List of ECOWQS Chairpersons from 1977 - 2023 and their Countries

According to the Vanguard Newspaper, the Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been elected as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and he was elected the chairperson at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the regional bloc held on Sunday afternoon in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau.

However, based on the information from the ECOWAS official website, we would be looking at the list of the chairperson of ECOWAS from 1977 till date.

1.) Gnassingbé Eyadéma (Togo) 1977–1978

2.) Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria) 1978–1979

3.) Léopold Sédar Senghor (Senegal) 1979–1980

4.) Gnassingbé Eyadéma (Togo) 1980–1981

5.) Siaka Stevens (Sierra Leone) 1981–1982

6.) Mathieu Kérékou (Benin) 1982–1983

7.) Ahmed Sékou Touré (Guinea) 1983–1984

8.) Lansana Conté (Guinea) 1984–1985

9.) Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) 1985 – 27 August 1985

10.) Ibrahim Babangida (Nigeria) 27 August 1985 – 1989

11.) Dawda Jawara (the Gambia) 1989–1990

12.) Blaise Compare (Burkina Faso) 1990–1991

13.) Dawda Jawara (the Gambia) 1991–1992

14.) Abdou Diouf (Senegal) 1992–1993

15.) Nicéphore Soglo (Benin) 1993–1994

14.) Jerry John Rawlings (Ghana) 1994 – 27 July 1996

15.) Sani Abacha (Nigeria) 27 July 1996 – 8 June 1998

16.) Abdulsalami Abubakar (Nigeria) 9 June 1998 – 1999

17.) Gnassingbé Eyadéma (Togo) 1999

18.) Alpha Oumar Konaré (Mali) 1999 – 21 December 2001

19.) Abdoulaye Wade (Senegal) 21 December 2001 – 31 January 2003

20.) John Agyekum Kufuor (Ghana) 31 January 2003 – 19 January 2005

21.) Mamadou Tandja (Niger) 19 January 2005 – 19 January 2007

22.) Blaise Compaoré (Burkina Faso) 19 January 2007 – 19 December 2008

23.) Umaru Musa Yar’Adua (Nigeria) 19 December 2008 – 18 February 2010

24.) Goodluck Jonathan (Nigeria) 18 February 2010 – 17 February 2012

25.) Alassane Ouattara (Côte d’Ivoire) 17 February 2012 – 28 March 2014

26.) John Dramani Mahama (Ghana) 28 March 2014 –19 Mai 2015

27.) Macky Sall (Senegal)– 19 Mai 2015 –June 2016

28.) Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia)– June 2016- June 2017

29.) Faure Gnassingbe(Togo)- June 2017- 31 July 2018

30.) Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria)- 31 July 2018 – 31 July 2019

31.) Issoufou Mahamadou (Niger) – July 2019

32.) Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana (2020 - 2022)

33.) Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau (2022 - 2023)

34.) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria July 2023