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DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
PRESS RELEASE Nº26/ 24th AU SUMMIT
The AU Executive Council Elects Members of some Organs
Addis Ababa, 28 January 2015 – The 26th Ordinary Session of the Executive
Council elected, on 28th of January 2015, at the African Union (AU) Headquarters,
members of some Organs of the AU. These Organs are: the African Union
Advisory Board on Corruption and the African Union Commission on International
Law (AUCIL). The Executive Council also elected the President and VicePresident of the Pan African University Council (PAU) as well as the Host Country
for its Rectorate.
The following were elected as members of the AU Advisory Board on Corruption:
No
Name
Country
1
Mr. Jacques III ACHIAOU
Cote d’Ivoire
2
Mrs. Akossiwa Antoinette AYENA
Togo
3
Mrs. Angèle BARUMPOZAKO
Burundi
4
Mr. Daniel BATIDAM
Ghana
5
Mr. Jean-Baptiste ELIAS
Benin
6
Mr. Joseph Fitzgerald KAMARA
Sierra Leone
7
Mr. Ekwabi Webster Tekere MUJUNGU
Tanzania
8
Mr. Alhaji Isa Ozi SALAMI
Nigeria
9
Mr. Sefako Aaron SEEMA
Lesotho
10
Mr. John Kithome TUTA
Kenya
11
Mrs. Florence ZIYAMBI
Zimbabwe
Additionally, 7 members were elected for the AUCIL: 6 of the members were
elected for a 5-year term, while 1 member was elected for the remainder of the
term of office of a member who resigned. The 6 members are:
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No
Name
Country
1
Mr. Ebenezer APPREKU
Ghana
2
Mr. Mohamed BARAKAT
Egypt
Mr. Abdi Ismael HERSI
Djibouti
4
Mr. Sebastião Da Silva ISATA
Angola
5
Mrs. Juliet Semambo KALEMA
Uganda
6
Mr. Cheikh Tidiane THIAM
Senegal
3
Regarding the 7th member, the Executive Council elected Mrs. Hajer GUELDICH
(Tunisia) for the remainder term of Mr. Rafâa BEN ACHOUR (Tunisia), who recently
resigned from the AUCIL.
The Executive Council further elected Mr. Tolly S. MBWETTE as President of the Pan
African University and Mr. Paulo Horácio de Sequeira e CARVALHO as Vice- President
for a 3-year term, respectively.
Finally, the Executive Council elected the Republic of Cameroon as the Host Country for
the PAU Rectorate.
These elections are to be endorsed by the 24th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the
Union scheduled for 30 and 31 January 2015.
Journalists wishing to interview the leadership of the AU Commission during the Summit
should submit their requests to Mrs Esther Azaa Tankou E-mail: [email protected]
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