Candidates for AU Commission

The African Union has announced the final candidates for Chairpersonship of the African Union Commission in preparation for the elections due to be held at the January summit of the AU in Addis Ababa. Also included are the candidates for election to the positions of Deputy Chairperson and Commissioners.

Chairperson: 1. Mrs. Antoinette BATUMUBWIRA (Burundi)
2. Mr. Abdulai Osman CONTEH (Sierra Leone)
3. Mr. Barnabas Sibusiso DLAMINI (Swaziland)
4. Mrs. Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA (Zambia)
5. Mr. Jean PING (Gabon)
6. Mr. Cassam UTEEM (Mauritius)

Deputy Chairperson: 1. Mr. Khair Eldin ABDEL LATIF (Egypt)
2. Mr. Erastus J. O. MWENCHA (Kenya)

Commissioners: The following candidatures were received (in the order of the portfolios as set out in the Statutes of the Commission and in alphabetical order of the names of the candidates):

Peace and Security

No. Name Gender Country Region
1 Mr. Boubacar DIALLO Male Guinea West
2 Mrs. Monica Kathina JUMA Female Kenya East
3 Mr. Ramtane LAMAMRA Male Algeria North
4 Mr. Fako Johnson LIKOTI Male Lesotho South
5 Ms. Victorine Mbette MBONGUE Female Cameroon Central
6 Mr. Pierre-Juste Mounzika NTSIKA Male Congo Central
7 Mr. John Kayode SHINKAIYE Male Nigeria West

Remarks: - The Central Region submitted, in conformity with the rules, 1 male and 1 female candidates.
- The Eastern Region submitted 1 female and no male candidate.
- The Northern and Southern Regions submitted 1 male and no female candidate.
- The Western Region submitted two (2) male and no female candidates.

Political Affairs

No. Name Gender Country Region
1 Mrs. Hawa AHMED YOUSSOUF Female Djibouti East
2 Mr. Mamadouba Falilou BAH Male Guinea West
3 Mr. Léandre Bazemboué BASSOLE Male Burkina Faso West
4 Mr. Sekhonyana N. BERENG Male Lesotho South
5 Mr. Oagile Bethuel Key DINGAKE Male Botswana South
6 Mr. Francis INGANJI Male Kenya East
7 Mrs. Julia Dolly JOINER Female Gambia West
8 Mrs. Barulaganye MACHACHA Female Botswana South
9 Mr. Thérence SINUNGURUZA Male Burundi Central

10 Mr. Nagoum YAMASSOUM Male Chad Central
11 Mrs. Madeleine SAO Female Cameroon Central

Remarks: - The Eastern Region submitted, in conformity with the rules, 1 male and 1 female candidates.
- The Central, Southern and Western Regions submitted each three (3) candidatures (2 males and 1 female).
- No candidature from the Northern Region.

Infrastructure and Energy
No. Name Gender Country Region
1 Mrs. Elham Mahmoud AHMED IBRAHIM Female Egypt North
2 Mr. Fathi H. BEN SHATWAN Male Libya North
3 Mrs. Uphie F. Chinje MELO Female Cameroon Central
4 Mr. Bernard ZOBA Male Congo Central

Remarks: - The Central and Northern Regions submitted, in conformity with the rules, 1 male and 1 female candidates.
- No candidature from the Eastern, Southern and Western Regions.

Social Affairs
No. Name Gender Country Region
1
Mrs. Samiha AMIN ABOU-STEIT Female Egypt North
2 Mr. Beng’yela Augustine GANG Male Cameroon Central
3 Mrs. Bience Philomina GAWANAS Female Namibia South
4 Mrs. Marie-Agnès KOUMBA Female Gabon Central
5 Mrs. Grace KYOMUHENDO-BANTEBYA Female Uganda East
6 Mrs. Soukeyna NDIAYE BA Female Senegal West
7 Mrs. Mamosebi Theresia PHOLO Female Lesotho South

Remarks: - The Central Region submitted, in conformity with the rules, 1 male and 1 female candidates.
- The Southern Region submitted two (2) female and no male candidates.
- The Eastern, Northern and Western Regions submitted each 1 female and no male candidate.

Human Resources, Science and Technology

No. Name Gender Country Region
1 Mrs. Paulette BISSECK Female Cameroon Central
2 Mr. Mohamed A. EL-NAWAWI Male Egypt North
3 Mrs. Nagia Mohammed ESSAYED Female Libya North
4 Mr. Jean-Pierre Onvéhoun EZIN Male Benin West
5 Mr. Kelebetse Kgosimotse GAEONALE Male Botswana South
6 Mr. Martial de Paul IKOUNGA Male Congo Central
7 Mr. John Patrick KABAYO Male Uganda East
8 Ms. Goitseone Naledi MOSALAKATANE Female Botswana South
9 Mr. Sospeter MUHONGO Male Tanzania East
10 Mr. Louis Dominique OUEDRAOGO Male Burkina Faso West

Remarks: - The Central, Northern and Southern Regions submitted, in conformity with the rules, 1 male and 1 female candidates.
- The Eastern and Western Regions submitted two (2) male and no female candidates.

Trade and Industry

No. Name Gender Country Region
1 Mrs. Amina C. MOHAMED Female Kenya East
2 Mrs. Soukeyna NDIAYE BA 5 Female Senegal West
3 Mr. Alphonse OKOYE Male Congo Central
4 Mrs. Elisabeth TANKEU Female Cameroon Central

Remarks: - The Central Region submitted, in conformity with the rules, 1 male and 1 female candidates.
- The Northern and Southern Regions submitted no candidature.
- The Eastern and Western Regions submitted each 1 female and no male candidate.

Rural Economy and Agriculture
No. Name Gender Country Region
1 Mrs. Phoebe M. DITSHIPI Female Botswana South
2 Mr. Daniel KOUMBA-KOUMBA Male Gabon Central
4 Mr. Nkobi Mpho MOLEELE Male Botswana South
3 Mrs. Yolande OFOUEME Female Congo Central
5 Mr. Ibrahim I. RIHAN Male Egypt North
6 Mrs. Célestine ZANOU Female Benin West

Remarks: - The Central and Southern Regions submitted, in conformity with the rules, 1 male and 1 female candidates.
- No candidature from the Eastern Region.
- The Northern Region submitted 1 male and no female candidate.
- The Western Region submitted 1 female and no male candidate.

Economic Affairs
No. Name Gender Country Region
1 Mrs. Aziza BAROUD Female Chad Central
2 Mr. M. Maxwell MKWEZALAMBA Male Malawi South
3 Mrs. Mampiti F. NCHAPI Female Lesotho South
4 Mr. Roger TCHOUNGUI Male Cameroon Central
5 Mrs. Célestine ZANOU 6 Female Benin West

Remarks: - The Central and Southern Regions submitted, in conformity with the rules, 1 male and 1 female candidates.
- No candidature from the Eastern and Northern Regions.
- The Western Region submitted 1 female and no male candidate.

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