# Club of Madrid

Club de Madrid is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization created to promote democracy and change in the international community. It is composed of 126 regular members from 73 countries, including 7 Nobel Peace Prize laureates and 20 first female heads of state or government. Club de Madrid is the world's largest forum of former heads of state and government.
Among its main goals are the strengthening of democratic institutions and counseling on the resolution of political conflicts in two key areas: democratic leadership and governance, and response to crisis and post-crisis situations.

## History and actions

Club de Madrid was founded in October 2001 as a result of the Conference on Democratic Transition and Consolidation held in Madrid with the objective of creating a permanent forum for governments to consult, and "be able to access expert's opinions". The event was organized by the think tank FRIDE (Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exteriores).
The Conference was attended by 32 current and former heads of state and government, who discussed their ideas and conclusions with over 100 experts. Among the attendees were former President of the USSR Mikhaíl Gorbachov, former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, former democratic Prime Ministers of Spain Adolfo Suárez, Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Felipe González and José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic Martin Ziguele, and US President Bill Clinton.
The Club's first Secretary General was the co-founder of FRIDE, Antonio Álvarez-Couceiro, and its first President was former President of Brasil Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who held that post until 2006. In 2004, former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell became Secretary General until 2006, when the Spanish diplomat Fernando Perpiñá-Robert took the post. Former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos was elected as the organization's President in 2006, until 2010, when he ceded the position to former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Wim Kok. Also in 2010, Carlos Westendorp, Spanish diplomat and politician, became Secretary General.
Former President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga was elected President of the Club in 2014. In 2016, María Elena Agüero became Secretary General and, in 2019, former President of Slovenia Danilo Türk was elected President, posts they both still hold.
The Club's first General Assembly was held in Madrid in October 2002 approved the organization's first Annual Policy Dialogue, year-long initiatives that involve members, other organizations, and experts in working groups to formulate policy recommendations on the decided topic. The results of some Annual Policy Dialogues and other programs have been echoed and supported in national and international legislation and pacts.
List of Annual Policy Dialogues :
| Year | Topic | Place |
| 2002 | Democracy | Palace Hotel, Madrid |
| 2003 | The Role of the IMF and its Contribution to Democratic Governance | Palace Hotel, Madrid |
| 2004 | Democracies in Danger: Diagnoses and Prescriptions | Parliament, Madrid |
| 2005 | Democracy in the Post Communist World: Unfinished Business | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague |
| 2005 | International Summit on Democracy, Security and Terrorism | Madrid, Spain |
| 2006 | Challenges of Energy and Democratic Leadership | Palace of the Senate, Madrid |
| 2007 | Democratizing Energy: Geopolitics and Power | Instituto Cervantes, Madrid |
| 2008 | Leadership for Shared Societies | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2009 | Political Dimensions of the World Economic Crisis | Palacio de Congresos, Madrid |
| 2010 | Reconstruction and Democratic Development: the Case of Haiti | Representation of the European Commission in Spain, Madrid |
| 2011 | Digital Technologies for 21st Century Democracy | New York, USA |
| 2012 | Asia Pacific Forum: Building a More Resilient Pacific in the 21st Century World Order | Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia |
| 2012 | Harnessing 21st Century Solutions: a Focus on Women | Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |
| 2013 | South Caucasus Forum | Ganja and Baku, Azerbaijan |
| 2014 | Societies that Work: Jobs for Inclusive Growth | Coolum Beach, Queensland, Australia |
| 2014 | II Global Shared Societies Forum | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| 2014 | Democracy and Human Rights: a Call to Action | Florence, Italy |
| 2015 | Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism | Madrid, Spain |
| 2016 | Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Cities in the Belt and Road Initiative | Guangzhou, China |
| 2018 | Education for Shared Societies | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2019 | Digital Transformation and the Future of Democracy | Madrid, Spain |
| 2020 | Multilateralism that Delivers | Online |
| 2021 | Rethinking Democracy | Online |
| 2022 | Leading in a World of Converging Crises | Berlin, Germany |
| 2023 | Rethinking Social Development for People and Planet | Brazil |
The Club de Madrid pushed for a constitutional reform in Haiti and promoted the adoption of a National Pact in 2014 to reach a democratic consensus.
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Club de Madrid called for international cooperation, solidarity, and policies such as the "creation of an international fund for assistance to the Global South to deal with the consequences of COVID-19" and supported "the IMF’s call for coordinated fiscal stimuli to mitigate against long-lasting economic damage". The organization called on the World Bank to support the coordinated purchase of pandemic response equipment.
Club de Madrid issued a statement in support of the 2020 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, endorsing practices of restorative justice and highlighting the cosmovision of numerous indigenous peoples towards nature. Also in 2020, the organization appealed to the authorities of Belarus to "stop detentions and the use of force against unarmed demonstrators" after the presidential elections in the country.
Club de Madrid also condemned the 2021 coup d'état in Myanmar and called for the "immediate and unconditional release of President Win Myint, State Counsellor Daw Aung Sang Suu Kyi, members of government, of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and of civil society activists who have been detained". Also in 2021, the organization and 46 of its members publicly supported the suspension of the WTO's intellectual property rules towards COVID-19 vaccines to make vaccination more accessible.
In June 2022, the Club de Madrid called on the Tunisian President Kais Saied to release the politician Hamadi Jebali. Club de Madrid has also repeatedly called for the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and other political prisoners in Russia, and for the end of the Russian invasion of Ukraine through dialogue and diplomacy.
In response to the January 8th Brazilian Congress attack, Club de Madrid condemned the event.
In 2024, the Club of Madrid sent an open letter to the G20 group in which it supported Brazil's proposal to tax the super-rich to alleviate "extreme" inequality and raise the money needed for investment in industry and the green transition. In the letter, they warned that taxes are the foundation of a civilized, enterprising and prosperous society. The Club of Madrid pointed out that the Super Rich have unproductively accumulated trillions of dollars that could have been productively invested in communities, education, health and infrastructure. The result is extreme inequality, which is why 19 members of Club of Madrid believe that a new international agreement on the taxation of the super-rich is necessary. The letter was signed by, among others, former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet, former Slovenian President Danilo Tuerk, former Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, former Spanish Prime Ministers Felipe Gonzalez and Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin.

