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The Assembly of the African Union, which is formally known as the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government AU-AHSG, is one of several decision-making bodies within the African Union. The other bodies are the Pan African Parliament, the Executive Council consisting of foreign ministers of the AU members states, and the African Union Commission. The Assembly corresponds to the National Governors association of the US. The Chair of the Assembly has few formal functions, the most important of which is to preside at the Pan African Parliament during the election and swearing in of the President of the Pan African Parliament.

Contents 1 History of the Assembly 2 Members of the Assembly 3 Functions of the Assembly 4 Decisions of the Assembly 5 External links

[edit] History of the Assembly

The Assembly was came into existence on 25 May 1963, as part of the ratification of Organization of African Unity. Initially the Assembly consisted of 32 independent member, the heads of state of the African states that had achieved independence by 1963. Until 2001, the governing constitution of the Assembly was the OAU Charter. The Assembly is now subject to the Union Act that created the African Union.

[edit] Members of the Assembly

The AU Assembly of the Heads of State and Government consists of the heads of state and government of the member countries, the Assembly meets once a year at the AU Summit. The current Chairman of the Assembly is Leader Muammar Gaddafi of Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

The current members of the AU-AHSG are:

• Gertrude Mongella, President of the Pan African Parliament
• Fernando José Dias Van-Dúnem, Vice President of the Pan African Parliament
• Mohammed Lutfi Farhat, Vice President of the Pan African Parliament
• Loum N. Neloumsei Elise, Vice President of the Pan African Parliament.
• Theophile Nata, Vice President of the Pan African Parliament
• Jean Ping, Chair of the African Union Commission
• Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria
• José Eduardo dos Santos of Angola
• Yayi Boni of Benin
• Festus Mogae of Botswana
• Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso
• Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi
• Paul Biya of Cameroon
• Pedro Pires of Cape Verde
• François Bozizé of Central African Republic
• Idriss Déby of Chad
• Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi of Comoros
• Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Republic of the Congo
• Laurent Gbagbo of Côte d'Ivoire
• Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti
• Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
• Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea
• Girma Wolde-Giorgis of Ethiopia
• Omar Bongo of Gabon
• Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia
• John Kufuor of Ghana
• Lansana Conté of Guinea
• João Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau
• Mwai Kibaki of Kenya
• Letsie III of Lesotho
• Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia
• Muammar al-Gaddafi of Libya
• Marc Ravalomanana of Madagascar
• Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi
• Amadou Toumani Touré of Mali
• Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi of Mauritania
• Anerood Jugnauth of Mauritius
• Armando Guebuza of Mozambique
• Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia
• Tandja Mamadou of Niger
• Umaru Yar'Adua of Nigeria
• Paul Kagame of Rwanda
• Mohamed Abdelaziz of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
• Fradique de Menezes of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal
• James Michel of Seychelles
• Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone
• Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed of Somalia
• Thabo Mbeki of South Africa
• Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir of Sudan
• Mswati III of Swaziland
• Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania
• Edem Kodjo of Togo
• Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia
• Yoweri Museveni of Uganda
• Levy Mwanawasa of Zambia
• Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe

[edit] Functions of the Assembly

The Assembly has nine basic functions:

1. set policies of the Union.
2. decide on what action to take after consideration of reports and recommendations from the other organs of the Union.
3. consider membership requests into the Union.
4. create bodies for the Union.
5. monitor the implementation of policies and decisions of the Union as well ensure compliance by all Member States.
6. create a budget of the Union.
7. provide direction to the Executive Council on conflicts, war and other emergency situations and the restoration of peace.
8. select judges for and withdraw judges of the Court of Justice.
9. appoint the Chairman of the Commission, Commissioners of the Commission, all respective deputies and determine how long they will serve and what duties they will perform.

[edit] Decisions of the Assembly

The Assembly shall take its decisions by consensus or, failing which, by a two-thirds majority of the Member States of the Union. However, procedural matters, including the question of whether a matter is one of procedure or not, shall be decided by a simple majority.

Two-thirds of the total membership of the Union shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Assembly.

The Assembly may delegate any of its powers and functions to any organ of the Union

[edit] External links

• Assembly of the African Union Official Site