From 12 June 1974 to 28 July 1975, Somalian
  • Idi Amin From 28 July 1975 to 2 July 1976, Ugandian
  • Seewoosagur Ramgoolam From 2 July 1976 to 2 July 1977, Mauritian
  • Omar Bongo From 2 July 1977 to 18 July 1978, Gabonese
  • Gaafar Nimeiry From 18 July 1978 12 July 1979, Sudanese
  • William R. Tolbert, Jr. From 12 July 1979 to 12 April 1980, Liberian
  • Léopold Sédar Senghor (acting) From 28 April 1980 to 1 July 1980, Senegalese
  • Siaka Stevens From 1 July 1980 to 24 June 1981, Sierra Leonean
  • Daniel arap Moi From 24 June 1981 to 6 June 1983, Kenyan
  • Mengistu Haile Mariam From 6 June 1983 to 12 November 1984, Ethiopian
  • Julius Nyerere From 12 November 1984 to 18 July 1985, Tanzanian
  • Abdou Diouf From 18 July 1985 to 28 July 1986, Senegalese
  • Denis Sassou-Nguesso From 28 July 1986 to 27 July 1987, Congolese (Brazzaville)
  • Kenneth Kaunda From 27 July 1987 to 25 May 1988, Zambian
  • Moussa Traoré From 25 May 1988 to 24 July 1989, Malinese
  • Hosni Mubarak From 24 July 1989 to 9 July 1990, Egyptian
  • Yoweri Museveni From 9 July 1990 to 3 June 1991, Ugandian
  • Ibrahim Babangida From 3 June 1991 to 29 June 1992, Nigerian
  • Abdou Diouf From 29 June 1992 to 28 June 1993, Senegalese
  • Hosni Mubarak From 28 June 1993 to 13 June 1994, Egyptian
  • Zine El Abidine Ben Ali From 13 June 1994 to 26 June 1995, Tunisian
  • Meles Zenawi From 26 June 1995 to 8 July 1996, Ethiopian
  • Paul Biya From 8 July 1996 to 2 June 1997, Cameroonian
  • Robert Mugabe From 2 June 1997 to 8 June 1998, Zimbabwean
  • Blaise Compaoré From 8 June 1998 to 12 July 1999, Burkinabe
  • Abdelaziz Bouteflika From 12 July 1999 to 10 July 2000, Algerian
  • Gnassingbé Eyadéma From 10 July 2000 to 9 July 2001, Togolese
  • Frederick Chiluba From 9 July 2001 to 2 January 2002, Zambian
  • Levy Mwanawasa From 2 January 2002 to 9 July 2002, Zambian

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