List of international organization leaders in 2009

UN organizations

Food and Agriculture Organization

Director-General – Jacques Diouf, Senegal (1994–2011)

International Atomic Energy Agency

Director-General –

1. Muhammad al-Baradei, Egypt (1997–2009)
2. Yukiya Amano, Japan (2009–present)

International Civil Aviation Organization

President of the Council – Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, Mexico (2006–present)

Secretary-General –

1. Taïeb Chérif, Algeria (2003–2009)
2. Raymond Benjamin, France (2009–present)

International Labour Organization

Director-General – Juan Somavia, Chile (1999–present)

United Nations

Secretary-General – Ban Ki Moon, South Korea (2007–present)

President of the General Assembly –

1. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Nicaragua (2008–2009)
2. Ali Abdussalam Treki, Libya (2009–2010)

Security Council members – China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States (permanent members); Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia, Libya, Vietnam (elected for 2008–2009); Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, Uganda (elected for 2009–2010)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Executive Director – Ann Veneman, United States (2005–2010)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Director-General –

1. Koichiro Matsuura, Japan (1999–2009)
2. Irina Bokova, Bulgaria (2009–present)

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

High Commissioner – Navanethem Pillay, South Africa (2008–present)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

High Commissioner – António Guterres, Portugal (2005–present)

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Director-general – Kandeh Yumkella, Sierra Leone (2005–present)

World Food Programme (WFP)

Executive Director – Josette Sheeran, United States (2007–present)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Director-General – Margaret Chan, China (acting) (2007–present)

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

President – Alexander Bedritsky, Russia (2003–present)

Secretary-General – Michel Jarraud, France (2004–present)

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Secretary-General – Francesco Frangialli, France (1996–2009)

Political and economic organizations

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) –

Secretary-General – John Kaputin, Papua New Guinea (2005–2010)

African Union –

Chairperson –

1. Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzania (2008–2009)
2. Muammar al-Gaddafi, Libya (2009–2010)

Chairperson of the Commission – Jean Ping, Gabon (2008–present)

President of the Pan-African Parliament –

1. Gertrude Mongella, Tanzania (2004–2009)
2. Idriss Ndele Moussa, Chad (2009–present)

Andean Community –

Secretary-General – Freddy Ehlers, Ecuador (2007–2010)

Arab League –

Secretary-General – Amr Moussa, Egypt (2001–2011)

Arab Maghreb Union

Secretary-General – Habib Ben Yahia, Tunisia (2006–present)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Executive Director – Michael Tay, Singapore (2009)

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) –

Secretary-General – Surin Pitsuwan, Thailand (2008–present)

Caribbean Community –

Secretary-General – Edwin Carrington, Trinidad and Tobago (1992–2010)

Central American Parliament –

President –

1. Gloria Oquelí, Honduras (2008–2009)
2. Jacinto Suárez, Nicaragua (2009–2010)

Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA) –

Secretary-General – Sindiso Ngwenya, Zimbabwe (2008–present)

Commonwealth of Nations –

Head – Queen Elizabeth II (1952–present)

Secretary-General – Kamalesh Sharma, India (2008–present)

Commonwealth of Independent States

Executive Secretary – Sergei Lebedev, Russia (2007–present)

Council of Europe

Secretary General –

1. Terry Davis, United Kingdom (2004–2009)
2. Thorbjørn Jagland, Norway (2009–present)

President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) – Lluís Maria De Puig, Spain (2008–2010)

President of the European Court of Human Rights – Jean-Paul Costa, France (2007–present)

East African Community –

Secretary-General – Juma Volter Mwapachu, Tanzania (2006–2011)

Economic Community of West African States

President of the Commission – Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Ghana (2007–2010)

Chairman – Umaru Yar'Adua, Nigeria (2008–2010)

Eurasian Economic Community

Secretary-General – Tair Mansurov, Khazakstan (2007–present)

Chairman of the Interstate Council – Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan (2001–present)

European Free Trade Association

Secretary-General – Kåre Bryn, Norway (2006–2012)

European Union (EU)

Presidency of the European Council –

1. Czech Republic (2009)
2. Sweden (2009)
3. Herman Van Rompuy (2009–present)

President of the European Commission – José Manuel Barroso, Portugal (2004–present)

President of the European Parliament – Josep Borrell, Spain (2004–present)

Secretary-General of the Council and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy – Javier Solana, Spain (1999–present)

President of the European Central Bank – Jean-Claude Trichet, France (2003–2011)

European Ombudsman – Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greece (2003–present)

President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) – Peter Straub, Germany (2004–present)

President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) – Philippe Maystadt, Belgium (2000–2011)

President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) – Vassilios Skouris, Greece (2003–present)

President of the European Court of Auditors – Hubert Weber, Austria (2005–present)

President of the Economic and Social Committee (ESC) – Anne-Marie Sigmund, Austria (2004–present)

Group of Eight (G8)

President (informal) – Silvio Berlusconi, Italy (2009)

Gulf Cooperation Council

Secretary-General – Abdul Rahman ibn Hamad al-Attiyah, Qatar (2002–2011)

