# List of international organization leaders in 2016

The following is a list of international organization leaders in 2016.

## UN organizations

| Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office |
| EDU – Intergovernmental Organization | Secretary-general | G. Irving Levance | | 2011-? |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | Director-general | José Graziano da Silva | Brazil | 2012-2019 |
| International Atomic Energy Agency | Director-general | Yukiya Amano | Japan | 2009-2019 |
| International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) | President of the Council | Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu | Nigeria | 2013-2019 |
| International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) | Secretary-general | Fang Liu | China | 2015-2021 |
| International Labour Organization | Director-general | Guy Ryder | United Kingdom | 2012-2022 |
| United Nations | Secretary-general | Ban Ki-moon | South Korea | 2007–2016 |
| United Nations | President of the General Assembly | Mogens Lykketoft | Denmark | 2015-2016 |
| United Nations | President of the General Assembly | Peter Thomson | Fiji | 2016-2017 |
| United Nations Security Council | Member | | China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States (permanent members); Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, Venezuela (elected for 2015–2016); Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine, Uruguay (elected for 2016–2017) | |
| United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | Executive director | Anthony Lake | United States | 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 | Zeid Raad Al Hussein | Jordan | 2014-2018 |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | High Commissioner | Filippo Grandi | Italy | 2016–present |
| United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) | Director-general | Li Yong | China | 2013-2021 |
| World Food Programme (WFP) | Executive director | Ertharin Cousin | United States | 2012-2017 |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | Director-general | Margaret Chan | China | 2006–2017 |
| World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | President | David Grimes | Canada | 2011–2020 |
| World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | Secretary-general | Petteri Taalas | Finland | 2016–present |
| World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) | Secretary-general | Taleb Rifai | Jordan | 2010–2017 |

