Assembly/AU/Dec.638(XXVIII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE AFRICAN UNION Doc. EX.CL/1009(XXX) The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the election of the Commissioners of the African Union by the Executive Council; 2. APPOINTSthe following candidates as Commissioners of the African Union: No. Name Gender Country Region Portfolio a) CHERGUI Smail Male Algeria Northern Peace and Security b) CESSOUMA Minata Samate ABOU-ZEID Amani Female Western Political Affairs Female Burkina Faso Egypt Northern ELFADIL Amira Elfadil Mohammed MUCHANGA Albert M. SACKO Josefa Leonel Correa Female Sudan Eastern Infrastructure and Energy Social Affairs Male Female Zambia Angola Southern Southern c) d) e) f) Trade and Industry Rural Economy and Agriculture 3. CONGRATULATES the newly elected Commissioners; 4. DECIDES that the remaining two (2) Commissioners will be elected at the Thirty-First Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and appointed during the Twenty-Ninth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in July 2017 as follows: i) ii) 5. one (1) male from the Eastern Region; and one (1) female from the Central Region. ALSO DECIDES that the elected Commissioners who did not take the Oath of Office during the current session of the Assembly will do so before the Chairperson of the Commission. 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 30 - 31 January 2017, Addis Ababa