Ibero-American Secretariat (Segib)

Secretary-General – Enrique V. Iglesias, Uruguay (2005–present)

Indian Ocean Commission

Secretary-General – Monique Andreas Esoavekomandroso, Madagascar (2004–present)

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

Chairman –

1. Raúl Castro, Cuba (2008–2009)
2. Hosni Mubarak, Egypt (2009–present)

Nordic Council

Secretary-General – Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland (2007–2013)

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Secretary-General –

1. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Netherlands (2004–2009)
2. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Denmark (2009–present)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Secretary-General – José Ángel Gurría, Mexico (2006–present)

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Secretary-General – Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, France (2005–2011)

Chairman-in-Office –

1. Dora Bakoyannis, Greece (2009)
2. George Papandreou, Greece (2009)

High Commissioner on National Minorities – Knut Vollebæk, Norway (2007–present)

Organization of American States

Secretary-General – José Miguel Insulza, Chile (2005–present)

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

Director-General – Len Ishmael, Saint Lucia (2003–present)

Organisation of the Islamic Conference

Secretary-General – Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Turkey (2005–2013)

Pacific Community

Director-General – Jimmie Rodgers, Solomon Islands (2006–present)

Pacific Islands Forum

Secretary-General – Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Samoa (2008–present)

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

Secretary-General – Bolat Nurgaliyev, Kazakhstan (2007–present)

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Secretary-General – Sheel Kant Sharma, India (2008–2011)

Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur)

Director of the Executive Secretariat –

1. Reginaldo Braga Arcuri, Brazil (2003–2009)
2. Agustín Colombo Sierra, Argentina (2009–present)

Southern African Development Community

Executive Secretary – Tomaz Salomão, Mozambique (2005–2013)

Union of South American Nations (Unasur/Unasul)

President –

1. Michelle Bachelet, Chile (2008–2009)
2. Rafael Correa, Ecuador (2009–2010)

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)

Secretary-General – Marino Busdachin, Italy (2003–2010)

Western European Union

Secretary-General –

1. Javier Solana, Spain (1999–2009)
2. Arnaud Jacomet, France (2009–2011)

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Director-General – Pascal Lamy, France (2005–present)

Financial organizations

African Development Bank –

President – Donald Kaberuka, Rwanda (2005–present)

Asian Development Bank –

President – Haruhiko Kuroda, Japan (2005–present)

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

President – Thomas Mirow, Germany (2008–present)

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

President – Luis Alberto Moreno, Colombia (2005–present)

International Monetary Fund

Managing Director – cristeen legard, France (2011–2016)

Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

President – Ahmad Mohamed Ali, Saudi Arabia (1975–present)

World Bank

President – Robert Zoellick, United States (2007–present)

Sports organizations

Asian Football Confederation (AFC)

President – Mohamed bin Hammam, Qatar (2002–present)

Confédération africaine de football (CAF)

President – Issa Hayatou, Cameroon (1988–present)

Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)

President – Jack A. Warner, Trinidad and Tobago (1990–present)

Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL)

President – Nicolas Leoz, Paraguay (1986–present)

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

President – Sepp Blatter, Switzerland (1998–present)

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

President – Jacques Rogge, Belgium (2001–present)

International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

President – Philip Craven, United Kingdom (2001–present)

International Rugby Board (IRB)

President – Bernard Lapasset, France (2008–present)

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)

President – Reynald Temarii, Tahiti (2004–2010)

Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

President – Michel Platini, France (2007–present)

Other organizations

Antarctic Treaty

Executive Secretary – Jan Huber, Netherlands (2004–present)

Colombo Plan –

Secretary-General – Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia, Malaysia (2007–present)

Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)

Executive Secretary – Domingos Simões Pereira, Guinea-Bissau (2008–2012)

La Francophonie

Secretary-General – Abdou Diouf, Senegal (2003–present)

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)

Executive Secretary – Mahboub Maalim, Kenya (2008–present)

International Court of Justice

President – Rosalyn Higgins, United Kingdom (2006–present)

International Criminal Court

President –

1. Philippe Kirsch, Canada (2003–2009)
2. Song Sang-Hyun, South Korea (2009–present)

International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)

Secretary-General – Ronald Noble, United States (2000–present)

President – Khoo Boon Hui, Singapore (2008–present)

International Maritime Organization

Secretary-General – Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, Greece (2004–2011)

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Director-general – William Lacy Swing, United States (2008–present)

International Telecommunication Union

Secretary-General – Hamadoun Touré, Mali (2007–present)

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Director-General – Rogelio Pfirter, Argentina (2002–present)

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Secretary-General – Abdallah Salem el-Badri, Libya (2007–2016)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

President –

1. Juan Manuel Suárez del Toro Rivero, Spain (2001–2009)
2. Tadateru Konoé, Japan (2009–present)

International Committee of the Red Cross

President – Jakob Kellenberger, Switzerland (2000–present)

Universal Postal Union

Director-General – Édouard Dayan, France (2005–present)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Director-General – Francis Gurry (2008–present)