Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat
Chairperson, African Union Commission
The Chadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat was elected as the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson. The Chairperson of the Commission is the Chief Executive Officer, legal representative of the AU and the AU Chairperson’s Chief Accounting Officer, and is directly responsible to Executive Council for the discharge of his duties.
Africa’s peace and security issues has been at the heart of Mr. Mahamat’s activities and many other missions geared towards the wellbeing of Africa. He has occupied senior positions with a thirty-year experience, serving as Minister several times and later as director of Civil Cabinet of the President of the Republic, Prime Minister, Head of Government, and President of a Grand Institution of the Republic, namely; the Economic, Social and Cultural Council, where he had to carry out and manage major issues.