Club of Madrid

Club de Madrid was founded in October 2001 as a result of the Conference on Democratic Transition and Consolidation held in Madrid with the objective of creating a permanent forum for governments to consult, and "be able to access expert's opinions". The event was organized by the think tank FRIDE (Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exteriores).{{Cite news |last=Altares |first=Guillermo |date=2001-10-27 |title=Dirigentes mundiales crean el Club de Madrid para ayudar a las democracias incipientes |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2001/10/28/internacional/1004220016_850215.html |access-date=2023-06-28 |issn=1134-6582}}

The Conference was attended by 32 current and former heads of state and government, who discussed their ideas and conclusions with over 100 experts. Among the attendees were former President of the USSR Mikhaíl Gorbachov, former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, former democratic Prime Ministers of Spain Adolfo Suárez, Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Felipe González and José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic Martin Ziguele, and US President Bill Clinton.

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The Club's first Secretary General was the co-founder of FRIDE, Antonio Álvarez-Couceiro, and its first President was former President of Brasil Fernando Henrique Cardoso,{{Cite web |title=Members {{!}} Fernando Henrique Cardoso |url=https://clubmadrid.org/who/members/cardoso-fernando-henrique/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid}} who held that post until 2006. In 2004, former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell became Secretary General until 2006,{{Cite web |title=Biography: Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell {{!}} Peter Lougheed Leadership College |url=https://www.ualberta.ca/lougheed-leadership-college/about-us/kim-bio.html |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=www.ualberta.ca}} when the Spanish diplomat Fernando Perpiñá-Robert took the post. Former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos was elected as the organization's President in 2006,{{Cite news |last=Taillac |first=Mathieu de |date=2006-04-24 |title=El chileno Ricardo Lagos asume la presidencia del Club de Madrid |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2006/04/25/internacional/1145916016_850215.html |access-date=2023-06-28 |issn=1134-6582}} until 2010, when he ceded the position to former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Wim Kok. Also in 2010, Carlos Westendorp, Spanish diplomat and politician, became Secretary General.

Former President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga was elected President of the Club in 2014. In 2016, María Elena Agüero became Secretary General{{Cite web |title=María Elena Agüero - GWL VOICES |url=https://gwlvoices.com/portfolio/maria-elena-agu%cc%88ero/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |language=en-GB}} and, in 2019, former President of Slovenia Danilo Türk was elected President, posts they both still hold.{{Cite web |last=Club de Madrid |date=2019-10-20 |title=Danilo Türk is elected new President of Club de Madrid |url=https://clubmadrid.org/danilo-turk-is-elected-new-president-of-club-de-madrid/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

The Club's first General Assembly was held in Madrid in October 2002 approved the organization's first Annual Policy Dialogue,{{Cite web |title=Club de Madrid 2002 policy dialogue and I General Assembly, democracy |url=https://clubmadrid.org/work/annual-policy-dialogues/2002/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}} year-long initiatives that involve members, other organizations, and experts in working groups to formulate policy recommendations on the decided topic. The results of some Annual Policy Dialogues and other programs have been echoed and supported in national and international legislation and pacts.{{Cite web |title=About Club de Madrid |url=https://clubmadrid.org/club-de-madrid/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

The Club de Madrid pushed for a constitutional reform in Haiti{{Cite web |title=Haïti - Politique : Le Club de Madrid en faveur du processus de réforme constitutionnelle - HaitiLibre.com : Toutes les nouvelles d'Haiti 7/7 |url=https://www.haitilibre.com/article-3180-haiti-politique-le-club-de-madrid-en-faveur-du-processus-de-reforme-constitutionnelle.html |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=HaitiLibre.com}} and promoted the adoption of a National Pact in 2014 to reach a democratic consensus.{{Cite web |date=20 February 2014 |title=Club de Madrid: « Un pacte national », la solution |url=https://lenouvelliste.com/article/127833/club-de-madrid-un-pacte-national-la-solution |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Le Nouvelliste |language=en}}

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Club de Madrid called for international cooperation, solidarity, and policies such as the "creation of an international fund for assistance to the Global South to deal with the consequences of COVID-19" and supported "the IMF’s call for coordinated fiscal stimuli to mitigate against long-lasting economic damage". The organization called on the World Bank to support the coordinated purchase of pandemic response equipment.{{Cite web |last=Club de Madrid |date=2020-03-25 |title=Message from Club de Madrid to the special G20 Leaders' summit on the COVID-19 pandemic |url=https://clubmadrid.org/message-from-club-de-madrid-to-the-special-g20-leaders-summit-on-the-covid-19-pandemic/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

