Chad's Mahamat to take over from Dlamini-Zuma - #AUCommissionChair
30 January 2017
Addis Ababa - Chad’s foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat is the next AU Commission chairperson.
The results were informally announced by jubilation in the halls of the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa shortly before 17:00 east African time.
Mahamat is said to have received 28 votes in the final round of voting, while Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamad got 24 heads of state behind her.
Lobbying for the post was intense in the months ahead of the election. Mahamat’s nomination was said to have been handed in just before the deadline three months ago.