Previous chairs of ALMA
Since our formation in 2009, a sitting African Union Head of State or Government has chaired ALMA. Our current chair is His Excellency Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
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President of the Republic of Kenya from 2013 to 2022
ALMA Chair from January 2020 to August 2022
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King of the Kingdom of Eswatini from 1986 to present
ALMA Chair from January 2017 to January 2020
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President of the Republic of Chad from 1990 to 2021
ALMA Chair from January 2016 to January 2017
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Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 2012 to 2018
ALMA Chair from July 2014 to January 2016
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President of the Republic of Mozambique from 2005 to 2015
ALMA Chair from May 2013 to June 2014
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President of the Republic of Liberia from 2006 to 2018
ALMA Chair from January 2012 to May 2013
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President of the United Republic of Tanzania from 2005 to 2015
Founding ALMA Chair from September 2009 to January 2012