## Composition and structure

As of April 2023, there are 126 full members, all of whom are previous government officials with full voting rights. The Club also has institutional members and foundations – private and public organizations that share similar democratic objectives, including FRIDE, the Gorbachev Foundation of North America (GFNA), both original sponsors of the founding conference in 2001, the Madrid City Council, the Regional Government of Madrid, and the Government of Spain. Additionally, there are six honorary members (e.g. Javier Solana, Aung San Suu Kyi) and several fellows, who are experts on democratic change.
Full members, representatives of the constituent foundations, the Secretary General of the organization, and honorary members form the General Assembly, the highest representative and governing body of Club de Madrid. The General Assembly meets at least once a year to vote on the organization's activities and reports, the proposal of new members, and the designation of the Secretary General, Board of Directors and President, among other activities.
The Board of Directors manages the interests of the organization according to the directives of the General Assembly. The body is composed of the President, currently Danilo Türk, two Vice-Presidents, currently former South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo and former President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla, one member from each constituent foundation, the Secretary General, and up to six other members.
The President represents the organization and is elected for a term of three years, renewable once. The Vice-Presidents are also elected for three years, renewable once, and they work closely with the President.
Club de Madrid has two advisory bodies, the President's Circle, made up of individuals and organizations that support the Club's objectives, and the Advisory Committee, composed of fellows who are experts in their fields. The Secretariat, under the direction of the Secretary General, is responsible for the daily management of the Club de Madrid.

## Funding

Club de Madrid is a non-profit organization and members offer their services on a pro bono basis. It relies financially on donations which are used to support a permanent Secretariat and fund specific projects. The Club's accounts are audited annually by an external organization and publicly available.
The Club of Madrid Foundation Inc. (COMFI) is a grant-making foundation that has US 501(c)(3) tax exemption status. It exists to raise funds in support of the Club's charitable and educational activities. COMFI is independent and not controlled by the Club itself, but solely by a four-person Board of Directors.

## Members

Club de Madrid has 126 full members of which 19 are former Heads of State and/or government from Africa and the Middle East, 29 from the Americas, 16 from Asia-Pacific, and 57 from Europe.

