List of International Organization Leaders in 2009 - Political and Economic Organizations

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–present)
• 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–present)
• 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–present)
• 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–present)
• 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, Kazakhistan (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–present)
• 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)