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Club de Madrid issued a statement in support of the 2020 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, endorsing practices of restorative justice and highlighting the cosmovision of numerous indigenous peoples towards nature.{{Cite web |last=Club de Madrid |date=2020-08-09 |title=Our statement for the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2020 |url=https://clubmadrid.org/our-statement-for-the-international-day-of-indigenous-peoples/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}} Also in 2020, the organization appealed to the authorities of Belarus to "stop detentions and the use of force against unarmed demonstrators" after the presidential elections in the country.{{Cite web |last=Club de Madrid |date=2020-08-17 |title=Statement by the Board of Directors of Club de Madrid on Belarus |url=https://clubmadrid.org/statement-by-the-board-of-directors-of-club-de-madrid-on-belarus/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

Club de Madrid also condemned the 2021 coup d'état in Myanmar and called for the "immediate and unconditional release of President Win Myint, State Counsellor Daw Aung Sang Suu Kyi, members of government, of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and of civil society activists who have been detained".{{Cite web |last=Club de Madrid |date=2021-02-04 |title=Club de Madrid strongly condemns coup d'etat in Myanmar |url=https://clubmadrid.org/club-de-madrid-strongly-condemns-coup-detat-in-myanmar/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}} Also in 2021, the organization and 46 of its members publicly supported the suspension of the WTO's intellectual property rules towards COVID-19 vaccines to make vaccination more accessible.{{Cite web |last=Club de Madrid |date=2021-04-14 |title=Former heads of state and Nobel laureates call on President Biden to waive intellectual property rules for COVID vaccines |url=https://clubmadrid.org/former-heads-of-state-and-nobel-laureates-call-on-president-biden-to-waive-intellectual-property-rules-for-covid-vaccines/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

In June 2022, the Club de Madrid called on the Tunisian President Kais Saied to release the politician Hamadi Jebali.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-27 |title=Tunisia: Club of Madrid calls on Saied to release Hamadi Jebali |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220627-tunisia-club-of-madrid-calls-on-saied-to-release-hamadi-jebali/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Middle East Monitor |language=en-GB}} Club de Madrid has also repeatedly called for the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and other political prisoners in Russia, and for the end of the Russian invasion of Ukraine through dialogue and diplomacy.{{Cite web |last=Club de Madrid |date=2023-02-24 |title=One year standing with Ukraine |url=https://clubmadrid.org/one-year-standing-with-ukraine/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

In response to the January 8th Brazilian Congress attack, Club de Madrid condemned the event.{{Cite web |last=Club de Madrid |date=2023-01-09 |title=Club de Madrid condemns the violent assault on Brazil's democratic institutions |url=https://clubmadrid.org/club-de-madrid-condemns-the-violent-assault-on-brazils-democratic-institutions/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

In 2024, the Club of Madrid sent an open letter to the G20 group in which it supported Brazil's proposal to tax the super-rich to alleviate "extreme" inequality and raise the money needed for investment in industry and the green transition. In the letter, they warned that taxes are the foundation of a civilized, enterprising and prosperous society. The Club of Madrid pointed out that the Super Rich have unproductively accumulated trillions of dollars that could have been productively invested in communities, education, health and infrastructure. The result is extreme inequality, which is why 19 members of Club of Madrid believe that a new international agreement on the taxation of the super-rich is necessary. The letter was signed by, among others, former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet, former Slovenian President Danilo Tuerk, former Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, former Spanish Prime Ministers Felipe Gonzalez and Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin.{{Cite web |title=Bivši svjetski lideri: Superbogati moraju plaćati veći porez |url=https://www.index.hr/clanak.aspx?id=2581573 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.index.hr |language=hr}}

As of May 2025, there are 127 full members, all of whom are previous government officials with full voting rights. The Club also has institutional members and foundations – private and public organizations that share similar democratic objectives, including FRIDE, the Gorbachev Foundation of North America (GFNA), both original sponsors of the founding conference in 2001,{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://clubmadrid.org/who/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}} the Madrid City Council, the Regional Government of Madrid, and the Government of Spain.{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://clubmadrid.org/who/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}} Additionally, there are six honorary members (e.g. Javier Solana, Aung San Suu Kyi{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://clubmadrid.org/who/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}) and several fellows, who are experts on democratic change.{{Cite web |title=who we are, full members, leadership, heads of State |url=https://clubmadrid.org/who/advisors/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