### List of current members

List of members as of July 17th 2023.
| Name | Age | Nation | Party | Office(s) held |
| Valdas Adamkus | 98 | Lithuania | None | President of Lithuania (1998–2003, 2004–2009) |
| Esko Aho | 70 | Finland | Centre | Prime Minister of Finland (1991–1995) |
| Óscar Arias | 84 | Costa Rica | PLN | President of Costa Rica (1986–1990, 2006–2010) |
| José María Aznar | 72 | Spain | PP | President of the Government of Spain (1996–2004) |
| Michelle Bachelet | 73 | Chile | Socialist | President of Chile (2006–2010, 2014–2018) Executive Director of UN Women (2010–2013) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2018–2022) |
| Jan Peter Balkenende | 68 | Netherlands | CDA | Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002–2010) |
| Joyce Banda | 74 | Malawi | People's Party | President of Malawi (2012–2014) |
| Rupiah Banda | 88 | Zambia | MMD | President of Zambia (2008–2011) |
| José Manuel Barroso | 68 | Portugal | PSD | Prime Minister of Portugal (2002–2004) President of the European Commission (2004–2014) |
| Carl Bildt | 75 | Sweden | Moderate | Prime Minister of Sweden (1991–1994) High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995–1997) |
| Valdis Birkavs | 82 | Latvia | LC | Prime Minister of Latvia (1993–1994) |
| Kjell Magne Bondevik | 77 | Norway | Christian Democratic | Prime Minister of Norway (1997–2000, 2001–2005) |
| Gordon Brown | 74 | United Kingdom | Labour | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007–2010) |
| Gro Harlem Brundtland | 85 | Norway | Labour | Prime Minister of Norway (1981, 1986–1989, 1990–1996) Director-General of the World Health Organization (1998–2003) |
| John Bruton | 77 | Ireland | Fine Gael | Taoiseach of Ireland (1994–1997) EU Ambassador to the United States (2004–2009) |
| Jerzy Buzek | 84 | Poland | Civic Platform | Prime Minister of Poland (1997–2001) President of the European Parliament (2009–2012) |
| Felipe Calderón | 62 | Mexico | PAN | President of Mexico (2006–2012) |
| Micheline Calmy-Rey | 79 | Switzerland | Social Democratic | Member of the Federal Council (2003–2011) (President in 2007 and 2011) |
| Kim Campbell | 77 | Canada | Progressive Conservative | Prime Minister of Canada (1993) |
| Fernando Henrique Cardoso | 93 | Brazil | Social Democracy | President of Brazil (1995–2003) |
| Aníbal Cavaco Silva | 85 | Portugal | Social Democratic | Prime Minister of Portugal (1985–1995) President of Portugal (2006–2016) |
| Laura Chinchilla | 65 | Costa Rica | PLN | President of Costa Rica (2010–2014) |
| Joaquim Chissano | 85 | Mozambique | FRELIMO | President of Mozambique (1986–2005) |
| Jean Chrétien | 91 | Canada | Liberal | Prime Minister of Canada (1993–2003) |
| Helen Clark | 75 | New Zealand | Labour | Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999–2008) |
| Bill Clinton | 78 | United States | Democratic | President of the United States (1993–2001) |
| Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca | 66 | Malta | Labour | President of Malta (2014–2019) |
| Dominique de Villepin | 71 | France | RS | Prime Minister of France (2005–2007) |
| Philip Dimitrov | 69 | Bulgaria | SDS | Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1991–1992) |
| Luísa Diogo | 66 | Mozambique | FRELIMO | Prime Minister of Mozambique (2004–2010) |
| Leonel Fernández | 71 | Dominican Republic | PLD | President of the Dominican Republic (1996–2000, 2004–2012) |
| José María Figueres | 70 | Costa Rica | PLN | President of Costa Rica (1994–1998) |
| Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | 94 | Iceland | None | President of Iceland (1980–1996) |
| Vicente Fox | 82 | Mexico | PAN | President of Mexico (2000–2006) |
| Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | 82 | Chile | Christian Democratic | President of Chile (1994–2000) |
| Yasuo Fukuda | 88 | Japan | Liberal Democratic | Prime Minister of Japan (2007–2008) |
| César Gaviria | 77 | Colombia | Liberal | President of Colombia (1990–1994) Secretary General of the Organization of American States (1994–2004) |
