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The Assembly of the African Union, which is formally known as the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government AU-AHSG, is one of several decision-making bodies within the African Union
African Union

The African Union is an intergovernmental organisation consisting of 53 African states. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity ....
. The other bodies are the Pan African Parliament, the Executive Council
Executive Council

Executive Council may refer to:In politics:** Executive Council of New South Wales, the body which exercises the supreme executive authority in New South Wales...
 consisting of foreign ministers of the AU members states, and the African Union Commission. The Assembly corresponds to the National Governors association of the US.






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The Assembly of the African Union, which is formally known as the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government AU-AHSG, is one of several decision-making bodies within the African Union
African Union

The African Union is an intergovernmental organisation consisting of 53 African states. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity ....
. The other bodies are the Pan African Parliament, the Executive Council
Executive Council

Executive Council may refer to:In politics:** Executive Council of New South Wales, the body which exercises the supreme executive authority in New South Wales...
 consisting of foreign ministers of the AU members states, and the African Union Commission. The Assembly corresponds to the National Governors association of the US. The Chair of the Assembly has few formal functions, the most important of which is to preside at the Pan African Parliament during the election and swearing in of the President of the Pan African Parliament.

History of the Assembly

The Assembly was came into existence on 25 May, 1963, as part of the ratification of Organization of African Unity. Initially the Assembly consisted of 32 independent member, the heads of state of the African states that had achieved independence by 1963. Until 2001, the governing constitution of the Assembly was the OAU Charter. The Assembly is now subject to the Union Act that created the African Union
African Union

The African Union is an intergovernmental organisation consisting of 53 African states. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity ....
.

Members of the Assembly


The AU Assembly of the Heads of State and Government consists of the heads of state and government of the member countries, the Assembly meets once a year at the AU Summit. The current Chairman of the Assembly is Jakaya Kikwete
Jakaya Kikwete

President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete is a Tanzanian politician and current President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Kikwete was born in Msonga, Bagamoyo District, Tanzania or as it was then known, Tanganyika....
, president of the AU state of Tanzania
Tanzania

Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....
.

The current members of the AU-AHSG are:

  • Gertrude Mongella
    Gertrude Mongella

    Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella is the president of the Pan-African Parliament. She was born in 1945 in Ukerewe, Lake Victoria, Tanganyika, Tanzania....
    , President of the Pan African Parliament


  • Fernando José Dias Van-Dúnem, Vice President of the Pan African Parliament


  • Mohammed Lutfi Farhat
    Mohammed Lutfi Farhat

    Mohammed Lutfi Farhat is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Libya and the Parliament's North African Vice President....
    , Vice President of the Pan African Parliament


  • Loum N. Neloumsei Elise
    Loum N. Neloumsei Elise

    Elise Ndoadoumngue Ne'loumsei Loum is a Vice-President of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament from Chad . In 1983 she received a Junior High School Teacher Certificate from Advanced Teachers' College, N'Djam?na, Chad....
    , Vice President of the Pan African Parliament.


  • Theophile Nata
    Théophile Nata

    Th?ophile Nata is a Beninese politician and a member of the Pan-African Parliament....
    , Vice President of the Pan African Parliament


  • Jean Ping
    Jean Ping

    Jean Ping is a Gabonese diplomat and politician who is currently the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union. He was previously the foreign minister of Gabon from 1999 to 2008....
    , Chair of the African Union Commission


  • Abdelaziz Bouteflika
    Abdelaziz Bouteflika

    Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been the President of Algeria since 1999....
     of Algeria
    Algeria

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  • José Eduardo dos Santos
    José Eduardo dos Santos

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     of Angola
    Angola

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  • Yayi Boni
    Yayi Boni

    Dr Thomas Yayi Boni , a Beninois banker and politician, is the current President of Benin. He took office on 6 April 2006 after winning Benin presidential election, 2006 held in the previous month....
     of Benin
    Benin

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  • Festus Mogae
    Festus Mogae

    Festus Gontebanye Mogae is a former President of Botswana, having served from 1998 to 2008. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998 and was reelected in October 2004; after ten years in office, he stepped down in 2008 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Ian Khama....
     of Botswana
    Botswana

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  • Blaise Compaoré
    Blaise Compaoré

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     of Burkina Faso
    Burkina Faso

