# List of international organization leaders in 2003

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]]
The following is a list of international organization leaders in 2003.

## UN organizations

| Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | Director-general | Jacques Diouf | Senegal | 1994–2011 |
| International Atomic Energy Agency | Director-general | Mohamed ElBaradei | Egypt | 1997–2009 |
| International Civil Aviation Organization | President of the Council | Assad Kotaite | Lebanon | 1976–2006 |
| International Civil Aviation Organization | Secretary-general | Renato Claudio Costa Pereira | Brazil | 1997–2003 |
| International Civil Aviation Organization | Secretary-general | Taïeb Chérif | Algeria | 2003–2009 |
| International Labour Organization | Director-general | Juan Somavía | Chile | 1999–2012 |
| United Nations | Secretary-general | Kofi Annan | Ghana | 1997–2006 |
| United Nations | President of the General Assembly | Jan Kavan | Czech Republic | 2002–2003 |
| United Nations | President of the General Assembly | Julian Hunte | Saint Lucia | 2003–2004 |
| United Nations | United Nations Security Council members | | China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States (permanent members); Bulgaria, Cameroon, Guinea, Mexico, Syria (elected for 2002–2003); Angola, Chile, Germany, Pakistan, Spain (elected for 2003–2004) | |
| United Nations | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director | Carol Bellamy | United States | 1995–2005 |
| United Nations | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) director-general | Kōichirō Matsuura | Japan | 1999–2009 |
| United Nations | United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights | Sérgio Vieira de Mello | Brazil | 2002–2003 |
| United Nations | United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights | Bertrand Ramcharan | Guyana | 2003–2004 (acting) |
| United Nations | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Ruud Lubbers | Netherlands | 2001–2005 |
| United Nations | United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) director-general | Carlos Alfredo Magariños | Argentina | 1997–2005 |
| United Nations | World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director | James T. Morris | United States | 2002–2006 |
| United Nations | World Health Organization (WHO) director-general | Gro Harlem Brundtland | Norway | 1998–2003 |
| World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | President | John Zillman | Australia | 1995–2003 |
| World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | President | Alexander Bedritsky | Russia | 2003–2011 |
| World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) | Secretary-general | Francesco Frangialli | Jordan | 1997–2009 |

