| Organization |
Title |
Leader |
Country |
In office |
Ref
|
| African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) |
Secretary-general |
Mohamed Ibn Chambas |
Ghana |
2010–2013 |
[33][34]
|
| Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni |
2013–2015 |
[35]
|
| African Union |
Chairperson |
Thomas Boni Yayi |
Benin |
2012–2013 |
[36]
|
| Hailemariam Desalegn |
Ethiopia |
2013–2014 |
[37]
|
| Chairperson of the Commission |
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |
South Africa |
2012–2017 |
[38]
|
| President of the Pan-African Parliament |
Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi |
Nigeria |
2012–2015 |
[39]
|
| Andean Community |
Secretary-general |
Adalid Contreras Baspineiro |
Bolivia |
2010–2011 (interim), 2011–2013 |
[40][41][42]
|
| Pablo Guzmán Laugier |
2013–2016 |
[43]
|
| Arab League |
Secretary-general |
Nabil Elaraby |
Egypt |
2011–2016 |
[44]
|
| Arab Maghreb Union |
Secretary-general |
Habib Ben Yahia |
Tunisia |
2006–2016 |
[45][46]
|
| Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) |
Executive director |
Alan Bollard |
New Zealand |
2013–2018 |
[47]
|
| Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) |
Secretary-general |
Lê Lương Minh |
Vietnam |
2013–2017 |
[48]
|
| Caribbean Community |
Secretary-general |
Irwin LaRocque |
Dominica |
2011–2021 |
[49]
|
| Central American Parliament |
President |
Leonel Búcaro |
El Salvador |
2012–2013 |
[50]
|
| Paula Rodríguez |
Guatemala |
2013–2014 |
[51]
|
| Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA) |
Secretary-general |
Sindiso Ngwenya |
Zimbabwe |
2008–2018 |
[52][53]
|
| Commonwealth of Nations |
Head |
Queen Elizabeth II |
United Kingdom |
1952–present |
[54][55]
|
| Secretary-general |
Kamalesh Sharma |
India |
2008–2016 |
[56]
|
| Commonwealth of Independent States |
Executive secretary |
Sergei Lebedev |
Russia |
2007–present |
[57][58]
|
| Council of Europe |
Secretary General |
Thorbjørn Jagland |
Norway |
2009–2019 |
[59][60]
|
| President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) |
Jean-Claude Mignon |
France |
2012–2014 |
[61]
|
| President of the European Court of Human Rights |
Dean Spielmann |
Luxembourg |
2012–2015 |
[62]
|
| East African Community |
Secretary-general |
Richard Sezibera |
Rwanda |
2011–2016 |
[63]
|
| Economic Community of West African States |
President of the Commission |
Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo |
Burkina Faso |
2012–2016 |
[64]
|
| Chairman |
Alassane Ouattara |
Ivory Coast |
2012–2013 |
[65]
|
| Eurasian Economic Community |
Secretary-general |
Tair Mansurov |
Kazakhstan |
2007–2014 |
[66][67]
|
| Chairman of the Interstate Council |
Nursultan Nazarbayev |
2001–2014 |
[68][69]
|
| European Free Trade Association |
Secretary-general |
Kristinn F. Árnason |
Iceland |
2012–2018 |
[70]
|
| European Union (EU) |
Presidency of the European Council |
Herman Van Rompuy |
Belgium |
2009–2014 |
[71]
|
| Presidency of the Council of the European Union |
|
Ireland |
2013 |
[72]
|
|
Lithuania |
[72]
|
| President of the European Commission |
José Manuel Barroso |
Portugal |
2004–2014 |
[73]
|
| President of the European Parliament |
Martin Schulz |
Germany |
2012–2017 |
[74]
|
| Secretary-General of the Council and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy |
Catherine Ashton |
United Kingdom |
2009–2014 |
[75]
|
| President of the European Central Bank |
Mario Draghi |
Italy |
2011–2019 |
[76]
|
| European Ombudsman |
Nikiforos Diamandouros |
Greece |
2003–2013 |
[77]
|
| Emily O'Reilly |
Ireland |
2013–present[needs update] |
[78]
|
| President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) |
Ramón Luis Valcárcel |
Spain |
2012–2014 |
[79]
|
| President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) |
Werner Hoyer |
Germany |
2012–present |
[80][81]
|
| President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) |
Vassilios Skouris |
Greece |
2003–2015 |
[82]
|
| President of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) |
Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira |
Portugal |
2008–2017 |
[83]
|
| President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) |
Staffan Nilsson |
Sweden |
2010–2013 |
[84]
|
| Henri Malosse |
France |
2013–2015 |
[83]
|
| Group of Eight (G8) |
President (informal) |
|
United Kingdom |
2013 |
[85]
|
| Gulf Cooperation Council |
Secretary-general |
Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani |
Bahrain |
2011–2020 |
[86]
|
| Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) |
Secretary-general |
Enrique V. Iglesias |
Uruguay |
2005–2013 |
[87][88]
|
| Rebeca Grynspan |
Costa Rica |
2014–2021 |
[89]
|
| Indian Ocean Commission |
Secretary-general |
Jean Claude de l'Estrac |
Mauritius |
2012–2016 |
[90]
|
| Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) |
Chairman |
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Iran |
2012–2013 |
[91]
|
| Hassan Rouhani |
2013–2016 |
[92]
|
| Nordic Council |
President |
Marit Nybakk |
Finland |
2013 |
[93]
|
| Secretary-general |
Jan-Erik Enestam |
2007–2013 |
[94]
|
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
Secretary-general |
Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
Denmark |
2009–2014 |
[95]
|
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
Secretary-general |
José Ángel Gurría |
Mexico |
2006–2021 |
[96]
|
| Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) |
Secretary-general |
Lamberto Zannier |
Italy |
2011–2017 |
[97]
|
| Chairman-in-Office |
Leonid Kozhara |
Ukraine |
2013 |
[98]
|
| High Commissioner on National Minorities |
Knut Vollebæk |
Norway |
2007–2013 |
[99]
|
| Astrid Thors |
Finland |
2013–2016 |
[100]
|
| Organization of American States |
Secretary-general |
José Miguel Insulza |
Chile |
2005–2015 |
[101]
|
| Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States |
Director-general |
Len Ishmael |
Saint Lucia |
2003–2013 |
[102]
|
| Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) |
Secretary-general |
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu |
Turkey |
2005–2013 |
[103]
|
| Pacific Community (SPC) |
Director-general |
Jimmie Rodgers |
Solomon Islands |
2006–2014 |
[104]
|
| Pacific Islands Forum |
Secretary-general |
Tuiloma Neroni Slade |
Samoa |
2008–2014 |
[104]
|
| Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) |
Secretary-general |
Dmitry Mezentsev |
Russia |
2013–2015 |
[105]
|
| South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) |
Secretary-general |
Ahmed Saleem |
Maldives |
2012–2014 |
[106]
|
| Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) |
Director of the Executive Secretariat |
Jeferson Miola |
Brazil |
2012–2013 |
[107]
|
| Southern African Development Community (SADC) |
Executive secretary |
Tomaz Salomão |
Mozambique |
2005–2013 |
[108]
|
| Stergomena Tax |
Tanzania |
2013–2021 |
[109]
|
| Union of South American Nations (USAN) |
President |
Ollanta Humanla |
Peru |
2012–2013 |
[110]
|
| Dési Bouterse |
Suriname |
2013–2014 |
[111]
|
| Secretary-general |
Alí Rodríguez Araque |
Venezuela |
2012–2014 |
[112]
|
| Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) |
Secretary-general |
Marino Busdachin |
Italy |
2003–2018 |
[citation needed]
|
| World Trade Organization (WTO) |
Director-general |
Pascal Lamy |
France |
2005–2013 |
[113]
|
| Roberto Azevêdo |
Brazil |
2013–2020 |
[114]
|