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AUC Chairperson

Chairperson

H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf

H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf

About

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission is the Chief Executive Officer, legal representative of the AU and the Commission’s Chief Accounting Officer. The Chairperson of the Commission is elected by the Assembly for a four-year term, renewable once.

The Chairperson’s functions, include: overall responsibility for the Commission’s administration and finances; Promoting and popularising the AU’s objectives and enhancing its performance; Consulting and coordinating with key stakeholders like Member States, Development Partners, RECs, etc; Appointing and managing Commission staff; Acting as a depository for all AU and OAU treaties and legal instruments.

Activities

AUC Chairperson received the Ambassador of the Republic of Angola
May 13, 2025

The Chairperson of the AU Commission H.E. @ymahmoudali received H.E. Mr.

AUC Chairperson received H.E. Amb. Hirut Zemene, Permanent Representative of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the AU
May 13, 2025

The AU Commission Chairperson H.E. @ymahmoudali received H.E. Amb.

AUC Chairperson met Germany’s Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa
May 13, 2025

The Chairperson of the AU Commission H.E. @ymahmoudali met H.E.

Chairperson joined President of Ethiopia at Faith Communities Africa2025
May 13, 2025

At this morning's Faith Communities Africa2025 conference in Addis Ababa, AUC Chairperson H.E.

May 12, 2025

In a wide-ranging media encounter held today, His Excellency Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union C

Department Resources

September 19, 2020

The African Union Commission (AUC) envisions “an integrated continent that is politically united based on the ideals of Pan Africanism an

June 24, 2020

Highlights of the cooperation with the GIZ-project “Support to the African Union on Migration and Displacement”

June 24, 2020

Violent extremism is a global issue.

April 27, 2025

AUSSOM Ministerial Meeting report

February 03, 2021

Taking Stock, Charting the Future.

January 24, 2021

The mandate entrusted to me on 17 January 2017 is fast approaching an end and I will present an exhaustive assessment of it to the Assemb

November 27, 2020

The year 2020 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Plat