The Secretary General was head of the Secretariat of the Organisation of African Unity.[1]
List[edit]
No. | Portrait | Chairperson | Took office | Left office | Country | Region |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kifle Wodajo | 25 May 1963 | 21 July 1964 | ![]() |
East Africa | |
2 | Diallo Telli | 21 July 1964 | 15 June 1972 | ![]() |
West Africa | |
3 | Nzo Ekangaki | 15 June 1972 | 16 June 1974 | ![]() |
Central Africa | |
4 | William Eteki | 16 June 1974 | 21 July 1978 | ![]() |
Central Africa | |
5 | ![]() |
Edem Kodjo | 21 July 1978 | 12 June 1983 | ![]() |
West Africa |
6 | Peter Onu | 12 June 1983 | 20 July 1985 | ![]() |
West Africa | |
7 | Ide Oumarou | 20 July 1985 | 19 September 1989 | ![]() |
West Africa | |
8 | Salim Ahmed Salim | 19 September 1989 | 17 September 2001 | ![]() |
East Africa | |
9 | ![]() |
Amara Essy | 17 September 2001 | 19 July 2002 | ![]() |
West Africa |
References[edit]
- ^ "Former Secretaries General of the OAU". African Union. Retrieved 3 February 2014.