## Political and economic organizations

| Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office |
| African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) | Secretary-general | Jean-Robert Goulongana | Gabon | 2000–2005 |
| African Union | Chairperson | Thabo Mbeki | South Africa | 2002–2003 (first Chairperson) |
| African Union | Chairperson | Joaquim Chissano | Mozambique | 2003–2004 |
| African Union | Chairperson of the Commission | Alpha Oumar Konaré | Mali | 2003–2008 (first Chairperson) |
| Andean Community | Secretary-general | Guillermo Fernández de Soto | Colombia | 2002–2004 |
| Arab League | Secretary-general | Amr Moussa | Egypt | 2001–2011 |
| Arab Maghreb Union | Secretary-general | Habib Boularès | Tunisia | 2002–2006 |
| Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) | Executive director | Piamsak Milintachinda | Thailand | 2003 |
| Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | Secretary-general | Ong Keng Yong | Singapore | 2003–2007 |
| Caribbean Community | Secretary-general | Edwin Carrington | Trinidad and Tobago | 1992–2010 |
| Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) | President | Augusto Vela Mena | Guatemala | 2002–2003 |
| Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) | President | Mario Facussé Handal | Honduras | 2003–2004 |
| Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA) | Secretary-general | Erastus J. O. Mwencha | Kenya | 1998–2008 |
| Commonwealth of Nations | Head | Queen Elizabeth II | United Kingdom | 1952–present |
| Commonwealth of Nations | Secretary-general | Don McKinnon | New Zealand | 2000–2008 |
| Commonwealth of Independent States | Executive Secretary | Yury Yarov | Russia | 1999–2004 |
| Council of Europe | Secretary General | Walter Schwimmer | Austria | 1999–2004 |
| Council of Europe | President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) | Peter Schieder | Austria | 2002–2005 |
| Council of Europe | President of the European Court of Human Rights (first President) | Luzius Wildhaber | Switzerland | 1998–2007 |
| East African Community | Secretary-general | Amanya Mushega | Uganda | 2001–2006 |
| Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) | Executive Secretary | Mohamed Ibn Chambas | Ghana | 2002–2007 (last Executive Secretary) |
| Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) | Chairman | John Kufuor | Ghana | 2002–2005 |
| Eurasian Economic Community | Secretary-general | Grigory Rapota | Russia | 2001–2007 |
| Eurasian Economic Community | Chairman of the Interstate Council | Nursultan Nazarbayev | Kazakhstan | 2001–2014 |
| European Free Trade Association | Secretary-general | William Rossier | Switzerland | 2000–2006 |
| European Union (EU) | Presidency of the European Council | Costas Simitis | Greece | 2003 |
| European Union (EU) | Presidency of the European Council | Silvio Berlusconi | Italy | 2003 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Commission | Romano Prodi | Italy | 1999–2004 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Parliament | Pat Cox | Ireland | 2002–2004 |
| European Union (EU) | Secretary-General of the Council | Javier Solana | Spain | 1999–2009 |
| European Union (EU) | High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy | Javier Solana | Spain | 1999–2009 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Central Bank | Wim Duisenberg | Netherlands | 1998–2003 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Central Bank | Jean-Claude Trichet | France | 2003–2011 |
| European Union (EU) | European Ombudsman | Jacob Söderman | Finland | 1995–2003 (first Ombudsman) |
| European Union (EU) | European Ombudsman | Nikiforos Diamandouros | Greece | 2003–2013 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) | Albert Bore | Scotland | 2002–2004 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) | Philippe Maystadt | Belgium | 2000–2011 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) | Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias | Spain | 1994–2003 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) | Vassilios Skouris | Greece | 2003–2015 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) | Juan Manuel Fabra Vallés | Spain | 2002–2005 |
| European Union (EU) | President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) | Roger Briesch | France | 2002–2004 |
| Gulf Cooperation Council | Secretary-general | Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Attiyah | Qatar | 2002–2011 |
| Indian Ocean Commission | Secretary-general | Wilfrid Bertile | Réunion | 2001–2004 |
| Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) | Chairman | Thabo Mbeki | South Africa | 1999–2003 |
| Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) | Chairman | Mahathir Mohamad | Malaysia | 2003 |
| Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) | Chairman | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | Malaysia | 2003–2006 |
| Nordic Council | President | Inge Lønning | Norway | 2004 |
| Nordic Council | Secretary-general | Frida Nokken | Norway | 1999–2007 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | Secretary-general | George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen | United Kingdom | 1999–2004 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | Secretary-general | Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo | Italy | 2003–2004 (acting) |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Secretary-general | Don Johnston | Canada | 1996–2006 |
| Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) | Secretary-general | Ján Kubiš | Slovakia | 1999–2005 |
| Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) | Chairman-in-Office | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | Netherlands | 2003 |
| Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) | Chairman-in-Office | Bernard Bot | Netherlands | 2003 |
| Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) | High Commissioner on National Minorities | Rolf Ekéus | Sweden | 2001–2007 |
| Organization of American States | Secretary-general | César Gaviria | Colombia | 1994–2004 |
| Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States | Director-general | Len Ishmael | Saint Lucia | 2003–2013 (first director-general) |
| Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) | Secretary-general | Abdelouahed Belkeziz | Morocco | 2001–2004 |
| Pacific Community (SPC) | Director-general | Lourdes Pangelinan | Guam | 2000–2006 |
| Pacific Islands Forum | Secretary-general | Noel Levi | Papua New Guinea | 1998–2004 |
| Pacific Islands Forum | Secretary-general | Greg Urwin | Australia | 2004–2008 |
| South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) | Secretary-general | Q. A. M. A. Rahim | Bangladesh | 2002–2005 |
| Southern African Development Community | Executive Secretary | Prega Ramsamy | Mauritius | 2001–2005 |
| Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) | Secretary-general | Erkin Alptekin | Uyghurs | 2000–2003 |
| Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) | Secretary-general | Marino Busdachin | Italy | 2003–2018 |
| Western European Union | Secretary-general | Javier Solana | Spain | 1999–2009 |
| World Trade Organization (WTO) | Director-general | Supachai Panitchpakdi | Thailand | 2002–2005 |

## Financial organizations

| Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office |
| African Development Bank | President | Omar Kabbaj | Morocco | 1995–2005 |
| Asian Development Bank | President | Tadao Chino | Japan | 1999–2005 |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | President | Jean Lemierre | France | 2000–2008 |
| Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) | President | Enrique V. Iglesias | Uruguay/Spain | 1988–2005 |
| International Monetary Fund | Managing director | Horst Köhler | Germany | 2000–2004 |
| Islamic Development Bank (IDB) | President | Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Madani | Saudi Arabia | 1975–present |
| World Bank | President | James Wolfensohn | Australia/United States | 1995–2005 |