| Amine Pierre Gemayel | 83 | Lebanon | Kata'eb | President of Lebanon (1982–1988) |
| Felipe González | 82 | Spain | PSOE | President of the Government of Spain (1982–1996) |
| Dalia Grybauskaitė | 69 | Lithuania | None | President of Lithuania (2009–2019) |
| Alfred Gusenbauer | 65 | Austria | Social Democratic | Chancellor of Austria (2007–2008) |
| António Guterres | 75 | Portugal | Socialist | Prime Minister of Portugal (1995–2002) UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2005–2016) UN Secretary-General (2016–present) |
| Tarja Halonen | 81 | Finland | Social Democratic | President of Finland (2000–2012) |
| Han Seung-soo | 88 | South Korea | Saenuri | Prime Minister of South Korea (2008–2009) |
| François Hollande | 70 | France | PS | President of France (2012–2017) |
| Osvaldo Hurtado | 85 | Ecuador | Christian Democratic | President of Ecuador (1981–1984) |
| Hamadi Jebali | 75 | Tunisia | Ennahdha (until 2014) None (since 2014) | Head of Government of Tunisia (2011–2013) |
| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | 86 | Liberia | None | President of Liberia (2006–2018) |
| Mehdi Jomaa | 62 | Tunisia | None (until 2017) Tunisian Alternative (since 2017) | Head of Government of Tunisia (2014–2015) |
| Ivo Josipović | 67 | Croatia | SDP | President of Croatia (2010–2015) |
| Alain Juppé | 79 | France | UMP | Prime Minister of France (1995–1997) |
| Horst Köhler | 82 | Germany | Christian Democratic | President of Germany (2004–2010) |
| Milan Kučan | 84 | Slovenia Yugoslavia | Communist (until 1990) None (since 1990) | President of Slovenia (1991–2002) |
| John Kufuor | 86 | Ghana | NPP | President of Ghana (2001–2009) Chairman of the AU (2007–2008) |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | 79 | Sri Lanka | SLFP | President of Sri Lanka (1994–2005) |
| Aleksander Kwaśniewski | 70 | Poland | None (since 1995) | President of Poland (1995–2005) |
| Luis Alberto Lacalle | 83 | Uruguay | PN | President of Uruguay (1990–1995) |
| Ricardo Lagos | 87 | Chile | PPD | President of Chile (2000–2006) |
| Zlatko Lagumdžija | 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Social Democratic | Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001–2002) |
| Lee Hong-koo | 69 | South Korea | NKP South Korea | Prime Minister of South Korea (1994–1995) |
| Yves Leterme | 58 | Belgium | CD&V | Prime Minister of Belgium (2009–2011) |
| Enrico Letta | 58 | Italy | PD | Prime Minister of Italy (2013–2014) |
| Doris Leuthard | 61 | Switzerland | CVP/PDC/PPD/PCD | Member of the Federal Council (2006–2018) (President in 2010 and 2017) |
| Thabo Mbeki | 82 | South Africa | ANC | President of South Africa (1999–2008) |
| Rexhep Meidani | 80 | Albania | Socialist | President of Albania (1997–2002) |
| Carlos Mesa | 71 | Bolivia | FRI | President of Bolivia (2003–2005) |
| James Michel | 80 | Seychelles | US | President of Seychelles (2004–2016) |
| Festus Mogae | 85 | Botswana | BDP | President of Botswana (1998–2008) |
| Mario Monti | 81 | Italy | None | Prime Minister of Italy (2011–2013) |
| Olusegun Obasanjo | 87 | Nigeria | PDP | Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria (1976–1979) President of Nigeria (1999–2007) |
| Roza Otunbayeva | 74 | Kyrgyzstan | Social Democratic (2007–2010) | President of Kyrgyzstan (2010–2011) |
| Anand Panyarachun | 92 | Thailand | None | Prime Minister of Thailand (1991–1992) |
| George Papandreou | 72 | Greece | Socialist | Prime Minister of Greece (2009–2011) |
| Andrés Pastrana | 70 | Colombia | Conservative | President of Colombia (1998–2002) |
| Pratibha Patil | 90 | India | INC | President of India (2007–2012) |
| P.J. Patterson | 89 | Jamaica | PNP (until 2011) | Prime Minister of Jamaica (1992–2006) |
| Romano Prodi | 85 | Italy | Democratic | President of the European Commission (1999–2004) President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (1996–1998, 2006–2008) |
| Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat | 83 | Mongolia | None | President of Mongolia (1990–1997) |
| Jorge Quiroga | 64 | Bolivia | PODEMOS | President of Bolivia (2001–2002) |
| Iveta Radičová | 68 | Slovakia | SDKÚ-DS (2006–2012) | Prime Minister of Slovakia (2010–2012) |
| Mariano Rajoy | 69 | Spain | PP | President of the Government of Spain (2011–2018) |
| José Manuel Ramos-Horta | 75 | East Timor | None | Prime Minister of East Timor (2006–2007) President of East Timor (2007–2012) |
| Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | 81 | Denmark | Social Democrats | Prime Minister of Denmark (1993–2001) |
| Mary Robinson | 80 | Ireland | None | President of Ireland (1990–97) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997–2002) |
| José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero | 64 | Spain | PSOE | President of the Government of Spain (2004–2011) |
| Petre Roman | 78 | Romania | FSN (1989–1991) | Prime Minister of Romania (1989–1991) |
| Kevin Rudd | 67 | Australia | ALP | Prime Minister of Australia (2007–2010, 2013) |
| Julio María Sanguinetti | 89 | Uruguay | PC | President of Uruguay (1985–1990, 1995–2000) |
| Wolfgang Schüssel | 79 | Austria | ÖVP | Chancellor of Austria (2000–2007) |
| Jenny Shipley | 73 | New Zealand | National | Prime Minister of New Zealand (1997–1999) |
| Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | 82 | Iceland | Social Democratic Alliance | Prime Minister of Iceland (2009–2013) |
| Fuad Siniora | 81 | Lebanon | FM | Prime Minister of Lebanon (2005–2009) |
| Alexander Stubb | 56 | Finland | NCP | Prime Minister of Finland (2014–2015) |
| Hanna Suchocka | 78 | Poland | UD | Prime Minister of Poland (1992–1993) |
| Boris Tadić | 67 | Serbia | Social Democratic | President of Serbia (2004–2012) |
| Jigme Thinley | 72 | Bhutan | DPT | Prime Minister of Bhutan (2008–2013) |
| Helle Thorning-Schmidt | 58 | Denmark | Social Democrats | Prime Minister of Denmark (2011–2015) |
| Martín Torrijos | 61 | Panama | PRD | President of Panama (2004–2009) |
| Aminata Touré | 62 | Senegal | APR | Prime Minister of Senegal (2013–2014) |
| Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj | 61 | Mongolia | Democratic Party | Prime Minister of Mongolia (2004–2006) President of Mongolia (2009–2017) |
| Danilo Türk | 73 | Slovenia | None | President of Slovenia (2007–2012) |
| Cassam Uteem | 83 | Mauritius | MMM | President of Mauritius (1992–2002) |
| Herman Van Rompuy | 77 | Belgium | CD&V | Prime Minister of Belgium (2008–2009) President of the European Council (2009–2014) |
| Guy Verhofstadt | 71 | Belgium | VLD | Prime Minister of Belgium (1999–2008) |
| Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | 87 | Latvia | None | President of Latvia (1999–2007) |
| Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | 75 | Indonesia | Democratic Party | President of Indonesia (2004–2014) |
| Ernesto Zedillo | 73 | Mexico | PRI | President of Mexico (1994–2000) |
| Moussa Mara | 48 | Mali | Change Party | Prime Minister of Mali (2014–2015) |
| Hilda Heine | 72 | Marshall Islands | Independent | President of the Marshall Islands(2016–2020) |
| Ram Nath Kovind | 77 | India | BJP | President of India (2017–2022) |
| Carlos Alvarado | 43 | Costa Rica | Citizens' Action Party | President of Costa Rica (2018–2022) |
| Mauricio Macri | 64 | Argentina | Republican Proposal | President of Argentina (2015–2019) |
| Francisco Sagasti | 78 | Peru | Purple Party | President of Peru (2020–2021) |
| Joachim Gauck | 83 | Germany | Independent | President of Germany (2012–2017) |
| Jean-Claude Juncker | 68 | Luxembourg | Christian Social People's Party | Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995–2013) President of the European Commission (2014–2019) |
| Stefan Löfven | 65 | Sweden | Social Democratic Party | Prime Minister of Sweden (2014–2021) |
| Viktor Yushchenko | 69 | Ukraine | Our Ukraine | President of Ukraine (2005–2010) |
| Valdis Zatlers | 68 | Latvia | Reform Party | President of Latvia (2007–2011) |

