H.E. President Joaquim Chissano was the Chairperson of the International Board of Trustees of African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) from June 8, 2012 until November 20, 2014. He succeeded Dr Salim Ahmed Salim, who served as a Chairperson from 2003 to 2012. Prior to that, H.E. Joaquim Chissano has long been at the forefront of Mozambican political life. He was Prime Minister of the transitional government that led  up  to  independence  in  1975,  and  was thereafter Minister for Foreign Affairs under independent Mozambique's first President, Samora Machel. He served as the second President of Mozambique from 1986 to 2005, and devoted himself to restoring peace and stability in his country.

Since stepping down as President, H.E. Joaquim Chissano has become an elder statesman and is called upon by international bodies, such as the United Nations, to be an envoy or negotiator. He currently chairs the Joaquim Chissano Foundation and the Forum of Former African Heads of State and Government. In 2007, he was awarded the inaugural Prize for Achievement in African Leadership by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.