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NOMINATION PROCESS REOPENS FOR NEXT AU COMMISSION ELECTION – AFRICAN UNION DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

The nomination process for the next Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and eight (8) Commissioners of the African Union (AU)
Commission has been re-opened. The AU Commission has officially informed all Member States, providing detailed timeframes and deadlines for the submission of candidatures
for the ten (10) positions that are open.
According to the rules of procedure of the Assembly and Executive Council, the Statutes
of the Commission as well as Modalities for the Election of Members of the Commission,
the candidatures for the posts of the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and the
Commissioners are required to be circulated to Member States at least three (3) months
before the election.

The elections are scheduled to be held during the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly
of Heads of State and Government, scheduled for 30-31 January, 2017, at the AU
Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

It should be recalled that the election of the Members of the AU Commission held in Kigali,
Rwanda in July 2016, were suspended since none of the three (3) contenders for the
position of the Chairperson of the Commission obtained the required two-thirds majority,
after seven rounds of voting.

Re-opening the process allows for both the former candidates, as well as new candidates
to run for any of the ten (10) positions. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 9 August 2016.