### List of secretaries-general

| Name | Start | End | Nation | Party | Office(s) held |
| Antonio Álvarez-Couceiro | 2002 | 2004 | Spain | | Co-founder of FRIDE |
| Kim Campbell | 2004 | 2006 | Canada | Conservative Party | Minister of National Defence (1993) Minister of Veterans Affairs (1993) Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1993) Minister of State (Indian Affairs and Northern Development) (1993) Prime Minister of Canada (1993) |
| Fernando Perpiñá-Robert | 2006 | 2010 | Spain | | Spanish diplomat |
| Carlos Westendorp | 2010 | 2016 | Spain | PSOE | Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995-1996) |
| María Elena Agüero | 2016 | Present | | | |

### List of honorary members

| Name | Age | Nation | Party | Office(s) held |
| Aung San Suu Kyi | 79 | Myanmar | NLD | State Counsellor of Myanmar (2016–2021) |
| Ban Ki-moon | 80 | South Korea | None | Secretary-General of the United Nations (2007–2016) |
| Enrique V. Iglesias | 94 | Uruguay Spain | (unknown) | President of the Inter-American Development Bank (1998–2005) Secretary General of the Iberoamerican General Secretariat (2005–13) |
| Javier Solana | 82 | Spain | Socialist | Secretary General of NATO (1995–99) and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (1999–2009) |
| José Ángel Gurria | 73 | Mexico | PRI | Secretary General of OECD (2006-2021) |
| Juan Somavia | 82 | Chile | None | Director of the International Labour Organization (1999-2012) |

### List of members of the constituent foundations

| Name | Age | Nation | Party | Office(s) held |
| Diego Hidalgo | 82 | Spain | (unknown) | Founder and President of, and donor to, Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) Founding Member and Senior Fellow of the Gorbachev Foundation of North America (GFNA) |
| T. Anthony Jones | (unknown) | (unknown) | (unknown) | Vice-president and executive director of GFNA |
| George Matthews | (unknown) | United States | (unknown) | Chairman and co-founder of GFNA |
| José Manuel Romero Moreno | 84 | Spain | (unknown) | Vice President of FRIDE |
| Cristina Manzano | | Spain | | Director of EsGlobal Member of FRIDE |