Full members, representatives of the constituent foundations, the Secretary General of the organization, and honorary members form the General Assembly, the highest representative and governing body of Club de Madrid. The General Assembly meets at least once a year to vote on the organization's activities and reports, the proposal of new members, and the designation of the Secretary General, Board of Directors and President, among other activities.{{Cite web |title=Structure |url=https://clubmadrid.org/club-de-madrid/structure/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

The Board of Directors manages the interests of the organization according to the directives of the General Assembly. The body is composed of the President, currently Danilo Türk, two Vice-Presidents, currently former South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo and former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet, one member from each constituent foundation, the Secretary General, and up to six other members.{{Cite web |title=Structure |url=https://clubmadrid.org/club-de-madrid/structure/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

The President represents the organization and is elected for a term of three years, renewable once. The Vice-Presidents are also elected for three years, renewable once, and they work closely with the President.{{Cite web |title=Structure |url=https://clubmadrid.org/club-de-madrid/structure/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

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Club de Madrid has two advisory bodies, the President's Circle, made up of individuals and organizations that support the Club's objectives, and the Advisory Committee, composed of fellows who are experts in their fields. The Secretariat, under the direction of the Secretary General, is responsible for the daily management of the Club de Madrid.{{Cite web |title=Secretariat |url=https://clubmadrid.org/who/secretariat/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

Club de Madrid is a non-profit organization and members offer their services on a pro bono basis. It relies financially on donations which are used to support a permanent Secretariat and fund specific projects. The Club's accounts are audited annually by an external organization and publicly available.{{Cite web |title=Finance |url=https://clubmadrid.org/club-de-madrid/our-finances/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Club de Madrid |language=en-US}}

The Club of Madrid Foundation Inc. (COMFI) is a grant-making foundation that has US 501(c)(3) tax exemption status. It exists to raise funds in support of the Club's charitable and educational activities. COMFI is independent and not controlled by the Club itself, but solely by a four-person Board of Directors.{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Andrea Suozzo, Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Brandon |date=2013-05-09 |title=Club Of Madrid Foundation Inc - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/202013301 |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}

Club de Madrid has 127 full members of which 17 are former Heads of State and/or government from Africa and the Middle East, 26 from the Americas, 17 from Asia-Pacific, and 60 from Europe.

List of members as of May 2025.{{cite web |title=These Are Our Members |url=https://clubmadrid.org/who/?fwp_categories=full-members |access-date=30 April 2022 |website=clubmadrid.org |publisher=Club of Madrid}}

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| 100px||{{sortname|António|Guterres|}}||{{age|1949|4|30}}||{{PRT}}||{{sortname||Socialist|Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party Portugal}}||Prime Minister of Portugal (1995–2002)
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2005–2016)
UN Secretary-General (2016–present)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Tarja|Halonen}}||{{age|1943|12|24}}||{{FIN}}||{{sortname||Social Democratic|Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party Finland}}||President of Finland (2000–2012)

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| 100px||{{sortname||Han Seung-soo}}||{{age|1936|12|28}}||{{KOR}}||{{sortname||Saenuri|Liberty Korea Party}}||Prime Minister of South Korea (2008–2009)

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| 100px||{{sortname|François|Hollande}}||{{age|1954|8|12}}||{{FRA}}||{{sortname||PS|Socialist Party (France)|PS France}}||President of France (2012–2017)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Osvaldo|Hurtado}}||{{age|1939|6|26}}||{{ECU}}||{{sortname||Christian Democratic|Christian Democratic Union (Ecuador)|Christian Democratic Union Ecuador}}||President of Ecuador (1981–1984)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Hamadi|Jebali}}||{{age|1949|10|13}}||{{TUN}}||{{sortname||Ennahdha}} (until 2014)

{{sortname||None|Independent politician|zzzz}} (since 2014)

|Head of Government of Tunisia (2011–2013)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Ellen Johnson|Sirleaf}}||{{age|1938|10|29}}||{{LBR}}||{{sortname||None|Independent politician|zzzz}}||President of Liberia (2006–2018)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Mehdi|Jomaa}}||{{age|1962|4|21}}||{{TUN}}||{{sortname||None|Independent politician|zzzz}} (until 2017)

Tunisian Alternative (since 2017)

|Head of Government of Tunisia (2014–2015)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Ivo|Josipović}}||{{age|1957|8|28}}||{{CRO}}||{{sortname||SDP|Social Democratic Party of Croatia|SDP Croatia}}||President of Croatia (2010–2015)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Alain|Juppé}}||{{age|1945|8|15}}||{{FRA}}||{{sortname||UMP|Union for a Popular Movement}}||Prime Minister of France (1995–1997)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Milan|Kučan||Kučan, Milan}}||{{age|1941|1|14}}||{{SVN}}
{{YUG}}||{{sortname||Communist|League of Communists of Slovenia|Communist Slovenia}} (until 1990)
None (since 1990)||President of Slovenia (1991–2002)

