Amara Essy
| Amara Essy | |
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Amara Essy
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| Interim Chairman of the Commission of the African Union | |
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In office 9 July 2002 – 16 September 2003 |
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| 7th Secretary-general of the Organization of African Unity | |
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In office 17 September 2001 – 9 July 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Salim Ahmed Salim |
| Succeeded by | Alpha Oumar Konaré |
| President of the United Nations General Assembly | |
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In office 1994–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Insanally |
| Succeeded by | Diogo de Freitas do Amaral |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 December 1944 Bouake, Ivory Coast |
| Nationality | Ivorian |
Amara Essy (born 20 December 1944) is a diplomat from Ivory Coast.
Essy was born in Bouake, Ivory Coast.
He was the Permanent Representative of Côte d'Ivoire to the United Nations from 1981 to 1990, and in January 1990 he was President of the United Nations Security Council. In 1990 he became Minister of Foreign Affairs, and while in that position he served as President of the 49th Session of the United Nations General Assembly from 1994 to 1995. In 1998 he gained the rank of Minister of State, while remaining Foreign Minister. Along with other ministers, he was detained following the military coup of 24 December 1999, but he was released on 28 December. He was replaced in the transitional government named on 4 January 2000.
On 9 July 2001 he was elected secretary-general of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Lusaka, Zambia, with the task of leading the OAU's transformation into the African Union over the course of one year. He took office as secretary-general in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 17 September 2001. Essy served in that position until 9 July 2002, when the OAU became the African Union and he was appointed as interim Chairman of the Commission of the African Union.
Essy was initially a candidate for the post of Chairman of the Commission at the AU's July 2003 summit in Maputo, but he withdrew prior to the vote, leaving Alpha Oumar Konaré, the former President of Mali, as the only candidate. Essy remained interim Chairman of the Commission until he was succeeded by Konaré on 16 September 2003.
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