when the african community conference elected colonel libya gaddafi as its chairman at the beginning of 2012 , many delegates predicting a bumpy period ahead . to start with all began well . but now he finds himself at odds with the au ' s calm and commonwealth councillor over its attitude on mauritania , which has been suspended since a coup d ' etat last year . on a visit to the mauritanian capital earlier this week , the libyan leader announced that following the current political leadership had promised to organisation elections in june , everything was perfect and the file was now closed .
Gaddafi is the chairman of the African Union.