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paragraph_text: Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (born 2 September 1965) is a Djiboutian diplomat and the chairperson of the African Union Commission. He is the longest-serving Djiboutian foreign minister, having served since 2005.
  
  In April 2024, he was nominated by Djibouti for the position of the chairperson of the African Union Commission. On 15 February 2025, he won the election in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, after 7 rounds of voting.