### List of former members (deceased)

| Name | Died | Nation | Party | Office(s) held |
| Jimmy Carter | 20241229December 29, 2024(2024-12-29) (aged 100) | United States | Democratic | President of the United States (1977–81) |
| Sebastián Piñera | 20210910February 6, 2024(2024-02-06) (aged 74) | Chile | None | President of Chile (2010–2014; 2018–2022) |
| Jacques Delors | 20210910December 27, 2023(2023-12-27) (aged 98) | France | Socialist | President of the European Commission (1985-1995) |
| Fidel V. Ramos | 20220731July 31, 2022 (aged 94) | Philippines | Lakas | President of the Philippines (1992–1998) |
| Jorge Sampaio | 20210910September 10, 2021(2021-09-10) (aged 81) | Portugal | Socialist | President of Portugal (1996–2006) |
| Òscar Ribas Reig | 20201218December 18, 2020(2020-12-18) (aged 84) | Andorra | AND | Prime Minister of Andorra (1990–1994) |
| Tabaré Vázquez | 20201206December 6, 2020(2020-12-06) (aged 80) | Uruguay | PS | President of Uruguay (2005–2010, 2015–2020) |
| Sadiq al-Mahdi | 20201126November 26, 2020(2020-11-26) (aged 84) | Sudan | Umma | Prime Minister of Sudan (1966–1967, 1986–1989) |
| Benjamin Mkapa | 20200724July 24, 2020(2020-07-24) (aged 81) | Tanzania | CCM | President of Tanzania (1995–2005) |
| Abdurrahim El-Keib | 20200421April 21, 2020(2020-04-21) (aged 70) | Libya | None | Acting Prime Minister of Libya (2011–2012) |
| Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | 20200304March 4, 2020(2020-03-04) (aged 100) | Peru | UPP | Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991) President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (2000–2001) |
| Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie | 20190911September 11, 2019(2019-09-11) (aged 83) | Indonesia | Golkar | President of Indonesia (1998–1999) |
| Belisario Betancur | 20181207December 7, 2018(2018-12-07) (aged 95) | Colombia | Conservative | President of Colombia (1982–1986) |
| Wim Kok | 20181020October 20, 2018(2018-10-20) (aged 80) | Netherlands | Labour | Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002) |
| Kofi Annan | 20180818August 18, 2018(2018-08-18) (aged 80) | Ghana | None | Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006) |
| Álvaro Arzú | 20180427April 27, 2018(2018-04-27) (aged 72) | Guatemala | Unionist | President of Guatemala (1996–2000) Mayor of Guatemala City (2004–2018) |
| Ruud Lubbers | 20180214February 14, 2018(2018-02-14) (aged 78) | Netherlands | Christian Democratic | Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982–1994) UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2001–2005) |
| Quett Masire | 20170622June 22, 2017(2017-06-22) (aged 91) | Botswana | BDP | President of Botswana (1980–1998) |
| Helmut Kohl | 20170616June 16, 2017(2017-06-16) (aged 87) | Germany West Germany | Christian Democratic | Chancellor of West Germany (1982–1990) Chancellor of Germany (1990–1998) |
| James Mancham | 20170108January 8, 2017(2017-01-08) (aged 77) | Seychelles | Democratic | President of Seychelles (1976–1977) |
| Mário Soares | 20170107January 7, 2017(2017-01-07) (aged 92) | Portugal | Socialist | Prime Minister of Portugal (1976–1978, 1983–1985) President of Portugal (1986–1996) |
| António Mascarenhas Monteiro | 20160916September 16, 2016(2016-09-16) (aged 72) | Cape Verde | MPD | President of Cape Verde (1991–2001) |
| Patricio Aylwin | 20160419April 19, 2016(2016-04-19) (aged 87) | Chile | PDC | President of Chile (1990–1994) |
| Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani | 20151108November 8, 2015(2015-11-08) (aged 81) | Yemen North Yemen | GPC | Prime Minister of North Yemen (1980–1983) Prime Minister of Yemen (1998–2001) |
| Adolfo Suárez | 20140323March 23, 2014(2014-03-23) (aged 81) | Spain | MN (until 1977) UCD (1977–82) | President of the Government of Spain (1976–81) |
| Tadeusz Mazowiecki | 20131028October 28, 2013(2013-10-28) (aged 86) | Poland PR Poland | KO "S" (1980–91) UD (1991–94) | Prime Minister of Poland (1989–91) |
| Inder Kumar Gujral | 20121130November 30, 2012(2012-11-30) (aged 92) | India | JD | Prime Minister of India (1997–98) |
| Václav Havel | 20111218December 18, 2011(2011-12-18) (aged 75) | Czech Republic Czechoslovakia | OF (1989–93) None (1993–2004) | President of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003) |
| Ferenc Mádl | 20110529May 29, 2011(2011-05-29) (aged 80) | Hungary | None | President of Hungary (2000–05) |
| Raúl Alfonsín | 20090331March 31, 2009(2009-03-31) (aged 82) | Argentina | UCR | President of Argentina (1983–89) |
| Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo | 20080503May 3, 2008(2008-05-03) (aged 82) | Spain | UCD | President of the Government of Spain (1981–82) |
| Lennart Meri | 20060314March 14, 2006(2006-03-14) (aged 76) | Estonia Soviet Union | Isamaa (since 1992) | President of Estonia (1992–2001) |
| Valentín Paniagua | 20061016October 16, 2006(2006-10-16) (aged 70) | Peru | AC | President of Peru (2000–01) |