The African Union has revealed that the submission of candidates vying for the African Union Chairperson is Tuesday, August 6, 2024.
Kenya’s candidate in the 2025 elections, Raila Odinga has already submitted his documentation, and that means he is well within the stipulated schedule.
“The deadline for the submission of the regional nominations of candidates vying for the 8 senior leadership positions at the African Union Commission is August, 6, 2024.
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“Interested candidates submit, to their member states, their curriculum vitae, along with vision statements outlining how they intend to advance the transformative agenda of the African Union, and to address the existing and emerging challenges facing the continent,” AU said in a post on X on Monday, August 5, 2024.
Apart from the submission deadline, AU revealed the kind of people that can only be considered in the pre-selection process.
“Only names of candidates submitted by the region will be considered in the pre-selection process undertaken by the Panel of Eminent Africans. Further, only Member States that are not under AU sanctions are allowed to submit candidates.
The AUC elections have been scheduled to take place in February 2025 during the AU Union Summit.
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“All eight (8) senior leadership positions of the AU Commission are open for candidates’ submissions guided by the regional allocation of the portfolios. The positions include that of the chairperson, the deputy chairperson and six commissioner posts,” AU’s statement continued.
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