The following is a list of international organization leaders in 2010. The list includes UN organizations, political and economic organizations, financial organizations, sports organizations, and others.
UN organizations Organization Title Leader Country In office Ref Food and Agriculture Organization Director-general Jacques Diouf Senegal 1994-2011 International Atomic Energy Agency Director-general Yukiya Amano Japan 2009-2019 International Civil Aviation Organization President of the Council Roberto Kobeh González Mexico 2006-2013 Secretary-general Raymond Benjamin France 2009-2015 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 Ali Abdussalam Treki Libya 2009-2010 Joseph Deiss Switzerland 2010–2011 Security Council members Member 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 Ann Veneman United States 2005–2010 Anthony Lake 2010–2017 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-general Irina Bokova Bulgaria 2009–2017 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights High Commissioner Navanethem Pillay South Africa 2008–2014 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) High Commissioner António Guterres Portugal 2005–2015 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Director-general Kandeh Yumkella Sierra Leone 2005–2013 World Food Programme (WFP) Executive director Josette Sheeran United States 2006–2012 World Health Organization (WHO) Director-general Margaret Chan China 2006–2017 World Meteorological Organization (WMO) President Alexander Bedritsky Russia 2003–2011 Secretary-general Michel Jarraud France 2004–2015 World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary-general Taleb Rifai Jordan 2010–2017
Political and economic organizations Organization Title Leader Country In office Ref African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) Secretary-general John Kaputin Papua New Guinea 2005–2010 Mohamed Ibn Chambas Ghana 2010–2013 African Union Chairperson Bingu wa Mutharika Malawi 2009–2011 Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Equatorial Guinea 2011–2012 Chairperson of the Commission Jean Ping Gabon 2008–2012 President of the Pan-African Parliament Idriss Ndélé Moussa Chad 2009–2012 Andean Community Secretary-general Freddy Ehlers Ecuador 2007–2010 Adalid Contreras Baspineiro Bolivia 2010-2011 (interim), 2011-2013 Arab League Secretary-general Amr Moussa Egypt 2001–2011 Arab Maghreb Union Secretary-general Habib Ben Yahia Tunisia 2006–2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Executive director Muhamad Noor Malaysia 2010-2012 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan Thailand 2008–2012 Caribbean Community Secretary-general Edwin Carrington Trinidad and Tobago 1992–2010 Central American Parliament President Jacinto Suárez Nicaragua 2009–2010 Dorindo Cortéz Panama 2010-2011 Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretary-general Sindiso Ngwenya Zimbabwe 2008-2018 Commonwealth of Nations Head Queen Elizabeth II United Kingdom 1952–present Secretary-general Kamalesh Sharma India 2008-2016 Commonwealth of Independent States Executive secretary Sergei Lebedev Russia 2007–present Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland Norway 2009-2019 President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Lluís Maria de Puig Spain 2008–2010 Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Turkey 2010–2012 President of the European Court of Human Rights Jean-Paul Costa France 2007-2011 East African Community Secretary-general Juma Volter Mwapachu Tanzania 2006–2011 Economic Community of West African States President of the Commission Mohamed Ibn Chambas Ghana 2007–2010 James Victor Gbeho 2010–2012 Chairman Umaru Yar'Adua Nigeria 2008-2010 Goodluck Jonathan 2010–2012 Eurasian Economic Community Secretary-general Tair Mansurov Kazakhstan 2007–2014 Chairman of the Interstate Council Nursultan Nazarbayev 2001-2014 European Free Trade Association Secretary-general Kåre Bryn Norway 2006–2012 European Union (EU) Presidency of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy Belgium 2009–2014 Presidency of the Council of the European Union Spain 2010 Belgium 2010 President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso Portugal 2004–2014 President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek Poland 2009–2012 Secretary-General of the Council and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton United Kingdom 2009–2014 President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet France 2003–2011 European Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros Greece 2003–2013 President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) Luc van den Brande Belgium 2008-2010 Mercedes Bresso Italy 2010-2012 President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Philippe Maystadt Belgium 2000–2011 President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Vassilios Skouris Greece 2003–2015 President of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira Portugal 2008-2017 President of the Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Mario Sepi Italy 2008–2010 Staffan Nilsson Sweden 2010-2013 Group of Eight (G8) President (informal) Canada 2010 Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-general Abdul Rahman ibn Hamad al-Attiyah Qatar 2002–2011 Ibero-American Secretariat (SEGIB) Secretary-general Enrique V. Iglesias Uruguay 2005–2013 Indian Ocean Commission Secretary-general Callixte d'Offay Seychelles 2008-2012 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Chairman Hosni Mubarak Egypt 2009-2011 Nordic Council President Helgi Hjörvar Iceland 2010 Secretary-general Jan-Erik Enestam Finland 2007–2013 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen Denmark 2009-2014 