"I can't say too much at the moment, but of course I am very happy," Ping told a crowd of diplomats, journalists and well-wishers after winning the vote at an AU summit in Ethiopia.
Ping, who is also Gabon's deputy prime minister, defeated candidates from Burundi, Sierra Leone and Zambia in the contest to become chairman of the 53-nation body's Commission. Konare, a former Malian president, had led the AU Commission since 2003.
The AU Commission is the African Union's executive and administrative branch.
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