Algerian diplomat Selma Haddadi elected as African Union Commission deputy chairperson


ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The 38th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly of the Heads of State and Government on Saturday elected Selma Haddadi as the new AU Commission deputy chairperson.

Haddadi, Algerian ambassador to Ethiopia, was elected for the 2025-2028 term and will succeed Monique Nsanzabaganwa, the outgoing deputy chair and Rwanda's former Minister of Trade and Industry, who was elected to the role in March 2021.

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