Chairperson
Between summits, the Non-Aligned Movement is run by the Chairperson elected at last summit meeting. The Coordinating Bureau, also based at the UN, is the main instrument for directing the work of the movement's task forces, committees and working groups.
Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement | ||||
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Name | Country | Party | From | To |
Josip Broz Tito | Yugoslavia | League of Communists of Yugoslavia | 1961 | 1964 |
Gamal Abdel Nasser | United Arab Republic | Arab Socialist Union | 1964 | 1970 |
Kenneth Kaunda | Zambia | United National Independence Party | 1970 | 1973 |
Houari Boumediène | Algeria | Revolutionary Council | 1973 | 1976 |
William Gopallawa | Sri Lanka | Independent | 1976 | 1978 |
Junius Richard Jayewardene | United National Party | 1978 | 1979 | |
Fidel Castro | Cuba | Communist Party of Cuba | 1979 | 1983 |
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | India | Janata Party | 1983 | |
Zail Singh | Congress Party | 1983 | 1986 | |
Robert Mugabe | Zimbabwe | ZANU-PF | 1986 | 1989 |
Janez Drnovšek | Yugoslavia | League of Communists of Yugoslavia | 1989 | 1990 |
Borisav Jović | Socialist Party of Serbia | 1990 | 1991 | |
Stjepan Mesić | Croatian Democratic Union | 1991 | ||
Branko Kostić | Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro | 1991 | 1992 | |
Dobrica Ćosić | FR Yugoslavia | Independent | 1992 | |
Suharto | Indonesia | Partai Golongan Karya | 1992 | 1995 |
Ernesto Samper | Colombia | Colombian Liberal Party | 1995 | 1998 |
Andrés Pastrana Arango | Colombian Conservative Party | 1998 | ||
Nelson Mandela | South Africa | African National Congress | 1998 | 1999 |
Thabo Mbeki | 1999 | 2003 | ||
Mahathir Mohamad | Malaysia | United Malays National Organisation | 2003 | |
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | 2003 | 2006 | ||
Fidel Castro | Cuba | Communist Party of Cuba | 2006 | 2008 |
Raúl Castro | 2008 | 2009 | ||
Hosni Mubarak | Egypt | National Democratic Party | 2009 | 2011 |
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi | Independent | 2011 | 2012 | |
Mohamed Morsi | Freedom and Justice Party | 2012 | ||
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Iran | Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran | 2012 | Present |
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