# Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity

The Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity served as the head of the Organisation of African Unity, a rotating position.

## List

| No. | Chairperson | Took office | Left office | Country | Region |
| 1 | Haile Selassie | 25 May 1963 | 17 July 1964 | Ethiopia | East Africa |
| 2 | Gamal Abdel Nasser | 17 July 1964 | 21 October 1965 | Egypt | North Africa |
| 3 | Kwame Nkrumah | 21 October 1965 | 24 February 1966 | Ghana | West Africa |
| 4 | Joseph Arthur Ankrah | 24 February 1966 | 5 November 1966 | Ghana | West Africa |
| (1) | Haile Selassie | 5 November 1966 | 11 September 1967 | Ethiopia | East Africa |
| 5 | Mobutu Sese Seko | 11 September 1967 | 13 September 1968 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Central Africa |
| 6 | Houari Boumédiène | 13 September 1968 | 6 September 1969 | Algeria | North Africa |
| 7 | Ahmadou Ahidjo | 6 September 1969 | 1 September 1970 | Cameroon | Central Africa |
| 8 | Kenneth Kaunda | 1 September 1970 | 21 June 1971 | Zambia | Southern Africa |
| 9 | Moktar Ould Daddah | 21 June 1971 | 12 June 1972 | Mauritania | North Africa |
| 10 | Hassan II | 12 June 1972 | 27 May 1973 | Morocco | North Africa |
| 11 | Yakubu Gowon | 27 May 1973 | 12 June 1974 | Nigeria | West Africa |
| 12 | Siad Barre | 12 June 1974 | 28 July 1975 | Somalia | East Africa |
| 13 | Idi Amin | 28 July 1975 | 2 July 1976 | Uganda | East Africa |
| 14 | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | 2 July 1976 | 2 July 1977 | Mauritius | Southern Africa |
| 15 | Omar Bongo | 2 July 1977 | 18 July 1978 | Gabon | Central Africa |
| 16 | Gaafar Nimeiry | 18 July 1978 | 12 July 1979 | Sudan | East Africa |
| 17 | William Tolbert | 12 July 1979 | 12 April 1980 | Liberia | West Africa |
| | Léopold Sédar Senghor Acting Chairperson | 28 April 1980 | 1 July 1980 | Senegal | West Africa |
| 18 | Siaka Stevens | 1 July 1980 | 24 June 1981 | Sierra Leone | West Africa |
| 19 | Daniel arap Moi | 24 June 1981 | 6 June 1983 | Kenya | East Africa |
| 20 | Mengistu Haile Mariam | 6 June 1983 | 12 November 1984 | Ethiopia | East Africa |
| 21 | Julius Nyerere | 12 November 1984 | 18 July 1985 | Tanzania | East Africa |
| 22 | Abdou Diouf | 18 July 1985 | 28 July 1986 | Senegal | West Africa |
| 23 | Denis Sassou-Nguesso | 28 July 1986 | 27 July 1987 | People's Republic of the Congo | Central Africa |
| (8) | Kenneth Kaunda | 27 July 1987 | 25 May 1988 | Zambia | Southern Africa |
| 24 | Moussa Traoré | 25 May 1988 | 24 July 1989 | Mali | West Africa |
| 25 | Hosni Mubarak | 24 July 1989 | 9 July 1990 | Egypt | North Africa |
| 26 | Yoweri Museveni | 9 July 1990 | 3 June 1991 | Uganda | East Africa |
| 27 | Ibrahim Babangida | 3 June 1991 | 29 June 1992 | Nigeria | West Africa |
| (23) | Abdou Diouf | 29 June 1992 | 28 June 1993 | Senegal | West Africa |
| (26) | Hosni Mubarak | 28 June 1993 | 13 June 1994 | Egypt | North Africa |
| 28 | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | 13 June 1994 | 26 June 1995 | Tunisia | North Africa |
| 29 | Meles Zenawi | 26 June 1995 | 8 July 1996 | Ethiopia | East Africa |
| 30 | Paul Biya | 8 July 1996 | 2 June 1997 | Cameroon | Central Africa |
| 31 | Robert Mugabe | 2 June 1997 | 8 June 1998 | Zimbabwe | Southern Africa |
| 32 | Blaise Compaoré | 8 June 1998 | 12 July 1999 | Burkina Faso | West Africa |
| 33 | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | 12 July 1999 | 10 July 2000 | Algeria | North Africa |
| 34 | Gnassingbé Eyadéma | 10 July 2000 | 9 July 2001 | Togo | West Africa |
| 35 | Frederick Chiluba | 9 July 2001 | 2 January 2002 | Zambia | Southern Africa |
| 36 | Levy Mwanawasa | 2 January 2002 | 9 July 2002 | Zambia | Southern Africa |