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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Chairperson of the African Union Commission 14
Chairperson of the African Union canonical 6
African Union (as head of state of a member country) 1

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 (24)

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

Muammar Gaddafi → positionHeld → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
African Union Commission → hasPart → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Assembly of the African Union → elects → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
Peace and Security Council → worksWith → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Chairperson of the African Union → worksWith → Chairperson of the African Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Constitutive Act of the African Union → successorDepositary → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union
Commissioner for Peace and Security → appointedBy → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Commissioner for Political Affairs → reportsTo → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Commissioner for Trade and Industry → appointedBy → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Commissioner for Trade and Industry → reportsTo → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Commissioner for Social Affairs → reportsTo → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture → reportsTo → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology → reportsTo → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission → reportsTo → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission → appointedBy → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heads of State and Government of the African Union
Commissioner for Economic Affairs → reportsTo → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
AU Assembly → elects → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
Sahle-Work Zewde → member of → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Union (as head of state of a member country)
Muammar Gaddafi (loyalist side, political and military leader) → positionHeld → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Muammar Gaddafi
African Union Assembly → chairTitle → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
African Union Panel of the Wise → worksCloselyWith → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Union Chairperson
Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity → replacedBy → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission
African Union summits (various) → convenedBy → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
subject surface form: African Union summits
African Union summits (various) → attendedBy → Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
subject surface form: African Union summits
this entity surface form: Chairperson of the African Union Commission