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary-general José Ángel Gurría Mexico 2006–2021 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 2007–2013 Organization of American States Secretary-general José Miguel Insulza Chile 2005-2015 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Director-general Len Ishmael Saint Lucia 2003–2013 Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary-general Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Turkey 2005–2013 Pacific Community (SPC) Director-general Jimmie Rodgers Solomon Islands 2006–2014 Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-general Tuiloma Neroni Slade Samoa 2008-2014 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary-general Muratbek Imanaliyev Kyrgyzstan 2010-2012 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretary-general Sheel Kant Sharma India 2008–2011 Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) Director of the Executive Secretariat Agustín Colombo Sierra Argentina 2010-2011 Southern African Development Community Executive secretary Tomaz Salomão Mozambique 2005–2013 Union of South American Nations (USAN) President Rafael Correa Ecuador 2009–2010 Bharrat Jagdeo Guyana 2010–2011 Secretary-general Néstor Kirchner Argentina 2010 Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) Secretary-general Marino Busdachin Italy 2003-2018 Western European Union Secretary-general Arnaud Jacomet France 2009–2011 World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-general Pascal Lamy France 2005–2013
Financial organizations Organization Title Leader Country In office Ref African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka Rwanda 2005–2015 Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda Japan 2005–2013 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development President Thomas Mirow Germany 2008-2012 Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) President Luis Alberto Moreno Colombia 2005–2020 International Monetary Fund Managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn France 2007–2011 Islamic Development Bank (IDB) President Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Madani Saudi Arabia 1975–present World Bank President Robert Zoellick United States 2007–2012
Sports organizations
Organization President Country In office Ref Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Mohamed bin Hammam Qatar 2002–2011 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Kang Young-joong South Korea 2005-2013 Confédération africaine de football (CAF) Issa Hayatou Cameroon 1988-2017 Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Jack A. Warner Trinidad and Tobago 1990–2011 Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) Nicolás Leoz Paraguay 1986–2013 Fédération internationale de basket-ball Robert Elphinston Australia 2006-2010 Yvan Mainini France 2010-2014 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Sepp Blatter Switzerland 1998–2015 Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) Bruno Grandi Italy 1996-2016 Fédération internationale de natation (FINA) Julio Maglione Uruguay 2009-2021 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Wei Jizhong China 2008-2012 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA) Denis Oswald Switzerland 1989-2014 Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) Princess Haya bint Hussein Jordan 2006-2014 Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) Alisher Usmanov Russia 2008-2022 International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Michael Barredo Philippines 2005-2013 International Association of Athletics Federations Lamine Diack Senegal 1999-2015 International Boxing Association (IBA) Wu Ching-kuo Taiwan 2006-2017 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Thomas Konietzko Germany 2010–2016, 2021–present International Cricket Council (ICC) David Morgan United Kingdom 2008–2010 Sharad Pawar India 2010-2012 International Golf Federation (IGF) ?-2010 Peter Dawson United Kingdom 2010-2020 International Handball Federation (IHF) Hassan Moustafa Egypt 2000–present International Hockey Federation (FIIH) René Fasel Switzerland 1994-2021 International Judo Federation (IJF) Marius Viser Romania/Austria 2007–present International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge Belgium 2001–2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Philip Craven United Kingdom 2001–2017 International Rugby Board (IRB) Bernard Lapasset France 2008–2016 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Olegario Vàzquez Raña Mexico 1980-2018 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Adham Sharara Canada 1999-2014 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Francesco Ricci Bitti Italy 1999-2015 International Triathlon Union (ITU) Marisol Casado Spain 2008–present International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Tamás Aján Hungary 2000-2020 Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Reynald Temarii Tahiti 2004–2010 David Chung Malaysia/Papua New Guinea 2010–2011, 2011-2018 (acting) Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Pat McQuaid Ireland 2005-2013 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Michel Platini France 2007-2015 Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) Klaus Schormann Germany 1992–present United World Wrestling (UWW) Raphaël Martinetti Switzerland 2002-2013 World Archery Federation Uğur Erdener Turkey 2005–present International Rugby Board Bernard Lapasset France 2008-2016 International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Göran Petersson Sweden 2004-2012 World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Chungwon Choue South Korea 2004–present
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