South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
GK BY - SANJAY UTTAM 13/APRIL/2016
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an economic and geopolitical organisation of eight countries.
IMPORTANT FACTS----
1. ESTABLISHMENT - 8TH / DECEMBER / 1985
2.HEADQUARTER - KATHMANDU , NEPAL
3. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE - ENGLISH
4. SECRETARY GENERAL - Arjun Bahadur Thapa
5. MEMBER STATES - 8
Secretaries-General of SAARC
| # | Name | Country | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abul Ahsan |  Bangladesh | 16 January 1985 | 15 October 1989 |
| 2 | Kant Kishore Bhargava |  India | 17 October 1989 | 31 December 1991 |
| 3 | Ibrahim Hussein Zaki |  Maldives | 1 January 1992 | 31 December 1993 |
| 4 | Yadav Kant Silwal |  Nepal | 1 January 1994 | 31 December 1995 |
| 5 | Naeem U. Hasan |  Pakistan | 1 January 1996 | 31 December 1998 |
| 6 | Nihal Rodrigo |  Sri Lanka | 1 January 1999 | 10 January 2002 |
| 7 | Q. A. M. A. Rahim | Bangladesh | 11 January 2002 | 28 February 2005 |
| 8 | Chenkyab Dorji |  Bhutan | 1 March 2005 | 29 February 2008 |
| 9 | Sheel Kant Sharma | India | 1 March 2008 | 28 February 2011 |
| 10 | Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed | Maldives | 1 March 2011 | 11 March 2012 |
| 11 | Ahmed Saleem | Maldives | 12 March 2012 | 28 February 2014 |
| 12 | Arjun Bahadur Thapa | Nepal | 1 March 2014 | (present) |
SAARC summits
| No | Date | Country | Host | Host leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7–8 December 1985 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | Ataur Rahman Khan |
| 2nd | 16–17 November 1986 | India | Bengaluru | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 3rd | 2–4 November 1987 | Nepal | Kathmandu | Marich Man Singh Shrestha |
| 4th | 29–31 December 1988 | Pakistan | Islamabad | Benazir Bhutto |
| 5th | 21–23 November 1990 | Maldives | Malé | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
| 6th | 21 December 1991 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | Ranasinghe Premadasa |
| 7th | 10–11 April 1993 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | Khaleda Zia |
| 8th | 2–4 May 1995 | India | New Delhi | P V Narasimha Rao |
| 9th | 12–14 May 1997 | Maldives | Malé | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
| 10th | 29–31 July 1998 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| 11th | 4–6 January 2002 | Nepal | Kathmandu | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| 12th | 2–6 January 2004 | Pakistan | Islamabad | Zafarullah Khan Jamali |
| 13th | 12–13 November 2005 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | Khaleda Zia |
| 14th | 3–4 April 2007 | India | New Delhi | Manmohan Singh |
| 15th | 1–3 August 2008 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| 16th | 28–29 April 2010 | Bhutan | Thimphu | Jigme Thinley |
| 17th | 10–11 November 2011 | Maldives | Addu | Mohammed Nasheed |
| 18th | 26–27 November 2014 | Nepal | Kathmandu | Sushil Koirala |
| 19th | TBA 2016 | Pakistan | Islamabad | Nawaz Sharif |
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