List of international organization leaders in 2016

2015 international organization leaders - 2017 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 - Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, Nigeria (2013–present)
  • Secretary-General - Raymond Benjamin, France (2009–present)
• International Labour Organization
  • Director-General - Guy Ryder, UK (2012–present)
• United Nations
  • Secretary-General - Ban Ki Moon, South Korea (2007–present)
  • President of the General Assembly - Mogens Lykketoft, Denmark (2015 - present)
  • Security Council members - China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States (permanent members); Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania, Nigeria (2014 - present)
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • Executive Director - Anthony Lake, United States (2010–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 - Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad, Jordan (2014–present)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • High Commissioner - António Guterres, Portugal (2005–present)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
  • Director-general - Li Yong, China (2013–present)
• World Food Programme (WFP)
  • Executive Director - Ertharin Cousin, United States (2007–present)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Director-General - Margaret Chan, Hong Kong (2007–present)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  • President - David Grimes, Canada (2011–present)
  • Secretary-General - Michel Jarraud, France (2004–present)
• 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 - Idriss Déby, Chad (2016–present)
  • Chairperson of the Commission - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, South Africa (2012–present)
  • President of the Pan-African Parliament - Idriss Ndele Moussa, Chad (2009–present)
• 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 - Le Luong Minh, Vietnam (2013–present)
• 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 Çavusoglu, 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 - 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 - Kristinn Árnason, Iceland (2012–present)
• European Union (EU)
  • Presidency of the European Council - Donald Tusk (2014–present)
  • Presidency of the Council of the European Union
    1. Netherlands (Jan-Jun 2016)
    2. Slovakia (Jul 2016-present)
  • President of the European Commission - Jean Claude Juncker, Luxembourg (2014–present)
  • President of the European Parliament - Martin Schulz, Germany (2014–present)
  • Secretary-General of the Council - Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen, Denmark (2015-present)
  • High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Federica Mogherini, Italy (2014–present)
  • President of the European Central Bank - Mario Draghi, Italy (2011–present)
  • European Ombudsman - Emily O'Reilly, Ireland (2013–present)
  • President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) - Markku Markkula, Finland (2015-present)
  • President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) - Werner Hoyer, Germany (2012–present)
  • President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) - Koen Lenaerts, Belgium (2015–present)
  • President of the European Court of Auditors - Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira, Portugal (2008–present)
  • President of the Economic and Social Committee (ESC) - Georges Dassis, Greece (2015-present)
• Group of Eight (G8)
  • President (informal) - Shinzō Abe, Japan (2016)
• 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 - Hassan Rouhani, Iran (2013–present)
• Nordic Council
  • Secretary-General - Britt Bohlin Olsson, Sweden (2014–present)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  • Secretary-General - Jens Stoltenberg, Norway (2014-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 - Iyad bin Amin Madani, Saudi Arabia (2014–present)
• 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 - 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 - Stergomena Tax, Tanzania (2013–present)
• Union of South American Nations (Unasur/Unasul)
  • President - Ollanta Humala, Peru (2012–present)
  • Secretary-General - Alí Rodríguez Araque, Venezuela (2012–present)
• Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
  • Secretary-General - Marino Busdachin, Italy (2003–present)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
  • Director-General - Roberto Azevêdo, Brazil (2013–present)

Financial organizations

• African Development Bank -
  • President - Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria (2015–present)
• Asian Development Bank -
  • President - Takehiko Nakao, Japan (2013–present)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • President - Suma Chakrabarti, India (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, United States (2012–present)
• BRICS Bank
  • President - K. V. Kamath, India (2015–present)

Sports organizations

• Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
  • 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 - Eugenio Figueredo, Uruguay (2013–present)
• Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE)
  • President - Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian Federation (1995–present)
• Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
  • President - Gianni Infantino, Switzerland/Italy (2016-present)
• International Cricket Council (ICC)
  • President - Zaheer Abbas, Pakistan (2015–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 -
  • Acting Secretary-General - Mr Tay Bian How, Malaysia (December 2013 - present)
• Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
  • Executive Secretary - Murade Isaac Miguigy Murargy, Mozambique (2012–present)
• EDU - Intergovernmental Organization (EDU)
  • Secretary-General - G.Irving Levance, (2011–present)^[1]
• La Francophonie
  • Secretary-General - Abdou Diouf, Senegal (2003–present)
• Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
  • Executive Secretary - Mahboub Maalim, Kenya (2008–present)
• International Committee of the Red Cross
  • President - Peter Maurer, Switzerland (2012–present)
• 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 - Jürgen Stock, Germany (2014–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 – Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, Nigeria (2016–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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