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| 100px||{{sortname|John|Kufuor}}||{{age|1938|12|8}}||{{GHA}}||{{sortname||NPP|New Patriotic Party|NPP Ghana}}||President of Ghana (2001–2009)
Chairman of the AU (2007–2008)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Chandrika|Kumaratunga}}||{{age|1945|6|29}}||{{LKA}}||{{sortname||SLFP|Sri Lanka Freedom Party|SLFP Sri Lanka}}||President of Sri Lanka (1994–2005)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Aleksander|Kwaśniewski}}||{{age|1954|11|15}}||{{POL}}||{{sortname||None|Independent (politician)|zzzz}} (since 1995)||President of Poland (1995–2005)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Luis Alberto|Lacalle}}||{{age|1941|7|13}}||{{URY}}||{{sortname||PN|National Party (Uruguay)|PN Uruguay}}||President of Uruguay (1990–1995)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Ricardo|Lagos}}||{{age|1938|3|2}}||{{CHL}}||{{sortname||PPD|Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD Chile}}||President of Chile (2000–2006)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Zlatko|Lagumdžija}}||{{age|1955|12|26}}||{{BIH}}||{{sortname||Social Democratic|Social Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Social Democratic Party Bosnia and Herzegovina}}||Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001–2002)

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| 100px||{{sortname||Lee Hong-koo}}||{{age|1955|12|26}}||{{KOR}}||{{sortname||NKP South Korea|Liberty Korea Party}}||Prime Minister of South Korea (1994–1995)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Yves|Leterme}}||{{age|1966|8|20}}||{{BEL}}||{{sortname||CD&V|Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V Belgium}}||Prime Minister of Belgium (2009–2011)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Enrico|Letta}}||{{age|1966|8|20}}||{{ITA}}||{{sortname||PD|Democratic Party (Italy)|PD Italy}}||Prime Minister of Italy (2013–2014)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Doris|Leuthard}}||{{age|1963|4|10}}||{{SWI}}||{{sortname||CVP/PDC/PPD/PCD|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|Christian Democratic People's Party Switzerland}}||Member of the Federal Council (2006–2018)
(President in 2010 and 2017)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Thabo|Mbeki}}||{{age|1942|6|18}}||{{ZAF}}||{{sortname||ANC|African National Congress|ANC South Africa}}||President of South Africa (1999–2008)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Rexhep|Meidani}}||{{age|1944|8|17}}||{{ALB}}||{{sortname||Socialist|Socialist Party of Albania|Socialist Party Albania}}||President of Albania (1997–2002)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Carlos|Mesa}}||{{age|1953|8|12}}||{{BOL}}||{{sortname||FRI|Revolutionary Left Front (Bolivia)|FRI Bolivia}}||President of Bolivia (2003–2005)

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| 100px||{{sortname|James|Michel}}||{{age|1944|8|16}}||{{SYC}}||{{sortname||US|United Seychelles|US Seychelles}}||President of Seychelles (2004–2016)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Festus|Mogae}}||{{age|1939|8|21}}||{{BWA}}||{{sortname||BDP|Botswana Democratic Party|BDP Botswana}}||President of Botswana (1998–2008)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Mario|Monti}}||{{age|1943|3|19}}||{{ITA}}||{{sortname||None|Independent (politician)|zzzz}}||Prime Minister of Italy (2011–2013)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Olusegun|Obasanjo}}||{{age|1937|3|5}}||{{NGA}}||{{sortname||PDP|People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|PDP Nigeria}}||Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria (1976–1979)
President of Nigeria (1999–2007)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Roza|Otunbayeva}}||{{age|1950|8|23}}||{{KGZ}}||{{sortname||Social Democratic|Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan|Social Democratic Party Kyrgyzstan}} (2007–2010)||President of Kyrgyzstan (2010–2011)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Anand|Panyarachun}}||{{age|1932|8|9}}||{{THA}}||{{sortname||None|Independent (politician)|zzzz}}||Prime Minister of Thailand (1991–1992)

