List of State Leaders in 2000 - South America

South America

• Argentina
  • President - Fernando de la Rúa, President of Argentina (1999–2001)
• Bolivia
  • President - Hugo Banzer, President of Bolivia (1997–2001)
• Brazil
  • President - Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil (1995–2003)
• Chile
  • President -
    1. Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, President of Chile (1994–2000)
    2. Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile (2000–2006)
• Colombia
  • President - Andrés Pastrana Arango, President of Colombia (1998–2002)
• Ecuador
  • President -
    1. Jamil Mahuad, President of Ecuador (1998–2000)
    2. Gustavo Noboa, President of Ecuador (2000–2003)
• Falkland Islands (British dependent territory)
  • Governor - Donald Lamont, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1999–2002)
  • Chief Executive - Michael Blanch, Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands (2000–2003)
• Guyana -
  • President - Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana (1999–2011)
  • Prime Minister - Sam Hinds, Prime Minister of Guyana (1999–present)
• Paraguay
  • President - Luis Ángel González Macchi, President of Paraguay (1999–2003)
• Peru
  • President -
    1. Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru (1990–2000)
    2. Valentín Paniagua, Interim President of Peru (2000–2001)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Alberto Bustamante Belaunde, President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (1999–2000)
    2. Federico Salas, President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (2000)
    3. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (2000–2001)
• Suriname
  • President -
    1. Jules Wijdenbosch, President of Suriname (1996–2000)
    2. Ronald Venetiaan, President of Suriname (2000–2010)
• Uruguay
  • President -
    1. Julio María Sanguinetti, President of Uruguay (1995–2000)
    2. Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, President of Uruguay (2000–2005)
• Venezuela
  • President - Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (1999–2002)