List of international organization leaders in 2009

2008 international organization leaders – Events of 2009 – 2010 international organization leaders – International organization leaders by year

See also:

UN organizations

Food and Agriculture Organization
- Director-General – Jacques Diouf, Senegal (1994–2011)
International Atomic Energy Agency
- Director-General –
1. Muhammad al-Baradei, Egypt (1997–2009)
2. Yukiya Amano, Japan (2009–present)
International Civil Aviation Organization
- President of the Council – Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, Mexico (2006–present)
- Secretary-General –
  1. Taïeb Chérif, Algeria (2003–2009)
  2. Raymond Benjamin, France (2009–present)
International Labour Organization
- Director-General – Juan Somavia, Chile (1999–present)
United Nations
- Secretary-General – Ban Ki Moon, South Korea (2007–present)
- President of the General Assembly –
  1. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Nicaragua (2008–2009)
  2. Ali Abdussalam Treki, Libya (2009–2010)
- Security Council members – China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States (permanent members); Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia, Libya, Vietnam (elected for 2008–2009); Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, Uganda (elected for 2009–2010)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- Executive Director – Ann Veneman, United States (2005–2010)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Director-General –
1. Koichiro Matsuura, Japan (1999–2009)
2. 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 – Alexander Bedritsky, Russia (2003–present)
- Secretary-General – Michel Jarraud, France (2004–present)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
- Secretary-General – Francesco Frangialli, France (1996–2009)

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 (2006–2012)
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 (2002–2011)
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 (2007–2013)
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 (2005–2013)
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, Kazakhstan (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 (2005–2013)
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)

Financial organizations

African Development Bank –
- President – Donald Kaberuka, Rwanda (2005–present)
Asian Development Bank –
- President – Haruhiko Kuroda, Japan (2005–present)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- President – Thomas Mirow, Germany (2008–present)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- President – Luis Alberto Moreno, Colombia (2005–present)
International Monetary Fund
- Managing Director – cristeen legard, France (2011–2016)
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
- President – Ahmad Mohamed Ali, Saudi Arabia (1975–present)
World Bank
- President – Robert Zoellick, United States (2007–present)

Sports organizations

Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
- President – Mohamed bin Hammam, Qatar (2002–present)
Confédération africaine de football (CAF)
- President – Issa Hayatou, Cameroon (1988–present)
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
- President – Jack A. Warner, Trinidad and Tobago (1990–present)
Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL)
- President – Nicolas Leoz, Paraguay (1986–present)
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
- President – Sepp Blatter, Switzerland (1998–present)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- President – Jacques Rogge, Belgium (2001–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 – Reynald Temarii, Tahiti (2004–2010)
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)
La Francophonie
- Secretary-General – Abdou Diouf, Senegal (2003–present)
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- Executive Secretary – Mahboub Maalim, Kenya (2008–present)
International Court of Justice
- President – Rosalyn Higgins, United Kingdom (2006–present)
International Criminal Court
- President –
  1. Philippe Kirsch, Canada (2003–2009)
  2. Song Sang-Hyun, South Korea (2009–present)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
- Secretary-General – Ronald Noble, United States (2000–present)
- President – Khoo Boon Hui, Singapore (2008–present)
International Maritime Organization
- Secretary-General – Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, Greece (2004–2011)
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 – Rogelio Pfirter, Argentina (2002–present)
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- Secretary-General – Abdallah Salem el-Badri, Libya (2007–2016)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- President –
  1. Juan Manuel Suárez del Toro Rivero, Spain (2001–2009)
  2. Tadateru Konoé, Japan (2009–present)
International Committee of the Red Cross
- President – Jakob Kellenberger, Switzerland (2000–present)
Universal Postal Union
- Director-General – Édouard Dayan, France (2005–present)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Director-General – Francis Gurry (2008–present)

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