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  • Pierre Nkurunziza
    Pierre Nkurunziza

    Pierre Nkurunziza is the Rulers and heads of state of Burundi and chairman of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy ....
     of Burundi
    Burundi

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  • Paul Biya
    Paul Biya

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     of Cameroon
    Cameroon

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  • Pedro Pires
    Pedro Pires

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     of Cape Verde
    Cape Verde

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  • François Bozizé
    François Bozizé

    Fran?ois Boziz? Yangouvonda is the Heads of state of the Central African Republic of the Central African Republic. He came to power in March 2003 after leading a rebellion against President Ange-F?lix Patass? and ushered in a transitional period of government....
     of Central African Republic
    Central African Republic

    The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west....


  • Idriss Déby
    Idriss Déby

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     of Chad
    Chad

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  • Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
    Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi

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     of Comoros
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  • Joseph Kabila
    Joseph Kabila

    Joseph Kabila Kabange , is the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . He took office in 2001#January, ten days after the murder of his father and DRC president Laurent-D?sir? Kabila....
     of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Democratic Republic of the Congo

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  • Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Republic of the Congo
    Republic of the Congo

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  • Laurent Gbagbo
    Laurent Gbagbo

    Laurent Koudou Gbagbo has been the President of C?te d'Ivoire of C?te d'Ivoire since 2000. Formerly a history teacher, Gbagbo was one of the primary opponents of President F?lix Houphou?t-Boigny....
     of Côte d'Ivoire
    Côte d'Ivoire

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  • Ismail Omar Guelleh
    Ismail Omar Guelleh

    Isma?l Omar Guelleh is the President of Djibouti. He succeeded his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, in 1999....
     of Djibouti
    Djibouti

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  • Hosni Mubarak
    Hosni Mubarak

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     of Egypt
    Egypt

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  • Isaias Afewerki
    Isaias Afewerki

    Isaias Afewerki , is the first and current President of Eritrea, attaining that status after Eritrean independence from Ethiopia in 1993. Prior to that, he was the leader of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, an armed movement determined to secure Eritrean independence....
     of Eritrea
    Eritrea

    Eritrea , officially the Country of Eritrea, is a country in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast....


  • Girma Wolde-Giorgis
    Girma Wolde-Giorgis

    Girma Wolde-Giorgis is the List of Presidents of Ethiopia of Ethiopia. He was elected on 8 October 2001, as a relative unknown and a surprise choice, by a unanimous vote of the House of People's Representatives....
     of Ethiopia
    Ethiopia

    Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....


  • Omar Bongo
    Omar Bongo

    El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba became Heads of state of Gabon of Gabon in 1967. At age 31, he was Africa's fourth youngest president at the time, after Michel Micombero of Burundi and Gnassingb? Eyad?ma of Togo....
     of Gabon
    Gabon

    Gabon is a country in west central Africa sharing borders with the Gulf of Guinea to the west, Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, and Cameroon to the north, with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south....


  • Yahya Jammeh
    Yahya Jammeh

    Yahya Jammeh is the Heads of State of The Gambia of The Gambia. As chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council, he took control of the country in a bloodless military coup in July 1994, and was elected as President two years later, in September 1996....
     of The Gambia
    The Gambia

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  • John Kufuor
    John Kufuor

    John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor was the President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009. He ran for election in 2000 and won, succeeding Jerry Rawlings, who defeated him when he previously ran for President in the election in 1996; Kufuor's victory marked the first peaceful democratic transition of power in Ghana since the country's independence was declared...
     of Ghana
    Ghana

    The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....


  • Lansana Conté
    Lansana Conté

    Lansana Cont? was the Heads of state of Guinea of Guinea from 3 April 1984 until his death. He was a Muslim and a member of the Susu people ethnic group....
     of Guinea
    Guinea

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  • João Bernardo Vieira
    João Bernardo Vieira

    Jo?o Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was the Heads of State of Guinea-Bissau of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power in 1980, Vieira ruled for 19 years, and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994....
     of Guinea-Bissau
    Guinea-Bissau

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  • Mwai Kibaki
    Mwai Kibaki

    Mwai Kibaki is the Heads of State of Kenya of Kenya. Kibaki was previously Vice-President of Kenya , and has held several other cabinet positions, including Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Health ....
     of Kenya
    Kenya

    The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....


