The following is a list of international organization leaders in 2008.
Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office | Ref |
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Director-general | 1994-2011 | [1] [2] [3] | |||
Director-general | 1997-2009 | [4] | |||
President of the Council | 2006-2013 | [5] [6] | |||
Secretary-general | 2003-2009 | [7] | |||
Director-general | 1999–2012 | [8] | |||
2007–2016 | [9] [10] | ||||
President of the General Assembly | 2007-2008 | [11] | |||
2008-2009 | [12] | ||||
United Nations Security Council members | China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States (permanent members); Belgium, Indonesia, Italy, Panama, South Africa (elected for 2007–2008); Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Vietnam (elected for 2008–2009) | [13] | |||
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director | 2005–2010 | [14] | |||
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) director-general | 1999-2009 | [15] | |||
2004-2008 | [16] | ||||
2008–2014 | [17] [18] | ||||
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | 2005–2015 | [19] | |||
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) director-general | 2005–2013 | [20] | |||
World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director | 2006–2012 | [21] [22] | |||
World Health Organization (WHO) director-general | 2006–2017 | [23] | |||
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | President | 2003–2011 | [24] | ||
Secretary-general | 2004–2015 | [25] [26] | |||
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) | Secretary-general | 1997-2009 | [27] | ||
Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office | Ref | |
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African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) | Secretary-general | 2005–2010 | [28] [29] | |||
2007-2008 | [30] | |||||
2008-2009 | [31] | |||||
2003-2008 (first Chairperson) | [32] | |||||
2008–2012 | [33] [34] [35] | |||||
2004-2008 (first President) | [36] | |||||
Secretary-general | 2007–2010 | [37] | ||||
Secretary-general | 2001–2011 | [38] [39] | ||||
Secretary-general | 2006–2016 | [40] [41] | ||||
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) | Executive director | 2008 | [42] | |||
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | Secretary-general | 2008–2012 | [43] | |||
Secretary-general | 1992–2010 | [44] | ||||
Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) | President | 2007-2008 | [45] | |||
2008-2009 | [46] | |||||
Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA) | Secretary-general | 1998-2008 | [47] [48] | |||
2008-2018 | [49] [50] | |||||
1952–present | [51] [52] | |||||
2000-2008 | [53] | |||||
2008-2016 | [54] | |||||
Executive secretary | 2007–present | [55] [56] | ||||
2004-2009 | [57] | |||||
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) | 2005-2008 | [58] | ||||
2008–2010 | [59] [60] | |||||
2007-2011 | [61] | |||||
Secretary-general | 2006–2011 | [62] [63] | ||||
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) | President of the Commission | 2007–2010 | [64] | |||
Chairman | 2007-2008 | [65] | ||||
2008-2010 | [66] [67] | |||||
Secretary-general | 2007–2014 | [68] [69] | ||||
Chairman of the Interstate Council | 2001-2014 | [70] [71] | ||||
Secretary-general | 2006–2012 | [72] | ||||
European Union (EU) | 2008 | [73] | ||||
2008 | [74] | |||||
2004–2014 | [75] | |||||
2007-2009 | [76] | |||||
1999-2009 | [77] | |||||
[78] | ||||||
2003–2011 | [79] | |||||
2003–2013 | [80] | |||||
President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) | 2006-2008 | [81] | ||||
2008-2010 | [82] | |||||
President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) | 2000–2011 | [83] | ||||
President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) | 2003–2015 | [84] | ||||
President of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) | 2005-2008 | [85] | ||||
2008-2017 | [86] | |||||
President of the Economic and Social Committee (EESC) | 2006-2008 | [87] | ||||
2008–2010 | [88] | |||||
Group of Eight (G8) | President (informal) | 2008 | [89] | |||
Secretary-general | 2002–2011 | [90] [91] | ||||
Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) | Secretary-general | 2005–2013 | [92] [93] | |||
Secretary-general | 2004-2008 | [94] | ||||
2008-2012 | [95] [96] | |||||
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) | Chairman | 2006-2008 | [97] | |||
2006-2009 | ||||||
President | 2008 | [98] | ||||
2007–2013 | [99] | |||||
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | 2004-2009 | [100] | ||||
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Secretary-general | 2006–2021 | [101] | |||
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) | Secretary-general | 2005–2011 | [102] | |||
Chairman-in-Office | 2008 | [103] | ||||
[104] | ||||||
2007–2013 | [105] | |||||
2005-2015 | [106] | |||||
Director-general | 2003–2013 | [107] | ||||
Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) | 2005–2013 | [108] | ||||
Pacific Community (SPC) | Director-general | 2006–2014 | [109] | |||
2004-2008 | [110] | |||||
2008 (acting) | [111] | |||||
2008-2014 | ||||||
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) | Secretary-general | 2007-2009 | [112] | |||
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) | 2005-2008 | [113] | ||||
2008–2011 | [114] | |||||
Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) | Director of the executive secretariat | ?-2008 | ||||
2008-2009 | [115] | |||||
Executive secretary | 2005–2013 | [116] | ||||
Union of South American Nations (USAN) | 2008-2009 (first President) | [117] | ||||
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) | Secretary-general | 2003-2018 | ||||
Secretary-general | 1999-2009 | [118] | ||||
World Trade Organization (WTO) | Director-general | 2005–2013 | [119] |
Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office | Ref | |
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President | 2005–2015 | [120] | ||||
President | 2005–2013 | [121] | ||||
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | President | 2000-2008 | [122] | |||
2008-2012 | [123] | |||||
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) | President | 2005–2020 | [124] | |||
Managing director | 2007–2011 | [125] | ||||
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) | President | 1975–present | [126] | |||
President | 2007–2012 | [127] |
Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office | Ref |
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2004-2009 (first executive secretary) | [159] | ||||
Secretary-general | 2007–2011 | [160] | |||
Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) | 2004-2008 | [161] | |||
2008–2012 | [162] | ||||
2003–2014 | [163] | ||||
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) | 2000-2008 | [164] | |||
2008–2019 | [165] | ||||
2000–2012 | [166] | ||||
2006-2009 | [167] | ||||
2003-2009 (first President) | [168] | ||||
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) | 2000-2014 | [169] | |||
2004-2008 | [170] [171] | ||||
2008 (acting) | [172] | ||||
2008–2012 | [173] | ||||
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) | 2001-2009 | [174] [175] | |||
Secretary-general | 2004–2011 | [176] | |||
International Organization for Migration (IOM) | Director-general | 1998-2008 | [177] | ||
2008–2018 | [178] | ||||
Secretary-general | 2007–2014 | [179] | |||
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) | Director-general | 2002–2010 | [180] | ||
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | 2007–2016 | [181] | |||
Director-general | 2005–2013 | [182] | |||
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | 1997-2008 | [183] | |||
2008–2020 | [184] |