## Sports organizations

| Organization | President | Country | In office |
| Asian Football Confederation (AFC) | Mohamed bin Hammam | Qatar | 2002–2011 |
| Badminton World Federation (BWF) | Korn Dabbaransi | Thailand | 2001–2005 |
| 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 | Carl Men Ky Ching | China | 2002–2006 |
| 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) | Mustapha Larfaoui | Algeria | 1988–2009 |
| Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) | Rubén Acosta | Mexico | 1984–2008 |
| Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA) | Denis Oswald | Switzerland | 1989-2014 |
| Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) | Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz | Spain | 1994–2006 |
| Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) | René Roch | France | 1993–2008 |
| International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) | Enrique Perrez | Spain | 2001–2005 |
| International Association of Athletics Federations | Lamine Diack | Senegal | 1999–2015 |
| International Boxing Association (IBA) | Anwar Chowdhry | Pakistan | 1986–2006 |
| International Cricket Council (ICC) | Malcolm Gray | Australia | 2000–2003 |
| International Cricket Council (ICC) | Ehsan Mani | Pakistan | 2003–2006 |
| International Handball Federation (IHF) | Hassan Moustafa | Egypt | 2000–present |
| International Hockey Federation (FIIH) | René Fasel | Switzerland | 1994–2021 |
| International Judo Federation (IJF) | Park Yong-sung | South Korea | 1995–2007 |
| International Olympic Committee (IOC) | Jacques Rogge | Belgium | 2001–2013 |
| International Paralympic Committee (IPC) | Philip Craven | United Kingdom | 2001–2017 |
| International Rugby Board (IRB) | Vernon Pugh | Australia | 1994–2003 |
| International Rugby Board (IRB) | Syd Millar | Northern Ireland | 2003–2007 |
| International Sailing Federation (ISAF) | Paul Henderson | Canada | 1994–2004 |
| International Sailing Federation (ISAF) | Göran Petersson | Sweden | 2004–2012 |
| International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) | Olegario Vázquez Raña | Mexico | 1980–2018 |
| International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) | Adham Sharara | Canada | 1999–2014 |
| International Tennis Federation (ITF) | Francesco Ricci Bitti | Italy | 1999–2015 |
| World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) | Un Yong Kim | South Korea | 1973–2004 (first President) |
| International Triathlon Union (ITU) | Les McDonald | United Kingdom/Canada | 1989–2008 |

## Other organizations

| Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office |
| Colombo Plan | Secretary-general | Sarat Chandran | India | 1999–2003 |
| Colombo Plan | Secretary-general | Kittipan Kanjanapipatkul | Thailand | 2003–2007 |
| Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) | Executive Secretary | João Augusto de Médicis | Brazil | 2002–2004 |
| La Francophonie | Secretary-general | Abdou Diouf | Senegal | 2003–2014 |
| Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) | Executive Secretary | Attalla Bashir | Sudan | 2000–2008 |
| International Committee of the Red Cross | President | Jakob Kellenberger | Switzerland | 2000–2012 |
| International Court of Justice | Presidents | Gilbert Guillaume | France | 2000–2003 |
| International Court of Justice | Presidents | Shi Jiuyong | China | 2003–2006 |
| International Criminal Court | President | Philippe Kirsch | Canada | 2003–2009 (first President) |
| International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) | Secretary-general | Ronald Noble | United States | 2000–2014 |
| International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) | President | Jesús Espigares-Mira | Spain | 2000–2004 |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) | President | Juan Manuel Suárez Del Toro Rivero | Spain | 2001–2009 |
| International Maritime Organization | Secretary-general | William A. O'Neil | Canada | 1990–2003 |
| International Organization for Migration (IOM) | Director-general | Brunson McKinley | United States | 1998–2008 |
| International Telecommunication Union | Secretary-general | Yoshio Utsumi | Japan | 1998–2006 |
| Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) | Director-general | Rogelio Pfirter | Argentina | 2002–2010 |
| Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | Secretary-general | Alvaro Silva Calderon | Venezuela | 2002–2003 |
| Universal Postal Union | Director-general | Thomas E. Leavey | United States | 1994–2005 |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | Director-general | Kamil Idris | Sudan | 1997–2008 |