30 - Political and Economic Organizations

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Political and Economic Organizations

1. Andean Community -
   1. Secretary-General - Adalid Contreras Baspineiro (Bolivia), (2010–present)
2. Arab League -
   1. Secretary-General - Nabil Elaraby, Egypt (2011–present)
3. Arab Maghreb Union
   1. Secretary-General - Habib Ben Yahia, Tunisia (2006–present)
4. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
   1. Executive Director - Muhamad Noor, Malaysia (2010–present)
5. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -
   1. Secretary-General - Le Luong Minh, Vietnam (2013–present)
6. Caribbean Community -
   1. Secretary-General - Lolita Applewhaite, Barbados (2011–present)
7. Central American Parliament -
   1. President - Dorindo Cortéz, Panama (2010–present)
8. Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA) -
   1. Secretary-General - Sindiso Ngwenya, Zimbabwe (2008–present)
9. Commonwealth of Nations -
   1. Head - Queen Elizabeth II (1952–present)
   2. Secretary-General - Kamalesh Sharma, India (2008–present)
10. Commonwealth of Independent States
    1. Executive Secretary - Sergei Lebedev, Russia (2007–present)
11. Council of Europe
    1. Secretary General - Thorbjørn Jagland, Norway (2009–present)
    2. President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) - Mevlüt Çavusoglu, Turkey (2010–present)
    3. President of the European Court of Human Rights - Jean-Paul Costa, France (2007–present)
12. East African Community -
    1. Secretary-General - Richard Sezibera, Rwanda (2011–present)
13. Economic Community of West African States
    1. President of the Commission - Victor Gbeho, Ghana (2010–present)
    2. Chairman - Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire (2012–present)
14. Eurasian Economic Community
    1. Secretary-General - Tair Mansurov, Khazakstan (2007–present)
    2. Chairman of the Interstate Council - Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan (2001–present)
15. European Free Trade Association
    1. Secretary-General - Kristinn Árnason, Iceland (2012–present)
16. Group of Eight (G8)
    1. President (informal) - David Cameron, United Kingdom (2013)
17. Gulf Cooperation Council
    1. Secretary-General - Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Bahrain (2011–present)
18. Ibero-American Secretariat (Segib)
    1. Secretary-General - Enrique V. Iglesias, Uruguay (2005–present)
19. Indian Ocean Commission
    1. Secretary-General - Monique Andreas Esoavekomandroso, Madagascar (2004–present)
20. Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
    1. Chairman - Hassan Rouhani, Iran (2013–present)
21. Nordic Council
    1. Secretary-General - Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland (2007–2013)
22. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
    1. Secretary-General - Jens Stoltenberg, Norway (October 1, 2014-present)
23. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
    1. Secretary-General - José Ángel Gurría, Mexico (2006–present)
24. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
    1. Secretary-General - Lamberto Zannier, Italy (2011–present)
    2. Chairman-in-Office - Audronius Ažubalis, Lithuania (2011–present)
    3. High Commissioner on National Minorities - Knut Vollebæk, Norway (2007–present)
25. Organization of American States
    1. Secretary-General - José Miguel Insulza, Chile (2005–present)
26. Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
    1. Director-General - Len Ishmael, Saint Lucia (2003–present)
27. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
    1. Secretary-General - Iyad bin Amin Madani, Saudi Arabia (2014–present)
28. Pacific Community
    1. Director-General - Jimmie Rodgers, Solomon Islands (2006–present)
29. Pacific Islands Forum
    1. Secretary-General - Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Samoa (2008–present)
30. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
    1. Secretary-General - Bolat Nurgaliyev, Kazakhstan (2007–present)
31. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
    1. Secretary-General - Ahmed Saleem, Maldives (2012–present)
32. Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur)
    1. Director of the Executive Secretariat - Agustín Colombo Sierra, Argentina (2009–present)
33. Southern African Development Community
    1. Executive Secretary - Stergomena Tax, Tanzania (2013–present)
34. Union of South American Nations (Unasur/Unasul)
    1. President - Ollanta Humala, Peru (2012–present)
    2. Secretary-General - Alí Rodríguez Araque, Venezuela (2012–present)
35. Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
    1. Secretary-General - Roberto Azevêdo, Brazil (2013–present)
36. World Trade Organization (WTO)
    1. Director-General - Roberto Azevêdo, Brazil (2013–present)