## Political and economic organizations

| Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office |
| African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) | Secretary-general | Patrick Gomes | Guyana | 2015-2020 |
| African Union | Chairperson | Idriss Déby | Chad | 2016-2017 |
| African Union | Chairperson of the Commission | Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | South Africa | 2012–2017 |
| African Union | President of the Pan-African Parliament | Roger Nkodo Dang | Cameroon | 2015-2021 |
| Andean Community | Secretary-general | Pablo Guzmán Laugier | Bolivia | 2013-2016 |
| Andean Community | Secretary-general | Walker San Miguel | Bolivia | 2016-2017 |
| Arab League | Secretary-general | Nabil Elaraby | Egypt | 2011–2016 |
| Arab League | Secretary-general | Ahmed Aboul Gheit | Egypt | 2016–present |
| Arab Maghreb Union | Secretary-general | Habib Ben Yahia | Tunisia | 2006–2016 |
| Arab Maghreb Union | Secretary-general | Taïeb Baccouche | Tunisia | 2016–present |
| Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) | Executive director | Alan Bollard | New Zealand | 2013-2018 |
| Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | Secretary-general | Lê Lương Minh | Vietnam | 2013-2017 |
| Caribbean Community | Secretary-general | Irwin LaRocque | Dominica | 2011-2021 |
| Central American Parliament | President | José Antonio Alvarado Correa | Nicaragua | 2015-2016 |
| Central American Parliament | President | Priscilla Weeden de Miró | Panama | 2016-2017 |
| 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 |
| Commonwealth of Nations | Secretary-general | Kamalesh Sharma | India | 2008-2016 |
| Commonwealth of Nations | Secretary-general | Patricia Scotland | United Kingdom | 2016–present |
| Commonwealth of Independent States | Executive secretary | Sergei Lebedev | Russia | 2007–present |
| Council of Europe | Secretary General | Thorbjørn Jagland | Norway | 2009-2019 |
| Council of Europe | President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) | Anne Brasseur | Luxembourg | 2014-2016 |
| Council of Europe | President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) | Pedro Agramunt | Spain | 2016-2017 |
| Council of Europe | President of the European Court of Human Rights | Guido Raimondi | Italy | 2015-2019 |
| East African Community | Secretary-general | Richard Sezibera | Rwanda | 2011–2016 |
| East African Community | Secretary-general | Libérat Mfumukeko | Burundi | 2015-2021 |
| East African Community | Chairman | John Magufuli | Tanzania | 2015-2017 |
| Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) | President of the Commission | Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo | Burkina Faso | 2012-2016 |
| Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) | President of the Commission | Marcel Alain de Souza | Benin | 2016-2018 |
| Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) | Chairman | Macky Sall | Senegal | 2015-2016 |
| Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) | Chairman | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Liberia | 2016-2017 |
| European Free Trade Association | Secretary-general | Kristinn F. Árnason | Iceland | 2012-2018 |
| European Union (EU) | Presidency of the European Council | Donald Tusk | Poland | 2014-2019 |
| European Union (EU) | Presidency of the Council of the European Union | | Netherlands | 2016 |
| European Union (EU) | Presidency of the Council of the European Union | | Slovakia | 2016 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Commission | Jean-Claude Juncker | Luxembourg | 2014-2019 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Parliament | Martin Schulz | Germany | 2012-2017 |
| European Union (EU) | Secretary-General of the Council and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy | Federica Mogherini | Italy | 2014-2019 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Central Bank | Mario Draghi | Italy | 2011–2019 |
| European Union (EU) | European Ombudsman | Emily O'Reilly | Ireland | 2013–present |
| European Union (EU) | President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) | Markku Markkula | Finland | 2015-2017 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) | Werner Hoyer | Germany | 2012–present |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) | Koen Lenaerts | Belgium | 2015–present |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) | Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira | Portugal | 2008-2017 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) | Georges Dassis | Greece | 2015-2018 |
| Group of Seven (G7) (Russia suspended from G8 in 2014) | President (informal) | | Japan | 2016 |
| Gulf Cooperation Council | Secretary-general | Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani | Bahrain | 2011-2020 |
| Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) | Secretary-general | Rebeca Grynspan | Costa Rica | 2014-2021 |
| Indian Ocean Commission | Secretary-general | Jean Claude de l'Estrac | Mauritius | 2012-2016 |
| Indian Ocean Commission | Secretary-general | Hamada Madi | Comoros | 2016-2020 |
| Eurasian Economic Union | Chairman | | Kazakhstan | 2016 |
| Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) | Chairman | Hassan Rouhani | Iran | 2013-2016 |
| Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) | Chairman | Nicolás Maduro | Venezuela | 2016-2019 |
| Nordic Council | President | Henrik Dam Kristensen | Denmark | 2016 |
| Nordic Council | Secretary-general | Britt Bohlin | Sweden | 2014-2021 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | Secretary-general | Jens Stoltenberg | Norway | 2014–present |
| 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 | Lamberto Zannier | Italy | 2011-2017 |
| Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) | Chairman-in-Office | Frank-Walter Steinmeier | Serbia | 2016 |
| Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) | High Commissioner on National Minorities | Astrid Thors | Finland | 2013-2016 |
| Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States | Director-general | Didacus Jules | Saint Lucia | 2014–present |
| Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) | Secretary-general | Iyad bin Amin Madani | Saudi Arabia | 2014-2016 |
| Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) | Secretary-general | Yousef Al-Othaimeen | Saudi Arabia | 2016-2020 |
| Pacific Community (SPC) | Director-general | Colin Tukuitonga | Niue | 2014-2020 |
| Pacific Islands Forum | Secretary-general | Meg Taylor | Papua New Guinea | 2014-2021 |
| Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) | Secretary-general | Rashid Alimov | Tajikistan | 2016-2018 |
| South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) | Secretary-general | Arjun Bahadur Thapa | Nepal | 2014-2017 |
| Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) | Director of the Executive Secretariat | Oscar Pastore | Paraguay | 2014-2016 |
| Southern African Development Community (SADC) | Executive secretary | Stergomena Tax | Tanzania | 2013-2021 |
| Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) | President | Tabaré Vázquez | Uruguay | 2015-2016 |
| Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) | President | Nicolás Maduro | Venezuela | 2016-2017 |
| Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) | Secretary-general | Ernesto Samper | Colombia | 2014-2017 |
| Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) | Secretary-general | Marino Busdachin | Italy | 2003-2018 |
| World Trade Organization (WTO) | Director-general | Roberto Azevêdo | Brazil | 2013-2020 |

## Financial organizations

| Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office |
| African Development Bank | President | Akinwumi Adesina | Nigeria | 2015–present |
| Asian Development Bank | President | Takehiko Nakao | Japan | 2013-2020 |
| BRICS Development Bank | President | K. V. Kamath | India | 2015-2020 |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | President | Suma Chakrabarti | United Kingdom/India | 2012-2020 |
| Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) | President | Luis Alberto Moreno | Colombia | 2005–2020 |
| International Monetary Fund | Managing director | Christine Lagarde | France | 2011-2019 |
| Islamic Development Bank (IDB) | President | Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Madani | Saudi Arabia | 1975–present |
| World Bank | President | Jim Yong Kim | United States | 2012-2019 |

