Non-Aligned Movement - Chairperson

Chairperson

Between summits, the Non-Aligned Movement is run by the Chairperson elected at last summit meeting. The Coordinating Bureau, also based at the UN, is the main instrument for directing the work of the movement's task forces, committees and working groups.

Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement
Name Country Party From To
Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavia League of Communists of Yugoslavia 1961 1964
Gamal Abdel Nasser United Arab Republic Arab Socialist Union 1964 1970
Kenneth Kaunda Zambia United National Independence Party 1970 1973
Houari Boumediène Algeria Revolutionary Council 1973 1976
William Gopallawa Sri Lanka Independent 1976 1978
Junius Richard Jayewardene United National Party 1978 1979
Fidel Castro Cuba Communist Party of Cuba 1979 1983
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy India Janata Party 1983
Zail Singh Congress Party 1983 1986
Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe ZANU-PF 1986 1989
Janez Drnovšek Yugoslavia League of Communists of Yugoslavia 1989 1990
Borisav Jović Socialist Party of Serbia 1990 1991
Stjepan Mesić Croatian Democratic Union 1991
Branko Kostić Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro 1991 1992
Dobrica Ćosić FR Yugoslavia Independent 1992
Suharto Indonesia Partai Golongan Karya 1992 1995
Ernesto Samper Colombia Colombian Liberal Party 1995 1998
Andrés Pastrana Arango Colombian Conservative Party 1998
Nelson Mandela South Africa African National Congress 1998 1999
Thabo Mbeki 1999 2003
Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia United Malays National Organisation 2003
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 2003 2006
Fidel Castro Cuba Communist Party of Cuba 2006 2008
Raúl Castro 2008 2009
Hosni Mubarak Egypt National Democratic Party 2009 2011
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Independent 2011 2012
Mohamed Morsi Freedom and Justice Party 2012
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iran Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran 2012 Present

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