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TheAssembly of the African Union, which is formally known as theAfrican Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government (AU-AHSG), is one of severaldecision-making bodies within theAfrican Union. The other bodies are thePan-African Parliament; theExecutive Council, consisting of foreign ministers of the AU members states; and theAfrican Union Commission. The Assembly of the African Union consists of the 55 heads of state and government of the member countries.^[1] The Assembly meets once a year.

TheChairperson of the Assembly presides the annual African Union Summit as well as the Pan-African Parliament during the election and swearing in of the President of the Pan-African Parliament.

History

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The Assembly came into existence on 25 May 1963, as part of the ratification ofOrganization of African Unity (OAU). Initially the Assembly consisted of 32 independent members, 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 theAfrican Union.^[1]

Functions

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The Assembly has nine basic functions:

Set policies of the Union.
Decide on what action to take after consideration of reports and recommendations from the other organs of the Union.
Consider membership requests into the Union.
Create bodies for the Union.
Monitor the implementation of policies and decisions of the Union as well ensure compliance by all Member States.
Create a budget of the Union.
Provide direction to the Executive Council on conflicts, war and other emergency situations and the restoration of peace.
Select judges for and withdraw judges of the Court of Justice.
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

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50th anniversary African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25 May 2013

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.

Members

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The AU Assembly of the Heads of State and Government consists of the 55 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 PresidentMoussa Faki ofChad.

The current members of the AU-AHSG are:^[2]

Member State	Representative	Title	Member since
Algeria	Abdelmadjid Tebboune	President	19 December 2019
Angola	João Lourenço	President	26 September 2017
Benin	Patrice Talon	President	6 April 2016
Botswana	Duma Boko	President	1 November 2024
Burkina Faso	Vacant	Membership suspended	31 January 2022
Burundi	Évariste Ndayishimiye	President	18 June 2020
Cabo Verde	José Maria Neves	President	9 November 2021
Cameroon	Paul Biya	President	6 November 1982
Central African Republic	Faustin-Archange Touadéra	President	30 February 2016
Chad	Mahamat Déby Itno	President	20 April 2021
Comoros	Azali Assoumani	President	26 May 2016
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Félix Tshisekedi	President	24 January 2019
Republic of the Congo	Denis Sassou Nguesso	President	25 August 1997
Côte d'Ivoire	Alassane Ouattara	President	4 December 2010
Djibouti	Ismail Omar Guelleh	President	8 May 1999
Egypt	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi	President	8 June 2014
Equatorial Guinea	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo	President	3 August 1979
Eritrea	Isaias Afwerki	President	24 May 1993
Eswatini	Mswati III	King	25 April 1986
Ethiopia	Abiy Ahmed	Prime Minister	2 April 2018
Gabon	Brice Oligui Nguema	President	30 April 2025
The Gambia	Adama Barrow	President	19 January 2017
Ghana	John Mahama	President	7 January 2025
Guinea	Vacant	Membership suspended	10 September 2021
Guinea-Bissau	Umaro Sissoco Embaló	President	27 February 2020
Kenya	William Ruto	President	13 September 2022
Lesotho	Sam Matekane	Prime Minister	28 October 2022
Liberia	Joseph Boakai	President	22 January 2024
Libya	Mohamed al-Menfi	Chairman of the Presidential Council	15 March 2021
Madagascar	Vacant	Membership suspended	15 October 2025
Malawi	Peter Mutharika	President	4 October 2025
Mali	Vacant	Membership suspended	2 June 2021
Mauritania	Mohamed Ould Ghazouani	President	1 August 2019
Mauritius	Navin Ramgoolam	Prime Minister	13 November 2024
Morocco	Mohammed VI	King	31 January 2017
Mozambique	Daniel Chapo	President	15 January 2025
Namibia	Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah	President	21 March 2025
Niger	Vacant	Membership suspended	26 July 2023
Nigeria	Bola Tinubu	President	29 May 2023
Rwanda	Paul Kagame	President	24 March 2000
Sahrawi Republic	Brahim Ghali	President	12 July 2016
São Tomé and Príncipe	Carlos Vila Nova	President	2 October 2021
Senegal	Bassirou Diomaye Faye	President	2 April 2024
Seychelles	Wavel Ramkalawan	President	26 October 2020
Sierra Leone	Julius Maada Bio	President	4 April 2018
Somalia	Hassan Sheikh Mohamud	President	23 May 2022
South Africa	Cyril Ramaphosa	President	15 February 2018
South Sudan	Salva Kiir Mayardit	President	9 July 2011
Sudan	Vacant	Membership suspended	26 October 2021
Tanzania	Samia Suluhu Hassan	President	19 March 2021
Togo	Faure Gnassingbé	President	4 May 2005
Tunisia	Kais Saied	President	23 October 2019
Uganda	Yoweri Museveni	President	26 January 1986
Zambia	Hakainde Hichilema	President	21 August 2021
Zimbabwe	Emmerson Mnangagwa	President	24 November 2017

References

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^^a ^b"About the African Union | African Union".au.int. Retrieved2025-07-29.
^"Member States | African Union".au.int. Retrieved2025-07-29.

External links

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Official website

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