although the african confederation summit nominated colonel tripoli gaddafi as its chairman at the beginning of july , many delegates reported a uphill summer ahead . to start with all went poorly . but now he puts himself at differences with the au ' s peace and security council over its policy on benin , it has been suspended through a khmer d ' etat last august . on a visit to the mauritanian capital earlier this month , the libyan premier announced that since the current libyan ruler had vowed to organise elections in june , everything was fine and the file was now locked .
Gaddafi is the chairman of the African Union.