## Sports organizations

| Organization | President | Country | In office |
| Asian Football Confederation (AFC) | Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa | Bahrain | 2013–present |
| Badminton World Federation (BWF) | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | Denmark | 2013–present |
| Confédération africaine de football (CAF) | Issa Hayatou | Cameroon | 1988-2017 |
| Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) | Alfredo Hawit | Honduras | 2011–2012, 2015-2016 |
| Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) | Victor Montagliani | Canada | 2016–present |
| Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) | Wilmar Valdez | Uruguay | 2015-2016 |
| Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) | Alejandro Domínguez | Paraguay | 2016–present |
| Fédération internationale de basket-ball (FIBA) | Horacio Muratore | Argentina | 2014-2019 |
| Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) | Kirsan Ilyumzhinov | Russia | 1995-2018 |
| Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) | Issa Hayatou | Cameroon | 2015-2016 (acting) |
| Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) | Gianni Infantino | Switzerland | 2016–present |
| 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) | Ary Graça | Brazil | 2012–present |
| Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA) | Jean-Christophe Rolland | France | 2014–present |
| Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) | Ingmar De Vos | Belgium | 2014–present |
| Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) | Alisher Usmanov | Russia | 2008-2022 |
| International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) | Jannie Hammershøi | Denmark | 2013-2021 |
| International Association of Athletics Federations | Sebastian Coe | United Kingdom | 2015–present |
| International Boxing Association (IBA) | Wu Ching-kuo | Taiwan | 2006-2017 |
| International Canoe Federation (ICF) | Thomas Konietzko | Germany | 2010–2016, 2021–present |
| International Canoe Federation (ICF) | Jose Perurena | Spain | 2016-2021 |
| International Cricket Council (ICC) | Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan | 2015-2016 (position dissolved) |
| International Golf Federation (IGF) | 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) | Thomas Bach | Germany | 2013-2025 |
| International Paralympic Committee (IPC) | Philip Craven | United Kingdom | 2001–2017 |
| International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) | Olegario Vàzquez Raña | Mexico | 1980-2018 |
| International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) | Thomas Weikert | Germany | 2014-2021 |
| International Tennis Federation (ITF) | David Haggerty | United States | 2015–present |
| International Triathlon Union (ITU) | Marisol Casado | Spain | 2008–present |
| International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) | Tamás Aján | Hungary | 2000-2020 |
| Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) | David Chung | Malaysia/Papua New Guinea | 2010–2011, 2011-2018 (acting) |
| Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) | Brian Cookson | United Kingdom | 2013-2017 |
| Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) | Ángel María Villar | Spain | 2015-2016 (acting) |
| Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) | Aleksander Čeferin | Slovenia | 2016–present |
| Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) | Klaus Schormann | Germany | 1992–present |
| United World Wrestling (UWW) | Nenad Lalović | Serbia | 2013–present |
| World Archery Federation | Uğur Erdener | Turkey | 2005-2025 |
| World Rugby (WR) | Bernard Lapasset | France | 2008–2016 |
| World Rugby (WR) | Bill Beaumont | United Kingdom | 2016–present |
| International Sailing Federation (ISAF) | Carlo Croce | Italy | 2012-2016 |
| International Sailing Federation (ISAF) | Kim Andersen | Denmark | 2016-2020 |
| World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) | Chungwon Choue | South Korea | 2004–present |

## Other organizations

| Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office |
| Antarctic Treaty | Executive secretary | Manfred Reinke | Germany | 2009-2017 |
| Colombo Plan | Secretary-general | Kinley Dorji | Bhutan | 2014-2018 |
| Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) | Executive secretary | Murade Isaac Murargy | Mozambique | 2012-2016 |
| Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) | Executive secretary | Mahboub Maalim | Kenya | 2008-2019 |
| International Committee of the Red Cross | President | Peter Maurer | Switzerland | 2012-2022 |
| International Court of Justice | President | Ronny Abraham | Egypt | 2015-2018 |
| International Criminal Court | President | Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi | Argentina | 2015-2018 |
| International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) | Secretary-general | Jürgen Stock | Germany | 2014-2024 |
| International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) | President | Mireille Ballestrazzi | France | 2012-2016 |
| International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) | President | Meng Hongwei | China | 2016-2018 |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | President | Tadateru Konoe | Japan | 2009–2017 |
| International Maritime Organization (IMO) | Secretary-general | Kitack Lim | South Korea | 2016–present |
| International Organization for Migration (IOM) | Director-general | William Lacy Swing | United States | 2008–2018 |
| International Telecommunication Union (ITU) | Secretary-general | Houlin Zhao | China | 2015–present |
| Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) | Director-general | Ahmet Üzümcü | Turkey | 2010–2018 |
| Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | Secretary-general | Abdallah Salem el-Badri | Libya | 2007–2016 |
| Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | Secretary-general | Mohammed Barkindo | Nigeria | 2016-2022 |
| Universal Postal Union | Director-general | Bishar A. Hussein | Kenya | 2013-2020 |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | Director-general | Francis Gurry | Australia | 2008–2020 |