DECISION ON THE ELECTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS
OF THE AFRICAN UNION
Doc. EX.CL/1009(XXX)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Commission on the Election of the Commissioners of the African Union;
2. ELECTS the following candidates as Commissioners of the African Union:
|
No. |
Name |
Gender |
Country |
Region |
Portfolio |
|
a) |
CHERGUI Smail |
Male |
Algeria |
Northern |
Peace and Security |
|
b) |
CESSOUMA Minata Samate |
Female |
Burkina Faso |
Western |
Political Affairs |
|
c) |
ABOU-ZEID Amani |
Female |
Egypt |
Northern |
Infrastructure and Energy |
|
d) |
ELFADILAmira Elfadil Mohammed |
Female |
Sudan |
Eastern |
Social Affairs |
|
e) |
MUCHANGA Albert M. |
Male |
Zambia |
Southern |
Trade and Industry |
|
f) |
SACKO Josefa Leonel Correa |
Female |
Angola |
Southern |
Rural Economy and Agriculture |
3. RECOMMENDS the elected AU Commissioners for appointment by the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union;
4. ALSO RECOMMENDS that the remaining two (2) Commissioners will be elected at the Thirty-First Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and appointed during the Twenty-Ninth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in July 2017 as follows:
i) one (1) male from the Eastern Region; and
ii) one (1) female from the Central Region.