  • Letsie III of Lesotho
    Lesotho

    Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave ? entirely surrounded by the South Africa. Formerly Basutoland, it is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations....


  • Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
    Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

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     of Liberia
    Liberia

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  • Muammar al-Gaddafi
    Muammar al-Gaddafi

    Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi#Name also known as Colonel Gaddafi has been the de facto leader of Libya since a 1969 coup....
     of Libya
    Libya

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  • Marc Ravalomanana
    Marc Ravalomanana

    Marc Ravalomanana is a Malagasy people Politics of Madagascar who is currently the President of Madagascar of Madagascar. A member of the Merina ethnic group, Ravalomanana served as Mayor of Antananarivo before becoming President in 2002....
     of Madagascar
    Madagascar

    Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....


  • Bingu wa Mutharika
    Bingu wa Mutharika

    His Excellency Dr Bingu wa Mutharika is a Malawi economist, politician, and the current President of Malawi. He took office on May 24, 2004, after winning a disputed Malawi general election, 2004....
     of Malawi
    Malawi

    The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast and Mozambique, which surrounds it on the east, south and west....


  • Amadou Toumani Touré
    Amadou Toumani Touré

    General Amadou Toumani Tour? is the Heads of State of Mali of Mali. He overthrew a military ruler, Moussa Traor? in 1991, then handed power to civilian authorities the next year....
     of Mali
    Mali

    Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the C?te d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west....


  • Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
    Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi

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     of Mauritania
    Mauritania

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  • Anerood Jugnauth
    Anerood Jugnauth

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     of Mauritius
    Mauritius

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  • Armando Guebuza
    Armando Guebuza

    Armando Em?lio Guebuza is a Mozambique politician and the President of Mozambique since 2005....
     of Mozambique
    Mozambique

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  • Hifikepunye Pohamba
    Hifikepunye Pohamba

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     of Namibia
    Namibia

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  • Tandja Mamadou
    Tandja Mamadou

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     of Niger
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  • Umaru Yar'Adua of Nigeria
    Nigeria

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  • Paul Kagame
    Paul Kagame

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     of Rwanda
    Rwanda

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  • Mohamed Abdelaziz
    Mohamed Abdelaziz

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     of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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  • Fradique de Menezes
    Fradique de Menezes

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    São Tomé and Príncipe

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  • Abdoulaye Wade
    Abdoulaye Wade

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     of Senegal
    Senegal

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  • James Michel
    James Michel

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  • Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
    Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

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     of Sierra Leone
    Sierra Leone

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  • Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
    Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed

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     of Somalia
    Somalia

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  • Thabo Mbeki
    Thabo Mbeki

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     of South Africa
    South Africa

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  • Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir of Sudan
    Sudan

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  • Mswati III of Swaziland
    Swaziland

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  • Jakaya Kikwete
    Jakaya Kikwete

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     of Tanzania
    Tanzania

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  • Edem Kodjo
    Edem Kodjo

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     of Togo
    Togo

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  • Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
    Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

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    Tunisia

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  • Yoweri Museveni
    Yoweri Museveni

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     of Uganda
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  • Levy Mwanawasa
    Levy Mwanawasa

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     of Zambia
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  • Robert Mugabe
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     of Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe

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Functions of the Assembly

The Assembly has nine basic functions:
  1. set policies of the Union.
  2. decide on what action to take after consideration of reports and recommendations from the other organs of the Union.
  3. consider membership requests into the Union.
  4. create bodies for the Union.
  5. monitor the implementation of policies and decisions of the Union as well ensure compliance by all Member States.
  6. create a budget of the Union.
  7. provide direction to the Executive Council on conflicts, war and other emergency situations and the restoration of peace.
  8. select judges for and withdraw judges of the Court of Justice.
  9. appoint the Chairman of the Commission, Commissioners of the Commission, all respective deputies and determine how long they will serve and what duties they will perform.


Decisions of the Assembly


The Assembly shall take its decisions by consensus or, failing which, by a two-thirds majority of the Member States of the Union. However, procedural matters, including the question of whether a matter is one of procedure or not, shall be decided by a simple majority.

Two-thirds of the total membership of the Union shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Assembly.

The Assembly may delegate any of its powers and functions to any organ of the Union

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