List of international organization leaders in 2010

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2009 international organization leaders - 2011 international organization leaders - International organization leaders by year

UN organizations[]

• Food and Agriculture Organization
  • Director-General - Jacques Diouf, Senegal (1994–2011)
• 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)
• United Nations
  • Secretary-General - Ban Ki Moon, South Korea (2007–2016)
  • President of the General Assembly -
    1. Ali Abdussalam Treki, Libya (2009–2010)
    2. Joseph Deiss, Switzerland (2010–2011)
  • Security Council members - China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States (permanent members); Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, Uganda (elected for 2009–2010); Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon, Nigeria (elected for 2010–2011)
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • Executive Director -
    1. Ann Veneman, United States (2005–2010)
    2. 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 - 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 (2003–2010)
  • Secretary-General - , 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 -
    1. John Kaputin, Papua New Guinea (2005–2010)
    2. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Ghana (2010–present)
• African Union -
  • Chairperson -
    1. Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawi (2009–2011)
    2. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea (2011–present)
  • Chairperson of the Commission - Jean Ping, Gabon (2008–2012)
  • President of the Pan-African Parliament - Idriss Ndele Moussa, Chad (2009–2012)
• Andean Community -
  • Secretary-General -
    1. Freddy Ehlers, Ecuador (2007–2010)
    2. , Bolivia (2010–present)
• 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 - , Malaysia (2010–present)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -
  • Secretary-General - Surin Pitsuwan, Thailand (2008–2010)
• Caribbean Community -
  • Secretary-General - Edwin Carrington, Trinidad and Tobago (1992–present)
• Central American Parliament -
  • President -
    1. , Nicaragua (2009–2010)
    2. , 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) -
    1. , Spain (2008–2010)
    2. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey (2010–present)
  • 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 -
    1. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Ghana (2007–2010)
    2. James Victor Gbeho, Ghana (2010–present)
  • Chairman -
    1. Umaru Yar'Adua, Nigeria (2008–2010)
    2. Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria (2010–2012)
• Eurasian Economic Community
  • Secretary-General - , Kazakhstan (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 - Herman Van Rompuy (2009–present)
  • Presidency of the Council of the European Union
    1. Spain (2010)
    2. Belgium (2010)
  • President of the European Commission - José Manuel Barroso, Portugal (2004–present)
  • President of the European Parliament -
    1. Josep Borrell, Spain (2004–2010)
    2. 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 - 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) - , Austria (2004–present)
• Group of Eight (G8)
  • President (informal) - Stephen Harper, Canada (2010)
• Gulf Cooperation Council
  • Secretary-General - , Qatar (2002–2011)
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  • Secretary-General - Enrique V. Iglesias, Uruguay (2005–present)
• Indian Ocean Commission
  • Secretary-General - , Madagascar (2004–present)
• Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
  • Chairman - Hosni Mubarak, Egypt (2009–present)
• 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 - Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, France (2005–2011)
  • Chairman-in-Office - Kanat Saudabayev, Kazakhstan (2010)
  • 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 - , Argentina (2009–present)
• Southern African Development Community
  • Executive Secretary - Tomaz Salomão, Mozambique (2005–2013)
• Union of South American Nations (Unasur/Unasul)
  • President -
    1. Rafael Correa, Ecuador (2009–2010)
    2. Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyana (2010–present)
  • Secretary-General - Néstor Kirchner, Argentina (2010)
• Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
  • Secretary-General -
    1. Marino Busdachin, Italy (2003–2010)
    2. Ngawang Choephel, Tibet (2010–present)
• Western European Union
  • Secretary-General - 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 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, France (2007–2011)
• Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
  • President - Ahmad Mohamed Ali, Saudi Arabia (1975–present)
• World Bank
  • President - Robert Zoellick, United States (2007–present)

Sports organizations[]

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• 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 Cricket Council (ICC)
  • President - David Morgan, England (2008–2010)
  • President - Sharad Pawar, India (2010–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 -
    1. , Tahiti (2004–2010)
    2. 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 - , Netherlands (2004–present)
• Colombo Plan -
  • Secretary-General - , 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 (2003–2014)
• 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 - 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 -
    1. Rogelio Pfirter, Argentina (2002–2010)
    2. Ahmet Üzümcü, Turkey (2010–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 - , Japan (2009–present)
• International Committee of the Red Cross
  • President - Jakob Kellenberger, Switzerland (2000–present)
• Universal Postal Union
  • Director-General - , France (2005–present)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • Director-General - Francis Gurry (2008–present)