SECRETARY GENERALS AND DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERALS OF THE UNION SINCE INCEPTION - 1977

Mamadou Bobo CAMARA, Guinea (Conakry)
Secretary General -1977- 1986 

Rajabu Mabula YUSUF, Tanzania 
Deputy Secretary General-1977- 1986 

Rajabu Mabula YUSUF, Tanzania 
Secretary General -1986- 1990 

Mpembele MUNTU, Congo DR 
Deputy Secretary General -1986- 1990 

Daniel ONYEWUENYI, Nigeria 
Secretary General -1990- 1995 
Post of Deputy Secretary General was abolished by 5th Conference of 
Plenipotentiaries- Res.5/5S-CPL/94 

Minemba Mamadou KEITA, Mali 
Secretary General -1995- 1999 

Jan MUTAI, Kenya
Secretary General -1999- 2003 

Akossi AKOSSI, Cote d'Ivoire 
Secretary General -2003-2010

Abdoulkarim Soumaila
Secretary General -2011