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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

June 10, 2025

Addis Ababa, — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E.

AUC Chairperson received letters of credence from Ambassador of Algeria
June 10, 2025

This morning, H.E. @ymahmoudali, Chairperson of the AU Commission, received the letters of credence from H.E. Dr.

AUC Chairperson met with H.E. Agostini Palese, Ambassador of Italy to Ethiopia
June 10, 2025

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

AUC Chairperson received H.E. Dr. Gedion Timothewos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
June 09, 2025

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

June 05, 2025

The African Union Commission has taken note of the recent proclamation by the Government of the United States imposin

June 04, 2025

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, His Excellency Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, warmly congratulates the Democr

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