AUCIL Membership

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The AUCIL shall be composed of eleven (11) Members. The AUCIL Members are elected by the Executive Council of the African Union for a period of five (5) years. Members of the AUCIL are eligible for re-election only once.

Current AUCIL Members

Sebastião Da Silva Isata Pereira, Chairperson // Angola

Abdi Ismael HERSI, Vice–Chairperson // Djibouti

Hajer GUELDICH, General Rapporteur // Tunisia

Mohamed BARAKAT, Member // Egypt

Juliet Semambo KALEMA, Member // Uganda

Daniel Makiesse MWANAWANZAMBI, Member // DRC

Boniface Obinna OKERE, Member // Nigeria

Kholisani SOLO, Member // Botswana

Naceesay SALLA-WADDA, Member // The Gambia

Cheikh Tidiane THIAM, Member // Senegal

At its Twenty-Eighth Ordinary Session held from 30 – 31 January 2017, the Assembly vide Decision Assembly/AU/Draft/Dec.13(XXVIII) appointed the following AUCIL Member:

Kathleen Quartey AYENSU*1 // Ghana

2013 - 2015

At its Twentieth Ordinary Session held from 27 – 28 January 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Assembly vide Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.471(XX) appointed the following AUCIL Members:

Sebastião Da Silva Isata Pereira, Chairperson // Angola

Rafaâ Ben ACHOUR // Tunisia

Daniel Makiese MWANAWANZAMBI // DRC

Boniface Obina OKERE // Nigeria

Naceesay SALLA-WADDA // The Gambia

Kholisan SOLO // Botswana

2009 - 2012

At its Thirteenth Ordinary Session held from 1 – 3 July 2009 in Libya, Sirte, the Assembly vide Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.249(XIII) appointed the following AUCIL Members:

Sebastião Da Silva Isata Pereira, Chairperson // Angola

Rafaa Ben ACHOUR // Tunisia

Late Ebenezer APPREKU*2 // Ghana

Nkurunziza DONATIEN // Burundi

Minelik Alemu GETAHUN // Ethiopia

Filali KAMEL // Algeria

Lilian Bokeeye MAHIRI-ZAJA // Kenya

Adelardus KILANGI // Tanzania

Kholisani SOLO // Botswana

Blaise TCHIKAYA // Congo

Atanazio Kayafa TEMBO // Malawi

Cheikh Tidiane THIAM // Senegal