Assembly/AU/Dec.447(XIX) Page 1 DECISION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE AFRICAN UNION Doc. EX.CL/740(XXI) The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the election by the Executive Council of the Commissioners of the African Union Commission; 2. APPOINTS the following persons as Commissioners of the Commission: Name and Country a) b) c) d) f) g) Ramtane LAMAMRA (Algeria Aïsha L. ABDULLAHI (Nigeria) Elham MAHMOUD (Egypt) Mustapha S. KALOKO (Sierra Leone) Fatima H. ACYL (Chad) Rhoda P. TUMUSIIME (Uganda) Portfolio - Peace and Security Political Affairs Infrastructure and Energy Social Affairs Trade and Industry Rural Economy and Agriculture 3. CONGRATULATES the newly elected Commissioners; 4. DECIDES that the Commissioners for Human Resources, Science and Technology and Economic Affairs shall be elected only from among male candidates from the Central and Southern Regions in accordance with the provisions of the Statutes of the Commission as well as the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, during the January 2013 Ordinary Session of the Executive Council; 5. ALSO DECIDES that the elected Commissioners who did not take the Oath of Office during the current session of the Assembly should do so before the Chairperson of the Commission.