South America
- Argentina -
- President - Raúl Alfonsín, President of Argentina (1983–1989)
- Bolivia -
- President - Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (1985–1989)
- Brazil -
- President - José Sarney, President of Brazil (1985–1990)
- Chile -
- President - Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile (1973–1990)
- Colombia -
- President - Virgilio Barco Vargas, President of Colombia (1986–1990)
- Ecuador -
- President -
- León Febres Cordero, President of Ecuador (1984–1988)
- Rodrigo Borja Cevallos, President of Ecuador (1988–1992)
- President -
- Falkland Islands (British dependent territory)
- Governor -
- Gordon Wesley Jewkes, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1985–1988)
- William Hugh Fullerton, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1988–1992)
- Chief Executive -
- Brian Cummings, Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands (1987–1988)
- Colin Redston, Acting Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands (1988)
- Rex Browning, Acting Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands (1988)
- David G. P. Taylor, Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands (1988–1989)
- Governor -
- Guyana -
- President - Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana (1985–1992)
- Prime Minister - Hamilton Green, Prime Minister of Guyana (1985–1992)
- Paraguay -
- President - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954–1989)
- Peru -
- President - Alan García, President of Peru (1985–1990)
- Prime Minister -
- Guillermo Larco Cox, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1987–1988)
- Armando Villanueva, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1988–1989)
- Suriname -
- De facto Leader - Dési Bouterse, Chairman of the National Military Council (1980–1988)
- President -
- Fred Ramdat Misier, Acting President of Suriname (1982–1988)
- Ramsewak Shankar, President of Suriname (1988–1990)
- Prime Minister - Jules Wijdenbosch, Prime Minister of Suriname (1987–1988)
- Uruguay -
- President - Julio María Sanguinetti, President of Uruguay (1985–1990)
- Venezuela -
- President - Jaime Lusinchi, President of Venezuela (1984–1989)
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