List of international organization leaders in 2012
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2011 international organization leaders - 2013 international organization leaders - International organization leaders by year
UN organizations
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Director-General - José Graziano da Silva, Brazil (2012–present)
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Director-General - Yukiya Amano, Japan (2009–present)
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- President of the Council - Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, Mexico (2006–present)
- Secretary-General - Raymond Benjamin, France (2009–present)
- International Labour Organization
- Director-General -
- Juan Somavía, Chile (1999-2012)
- Guy Ryder, United Kingdom (2012–present)
- Director-General -
- United Nations
- Secretary-General - Ban Ki Moon, South Korea (2007–2016)
- President of the General Assembly - Nassir Al-Nasser, Qatar (2011–2012)
Vuk Jeremic, Serbia (2012–2013) - Security Council members - China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States (permanent members); Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal, South Africa (elected for 2011–2012); Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan, Togo (elected for 2012–2013)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- Executive Director - Anthony Lake, United States (2013–present)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Director-General - 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 - David Grimes, Canada (2011–present)
- Secretary-General - Michel Jarraud, France (2004–2015)
- World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
- Secretary-General - Taleb Rifai, Jordan (2010–present)
Political and economic organizations
- African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) -
- Secretary-General - Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Ghana (2010–present)
- African Union -
- Chairperson -
- Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea (2011–2012)
- Yayi Boni, Benin, (2012–2013)
- Chairperson of the Commission -
- Jean Ping, Gabon (2008–2012)
- Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, South Africa (2012–2017)
- President of the Pan-African Parliament -
- Idriss Ndele Moussa, Chad (2009–2012)
- Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi, Nigeria (2012–2015)
- Andean Community -
- Secretary-General - Adalid Contreras Baspineiro (Bolivia), (2010–present)
- Arab League -
- Secretary-General - Nabil Elaraby, Egypt (2011–present)
- Arab Maghreb Union
- Secretary-General - Habib Ben Yahia, Tunisia (2006–present)
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Executive Director - Muhamad Noor, Malaysia (2010–present)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -
- Secretary-General - Surin Pitsuwan, Thailand (2008–2012)
- Caribbean Community -
- Secretary-General - Lolita Applewhaite, Barbados (2011–present)
- Central American Parliament -
- President - Dorindo Cortéz, Panama (2010–present)
- 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 - Thorbjørn Jagland, Norway (2009–present)
- President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) - Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey (2010–present)
- President of the European Court of Human Rights - Jean-Paul Costa, France (2007–present)
- East African Community -
- Secretary-General - Richard Sezibera, Rwanda (2011–present)
- Economic Community of West African States
- President of the Commission - Victor Gbeho, Ghana (2010–present)
- Chairman -
- Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria (2010–2012)
- Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire (2012–present)
- 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)
- Kristinn Árnason, Iceland (2012–present)
- Secretary-General -
- European Union (EU)
- Presidency of the European Council - Herman Van Rompuy (2009–present)
- Presidency of the European Union Council
- Denmark (2012)
- President of the European Commission - José Manuel Barroso, Portugal (2004–present)
- President of the European Parliament - Jerzy Buzek, Poland (2010–present)
- Secretary-General of the Council and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy - Catherine Ashton (2009–present)
- President of the European Central Bank - Mario Draghi, Italy (2011–present)
- 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) - Werner Hoyer, Germany (2012–present)
- 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) - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (2014)
- Gulf Cooperation Council
- Secretary-General - Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Bahrain (2011–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 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran (2012–2013)
- Nordic Council
- Secretary-General - Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland (2007–2013)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- Secretary-General - 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 - Lamberto Zannier, Italy (2011–present)
- Chairman-in-Office - Audronius Ažubalis, Lithuania (2011–present)
- 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 Islamic Cooperation
- 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 Organisation (SCO)
- Secretary-General - Bolat Nurgaliyev, Kazakhstan (2007–present)
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- Secretary-General - Ahmed Saleem, Maldives (2012–present)
- Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur)
- Director of the Executive Secretariat - 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 - Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyana (2010–present)
- Secretary-General -
- María Emma Mejía, Colombia (2011–2012)
- Alí Rodríguez Araque, Venezuela (2012–present)
- Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
- Secretary-General - Ngawang Choephel, Tibet (2010–present)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Director-General - Roberto Azevedo, (2013–present)
Financial organizations
- African Development Bank -
- President - Donald Kaberuka, Rwanda (2005–present)
- Asian Development Bank -
- President - Haruhiko Kuroda, Japan (2005–present)Takehiko nako
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- President - Suma Chakrabarti, British (2012–present)
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- President - Luis Alberto Moreno, Colombia (2005–present)
- International Monetary Fund
- Managing Director - Christine Lagarde, France (2011–present)
- Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
- President - Ahmad Mohamed Ali, Saudi Arabia (1975–present)
- World Bank
- President - Jim Yong Kim, Korea (June 2012 Onwards)
Sports organizations
- President - Zhang Jilong, China (2011–present)
- Confédération africaine de football (CAF)
- President - Issa Hayatou, Cameroon (1988–present)
- Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
- President - Alfredo Hawit, Honduras (2011–present)
- Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL)
- President - Nicolas Leoz, Paraguay (1986–present)
- Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE)
- President - Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian Federation (1995–present)
- Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
- President - Sepp Blatter, Switzerland (1998–present)
- International Cricket Council (ICC)
- President - N. Srinivasan, India (2014–present)
- International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- President - Thomas Bach, Germany (2013–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 - David Chung, Malaysia/Papua New Guinea (2010–present)
- 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)
- Murade Isaac Miguigy Murargy, Mozambique (2012–present)
- Executive Secretary -
- EDU - Intergovernmental Organization (EDU)
- Secretary-General - G.Irving Levance, (2011–present)[1]
- La Francophonie
- Secretary-General - Abdou Diouf, Senegal (2003–2014)
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- Executive Secretary - Mahboub Maalim, Kenya (2008–present)
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- President -
- Jakob Kellenberger, Switzerland (2000–2012)
- Peter Maurer, Switzerland (2012–present)
- President -
- International Court of Justice
- President - Hisashi Owada, Japan (2009–present)
- International Criminal Court
- President - Song Sang-Hyun, South Korea (2009–present)
- International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
- Secretary-General - Ronald Noble, United States (2000–present)
- President - Mireille Ballestrazzi, France (2012–present)
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- President - Tadateru Konoé, Japan (2009–present)
- International Maritime Organization
- Secretary-General - Koji Sekimizu, Japan (2012–present)
- 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 - Ahmet Üzümcü, Turkey (2010–present)
- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- Secretary-General – Abdallah Salem el-Badri, Libya (2007–2016)
- Universal Postal Union
- Director-General - Édouard Dayan, France (2005–present)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Director-General - Francis Gurry (2008–present)
References
- ^ "EDU - An Intergovernmental Organization Secretary-General H.E. Irving Levance". Retrieved 25 December 2015.