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United World Leaders
Members of the Boards · October 2026

Those who have led nations.

14 former Presidents and 10 former Prime Ministers from 23 nations, led by the Chairman and the Executive Committee. Members serve in a personal capacity.

Portrait of Dr. Steven V. Melnik
Chairman

Dr. Steven V. Melnik

Provides the strategic direction of the Institution and represents it globally.

Executive Committee · Fiduciary oversight of executive decisions
  • Dr. Steven V. MelnikChairman
  • Ameenah Gurib-FakimFormer President of Mauritius
  • Igor LukšićFormer Prime Minister of Montenegro
  • Ivo JosipovićFormer President of Croatia
Portrait of Andres Pastrana

Andres Pastrana

President of Colombia, 1998–2002

Launched Plan Colombia with U.S. President Bill Clinton; previously Mayor of Bogotá.
Portrait of Yves Leterme

Yves Leterme

Prime Minister of Belgium, 2008, 2009–2011

Later Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD and Secretary-General of International IDEA.
Portrait of Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

President of Mauritius, 2015–2018

Executive Committee

First woman elected President of Mauritius; biodiversity scientist and organic chemist.
Portrait of Geir Hilmar Haarde

Geir Hilmar Haarde

Prime Minister of Iceland, 2006–2009

Iceland's Minister of Finance (1998–2005); later Ambassador to the United States.
Portrait of Leonel Fernández

Leonel Fernández

President of the Dominican Republic, 1996–2000, 2004–2012

Founded the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE) in 2000.
Portrait of Rosalía Arteaga Serrano

Rosalía Arteaga Serrano

President of Ecuador, 1997

First woman to serve as Ecuador's head of state; also Vice President of Ecuador.
Portrait of Igor Lukšić

Igor Lukšić

Prime Minister of Montenegro, 2010–2012

Executive Committee

The world's youngest prime minister at the time; previously Montenegro's Minister of Finance.
Portrait of Jorge Tuto Quiroga

Jorge Tuto Quiroga

President of Bolivia, 2001–2002

Elected in 1997 as the youngest Vice President in Bolivia's history.
Portrait of Vicente Fox Quesada

Vicente Fox Quesada

President of Mexico, 2000–2006

First president from outside the PRI since 1929; formerly president of Coca-Cola Mexico.
Portrait of Joyce Hilda Banda

Joyce Hilda Banda

President of Malawi, 2012–2014

First woman to serve as President of Malawi; founded the Joyce Banda Foundation.
Portrait of Joseph Jouthe

Joseph Jouthe

Prime Minister of Haiti, 2020–2021

Engineer; previously Haiti's Minister of the Environment (2018–2020).
Portrait of Rosen Plevneliev

Rosen Plevneliev

President of Bulgaria, 2012–2017

Engineer and builder; previously Minister of Regional Development and Public Works (2009–2011).
Portrait of Joseph Muscat

Joseph Muscat

Prime Minister of Malta, 2013–2020

Hosted the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting; led Malta's 2017 EU Council Presidency.
Portrait of Ivo Josipović

Ivo Josipović

President of Croatia, 2010–2015

Executive Committee

Law professor and composer of some fifty chamber and orchestral works.
Portrait of Djoomart Otorbaev

Djoomart Otorbaev

Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, 2014–2015

Physicist and professor; previously First Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan.
Portrait of Boris Tadić

Boris Tadić

President of Serbia, 2004–2012

Psychologist by training; Serbia received EU candidate status during his presidency.
Portrait of Anatoliy Kinakh

Anatoliy Kinakh

Prime Minister of Ukraine, 2001–2002

Shipbuilding engineer; president of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs since 1996.
Portrait of Jean Henry Céant

Jean Henry Céant

Prime Minister of Haiti, 2018–2019

Notary by profession; founder of the Renmen Ayiti political party.
Portrait of Chiril Gaburici

Chiril Gaburici

Prime Minister of Moldova, 2015

Telecommunications executive; later Moldova's Minister of Economy and Infrastructure (2018–2019).
Portrait of Mohamed Waheed Hassan

Mohamed Waheed Hassan

President of the Maldives, 2012–2013

First Maldivian to earn a doctorate (Stanford); long career with UNICEF.
Portrait of Andrej Kiska

Andrej Kiska

President of Slovakia, 2014–2019

Co-founded Dobrý anjel (Good Angel), a charity supporting families facing serious illness.
Portrait of Macky Sall

Macky Sall

President of Senegal, 2012–2024

Chairperson of the African Union (2022–2023); previously Prime Minister of Senegal.
Portrait of Hassan Diab

Hassan Diab

Prime Minister of Lebanon, 2020–2021

Computer engineering professor at the American University of Beirut; former Minister of Education.
Portrait of Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona

Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona

President of Trinidad and Tobago, 2013–2018

Served as a Judge of the International Criminal Court before his presidency.

Offices and terms from official records and public encyclopaedias. Members are listed as on the Institution’s register.

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Nations represented

Colombia · Belgium · Mauritius · Iceland · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · Montenegro · Bolivia · Mexico · Malawi · Haiti · Bulgaria · Malta · Croatia · Kyrgyz Republic · Serbia · Ukraine · Moldova · Maldives · Slovakia · Senegal · Lebanon · Trinidad and Tobago

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Honorary Members

Ambassadors, ministers, legislators, mayors and leaders of enterprise

Who support the work of the Institution and its Society.

Honorary Members