The Chairperson of the African Union is the ceremonial head of the African Union elected by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government for a one-year term. It rotates among the continent's five reg
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Gaddafi holding the ceremonial baton after taking over as Chair from Tanzania's Jakaya Kikwete.
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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth president of Egypt since 2014.
Chairperson of the African Union
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Official portrait, 2017
Sisi (far left, back row) attending Exercise Bright Star, 2009
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's official portrait as Minister of Defense, 2014
General al-Sisi (left) and then President Mohamed Morsi (right) listen to visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (centre) during a meeting with U.S. officials on 24 April 2013, just months before Sisi overthrew Morsi in a coup d'état.