Chairperson of the African Union

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leadership role political office position of authority

The Chairperson of the African Union is the annually rotating head of the African Union, typically a sitting African head of state or government who presides over the Union’s Assembly and represents the organization in high-level diplomatic affairs.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chairperson of the African Union Commission	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	leadership role ⓘ political office ⓘ position of authority ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Africa ⓘ
appointedBy	Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
associatedWith	Constitutive Act of the African Union ⓘ surface form: African Union Constitutive Act
country	African Union ⓘ surface form: African Union member states
eligibleHolders	heads of government of African Union member states ⓘ heads of state of African Union member states ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	proceedings of the Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	meetings of the Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
hasRole	chairing summits of the African Union ⓘ engaging with other international organizations ⓘ promoting integration and cooperation among African states ⓘ representing common positions of African Union member states ⓘ setting agendas for meetings of the Assembly of the African Union ⓘ speaking on behalf of the African Union at international forums ⓘ
headOfGovernmentRoleFor	African Union ⓘ
inception	2002 ⓘ
isDifferentFrom	Chairperson of the African Union Commission ⓘ
isPartOf	institutional structure of the African Union ⓘ
locatedIn	Africa ⓘ
officeHolderOf	Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
officeScope	continent-wide ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ surface form: Swahili other working languages of the African Union ⓘ
partOf	African Union ⓘ
positionHeldBy	sitting African head of government ⓘ sitting African head of state ⓘ
presidesOver	Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
replaces	Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity ⓘ
represents	African Union ⓘ African Union in high-level diplomatic affairs ⓘ African Union ⓘ surface form: African Union in international relations
residence	varies by incumbent ⓘ
seat	varies by incumbent ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by the Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
termLength	1 year ⓘ
termLengthNumber	1 ⓘ
termLengthUnit	year ⓘ
worksWith	Chairperson of the African Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ Permanent Representatives Committee of the African Union ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assembly of the African Union → elects → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ

African Union Commission → hasPart → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission

Muammar Gaddafi → positionHeld → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ

Chairperson of the African Union → worksWith → Chairperson of the African Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission

Peace and Security Council → worksWith → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission