This is a list of representative leaders of BRICS states at each BRICS Summit since the group's inception in 2009.
BRICS holds an annual summit, which each state or government leader attends. Each year the heads of government take turns assuming the presidency, whose job it is to set the agenda for, and host, the annual summit.
In 2023, Sergey Lavrov represented Russia instead of Vladimir Putin, and in 2024, Mauro Vieira represented Brazil instead of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
| Summit Year, Host | Country | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | |||||
| 1st 2009 | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva [1] | Dmitry Medvedev | Manmohan Singh | Hu Jintao | rowspan=2 (N/A) |
| 2nd 2010  | |||||
| 3rd 2011  | Dilma Rousseff [2] [3] | Jacob Zuma | |||
| 4th 2012  | |||||
| 5th 2013  | Vladimir Putin [4] | Xi Jinping | |||
| 6th 2014 | Narendra Modi [5] | ||||
| 7th 2015 | |||||
| 8th 2016 | Michel Temer | ||||
| 9th 2017 | |||||
| 10th 2018 | Cyril Ramaphosa | ||||
| 11th 2019 | Jair Bolsonaro | ||||
| 12th 2020 | |||||
| 13th 2021 | |||||
| 14th 2022 | |||||
| 15th 2023 | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Sergey Lavrov | |||
| 16th 2024 | Mauro Vieira | Vladimir Putin | |||