The following is a list of international organization leaders in 2006.
UN organizations Organization Title Leader Country In office Ref 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 Roberto Kobeh González Mexico 2006-2013 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 President of the General Assembly Jan Eliasson Sweden 2005-2006 Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa Bahrain 2006-2007 United Nations Security Council members China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States (permanent members); Argentina, Denmark, Greece, Japan, Tanzania (elected for 2005–2006); Congo, Ghana, Peru, Qatar, Slovakia (elected for 2006–2007) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Ann Veneman United States 2005–2010 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) director-general Kōichirō Matsuura Japan 1999-2009 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Canada 2004-2008 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres Portugal 2005–2015 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) director-general Kandeh Yumkella Sierra Leone 2005–2013 World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director James T. Morris United States 2002-2006 Josette Sheeran 2006–2012 World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Lee Jong-wook South Korea 2004-2006 Anders Nordström Sweden 2006 (acting) Margaret Chan China 2006–2017 World Meteorological Organization (WMO) President Alexander Bedritsky Russia 2003–2011 Secretary-general Michel Jarraud France 2004–2015 World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary-general Francesco Frangialli Jordan 1997-2009
Political and economic organizations Organization Title Leader Country In office Ref African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) Secretary-general John Kaputin Papua New Guinea 2005–2010 African Union Chairperson Olusegun Obasanjo Nigeria 2004-2006 Denis Sassou Nguesso Republic of the Congo 2006-2007 Chairperson of the Commission Alpha Oumar Konaré Mali 2003-2008 (first Chairperson) President of the Pan-African Parliament Gertrude Mongella Tanzania 2004-2008 (first President) Andean Community Secretary-general Allan Wagner Tizón Peru 2004-2006 Alfredo Fuentes Hernández Colombia 2006-2007 (interim) Arab League Secretary-general Amr Moussa Egypt 2001–2011 Arab Maghreb Union Secretary-general Habib Boularès Tunisia 2002-2006 Habib Ben Yahia 2006–2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Executive director Tran Trong Toan Vietnam 2006 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 Julio Enrique Palacios Sambrano Panama 2005-2006 Ciro Cruz Zepeda El Salvador 2006-2007 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 Secretary-general Don McKinnon New Zealand 2000-2008 Commonwealth of Independent States Executive Secretary Vladimir Rushailo Russia 2004-2007 Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis United Kingdom 2004-2009 President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) René van der Linden Netherlands 2005-2008 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 Juma Volter Mwapachu Tanzania 2006–2011 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) President of the Commission Mohamed Ibn Chambas Ghana 2006–2010 (first President) Chairman Mamadou Tandja Niger 2005-2007 Eurasian Economic Community Secretary-general Grigory Rapota Russia 2001-2007 Chairman of the Interstate Council Nursultan Nazarbayev Kazakhstan 2001-2014 European Free Trade Association Secretary-general William Rossier Switzerland 2000-2006 Kåre Bryn Norway 2006–2012 European Union (EU) Presidency of the European Council Wolfgang Schüssel Austria 2006 Matti Vanhanen Finland Presidency of the Council of the European Union Austria 2006 Finland President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso Portugal 2004–2014 President of the European Parliament Josep Borrell Spain/Argentina 2004-2007 Secretary-General of the Council Javier Solana Spain 1999-2009 High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet France 2003–2011 European Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros Greece 2003–2013 President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) Peter Straub Germany 2004-2006 Michel Delebarre France 2006-2008 President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Philippe Maystadt Belgium 2000–2011 President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Vassilios Skouris Greece 2003–2015 President of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) Hubert Weber Austria 2005-2008 President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Anne-Marie Sigmund Austria 2004-2006 Dimitris Dimitriadis Greece 2006-2008 Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-general Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Attiyah Qatar 2002–2011 Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) Secretary-general Enrique V. Iglesias Uruguay 2005–2013 (first Secretary-General) Indian Ocean Commission Secretary-general Monique Andréas Esoavelomandroso Madagascar 2004-2008 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Chairman Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Malaysia 2003-2006 Fidel Castro Cuba 2006-2008 Raúl Castro 2006-2009 Nordic Council President Ole Stavad Denmark 2006 Secretary-general Frida Nokken Norway 1999-2007 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Denmark 2004-2009 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary-general Don Johnston Canada 1996-2006 José Ángel Gurría Mexico 2006–2021 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary-general Marc Perrin de Brichambaut France 2005–2011 Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht Belgium 2006 High Commissioner on National Minorities Rolf Ekéus Sweden 2001-2007 Organization of American States Secretary-general José Miguel Insulza Chile 2005-2015 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Director-general Len Ishmael Saint Lucia 2003–2013 Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary-general Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu Turkey 2005–2013 Pacific Community (SPC) Director-general Lourdes Pangelinan Guam 2000-2006 Jimmie Rodgers Solomon Islands 2006–2014 Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-general Greg Urwin Australia 2004-2008 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Executive Secretary Zhang Deguang China 2004-2006 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretary-general Chenkyab Dorji Bhutan 2005-2008 Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) Director of the Executive Secretariat ?-2008 Southern African Development Community Executive Secretary Tomaz Salomão Mozambique 2005–2013 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 Pascal Lamy France 2005–2013
Financial organizations Organization Title Leader Country In office Ref African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka Rwanda 2005–2015 Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda Japan 2005–2013 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development President Jean Lemierre France 2000-2008 Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) President Luis Alberto Moreno Colombia 2005–2020 International Monetary Fund Managing director Rodrigo Rato Spain 2004-2007 Islamic Development Bank (IDB) President Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Madani Saudi Arabia 1975–present World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz United States 2005-2007
Sports organizations Organization President Country In office Ref Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Mohamed bin Hammam Qatar 2002–2011 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Kang Young-joong South Korea 2005-2013 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 Ching Men-ky China 2002-2006 Robert Elphinston Australia 2006-2010 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 Princess Haya bint Hussein Jordan 2006-2014 Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) René Roch France 1993-2008 International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Michael Barredo Philippines 2005-2013 International Association of Athletics Federations Lamine Diack Senegal 1999-2015 International Boxing Association (IBA) Anwar Chowdhry Pakistan 1986-2006 Kaner Doganeli Turkey 2006 (acting) Wu Ching-kuo Taiwan 2006-2017 International Cricket Council (ICC) Ehsan Mani Pakistan 2003-2006 Percy Sonn South Africa 2006-2007 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) Syd Millar Northern Ireland 2003-2007 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) Chungwon Choue South Korea 2004–present International Triathlon Union (ITU) Les McDonald United Kingdom/Canada 1989-2008
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