--- title: "Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Commission of the African Union (AU)?" description: "Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Commission of the African Union (AU)?" author: "Harsh Srivastava" published: 2018-09-12 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49753/who-has-been-appointed-as-the-new-chairman-of-the-commission-of-the-african-union-au category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair", "african union (au)"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Commission of the African Union (AU)? Who has been appointed [as the new chairman](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33802/who-has-been-appointed-as-the-new-chairman-of-the-international-association-of-athletics-federations-iaaf) of the [Commission](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62212/who-has-been-elected-as-the-first-female-president-of-the-european-commission) of the [African Union](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33872/who-of-the-following-was-recently-appointed-as-the-chairman-of-the-african-union-commission) (AU)? ## Answers ### Answer by ASHUTOSH PANDEY **African [Union](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1510/union-example-in-sql-server) new chairman is Moussa Faki, a foreign minister of Chad who succeeded Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. African Union is a union of 55 states which was founded on 26 May 2001. It has its headquarter at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.** ![Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Commission of the African Union (AU)?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/e3729bdb-b53c-42aa-a01b-4b724583fa6d/images/f86dbd74-5a90-4620-a2f2-150eb2a61b4e.jpg)**\** The objectives of AU are to achieve greater unity and solidarity between African countries. **It also promotes and defends peace and security and stability of the continent. It also serves as a bridge as a bridge between countries to coordinate and harmonize economic regional balance.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49753/who-has-been-appointed-as-the-new-chairman-of-the-commission-of-the-african-union-au Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.