# List of BRICS summit attendees

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.

## Top leaders of BRICS countries

* President of Brazil
* President of Russia
* Prime Minister of India
* General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
* President of South Africa
* President of Egypt
* Prime Minister of Ethiopia
* President of Iran
* President of the United Arab Emirates
* President of Indonesia
| Summit Year, Host | Country | Country | Country | Country | Country | Country | Country | Country | Country | Country |
| Summit Year, Host | Brazil | Russia | India | China | South Africa | Iran | Egypt | Ethiopia | UAE | Indonesia |
| 1st 2009 Russia | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Dmitry Medvedev | Manmohan Singh | Hu Jintao | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 2nd 2010 Brazil | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Dmitry Medvedev | Manmohan Singh | Hu Jintao | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 3rd 2011 China | Dilma Rousseff | Dmitry Medvedev | Manmohan Singh | Hu Jintao | Jacob Zuma | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 4th 2012 India | Dilma Rousseff | Dmitry Medvedev | Manmohan Singh | Hu Jintao | Jacob Zuma | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 5th 2013 South Africa | Dilma Rousseff | Vladimir Putin | Manmohan Singh | Xi Jinping | Jacob Zuma | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 6th 2014 Brazil | Dilma Rousseff | Vladimir Putin | Narendra Modi | Xi Jinping | Jacob Zuma | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 7th 2015 Russia | Dilma Rousseff | Vladimir Putin | Narendra Modi | Xi Jinping | Jacob Zuma | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 8th 2016 India | Michel Temer | Vladimir Putin | Narendra Modi | Xi Jinping | Jacob Zuma | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 9th 2017 China | Michel Temer | Vladimir Putin | Narendra Modi | Xi Jinping | Jacob Zuma | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 10th 2018 South Africa | Michel Temer | Vladimir Putin | Narendra Modi | Xi Jinping | Cyril Ramaphosa | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 11th 2019 Brazil | Jair Bolsonaro | Vladimir Putin | Narendra Modi | Xi Jinping | Cyril Ramaphosa | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 12th 2020 Russia | Jair Bolsonaro | Vladimir Putin | Narendra Modi | Xi Jinping | Cyril Ramaphosa | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 13th 2021 India | Jair Bolsonaro | Vladimir Putin | Narendra Modi | Xi Jinping | Cyril Ramaphosa | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 14th 2022 China | Jair Bolsonaro | Vladimir Putin | Narendra Modi | Xi Jinping | Cyril Ramaphosa | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 15th 2023 South Africa | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Sergey Lavrov | Narendra Modi | Xi Jinping | Cyril Ramaphosa | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) | — (N/A) |
| 16th 2024 Russia | Mauro Vieira | Vladimir Putin | Narendra Modi | Xi Jinping | Cyril Ramaphosa | Masoud Pezeshkian | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | Abiy Ahmed | Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | — (N/A) |
| 17th 2025 Brazil |