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| 100px||{{sortname|George|Papandreou}}||{{age|1952|6|16}}||{{GRE}}||{{sortname||Socialist|Panhellenic Socialist Movement|Socialist Greece}}||Prime Minister of Greece (2009–2011)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Andrés|Pastrana|Andrés Pastrana Arango}}||{{age|1954|8|17}}||{{COL}}||{{sortname||Conservative|Colombian Conservative Party|Conservative Party Colombia}}||President of Colombia (1998–2002)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Pratibha|Patil}}||{{age|1934|12|19}}||{{IND}}||{{sortname||INC|Indian National Congress}}||President of India (2007–2012)

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| 100px||{{sortname|P.J.|Patterson|P. J. Patterson}}||{{age|1935|4|10}}||{{JAM}}||{{sortname||PNP|People's National Party|PNP Jamaica}} (until 2011)||Prime Minister of Jamaica (1992–2006)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Romano|Prodi}}||{{age|1939|8|9}}||{{ITA}}||{{sortname||Democratic|Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party Italy}}||President of the European Commission (1999–2004)
President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (1996–1998, 2006–2008)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Jorge|Quiroga}}||{{age|1960|5|5}}||{{BOL}}||{{sortname||PODEMOS|Social and Democratic Power|PODEMOS Bolivia}}||President of Bolivia (2001–2002)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Iveta|Radičová}}||{{age|1956|12|7}}||{{SVK}}||{{sortname||SDKÚ-DS|Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party|SDKÚ-DS Slovakia}}
(2006–2012)||Prime Minister of Slovakia (2010–2012)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Mariano|Rajoy}}||{{age|1955|3|27}}||{{ESP}}||{{sortname||PP|People's Party (Spain)|PP Spain}}||President of the Government of Spain (2011–2018)

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| 100px||{{sortname|José Manuel|Ramos-Horta|José Ramos-Horta}}||{{age|1949|12|26}}||{{flag|East Timor}}||{{sortname||None|Independent (politician)|zzzz}}||Prime Minister of East Timor (2006–2007)
President of East Timor (2007–2012)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Poul Nyrup|Rasmussen}}||{{age|1943|6|15}}||{{DNK}}||{{sortname||Social Democrats|Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats Denmark}}||Prime Minister of Denmark (1993–2001)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Mary|Robinson}}||{{age|1944|5|21}}||{{IRL}}||{{sortname||None|Independent (politician)|zzzz}}||President of Ireland (1990–97)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997–2002)

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| 100px||{{sortname|José Luis|Rodríguez Zapatero||Rodriguez Zapatero, Jose Luis}}||{{age|1960|8|4}}||{{ESP}}||{{sortname||PSOE|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|Socialist Workers Party Spain}}||President of the Government of Spain (2004–2011)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Petre|Roman}}||{{age|1946|7|22}}||{{ROU}} ||{{sortname||FSN|National Salvation Front (Romania)|FSN Romania}} (1989–1991)||Prime Minister of Romania (1989–1991)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Kevin|Rudd}}||{{age|1957|9|21}}||{{AUS}} ||{{sortname||ALP|Australian Labor Party|ALP Australia}} ||Prime Minister of Australia (2007–2010, 2013)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Julio María|Sanguinetti}}||{{age|1936|1|6}}||{{URY}}||{{sortname||PC|Colorado Party (Uruguay)|PC Uruguay}}||President of Uruguay (1985–1990, 1995–2000)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Wolfgang|Schüssel}}||{{age|1945|6|7}}||{{AUT}}||{{sortname||ÖVP|Austrian People's Party|ÖVP Austria}}||Chancellor of Austria (2000–2007)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Jenny|Shipley}}||{{age|1952|2|4}}||{{NZL}}||{{sortname||National|New Zealand National Party|National New Zealand}}||Prime Minister of New Zealand (1997–1999)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Jóhanna|Sigurðardóttir}}||{{age|1942|10|4}}||{{ISL}}||{{sortname||Social Democratic Alliance|Social Democratic Alliance|Social Democratic Alliance Iceland}}||Prime Minister of Iceland (2009–2013)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Fuad|Siniora|Fouad Siniora}}||{{age|1943|4|14}}||{{LBN}}||{{sortname||FM|Movement of the Future|FM Lebanon}}||Prime Minister of Lebanon (2005–2009)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Alexander|Stubb}}||{{age|1968|4|1}}||{{FIN}}||{{sortname||NCP|National Coalition Party|NCP Finland}}||Prime Minister of Finland (2014–2015)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Hanna|Suchocka}}||{{age|1946|4|3}}||{{POL}}||{{sortname||UD|Democratic Union (Poland)|UD Poland}}||Prime Minister of Poland (1992–1993)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Boris|Tadić}}||{{age|1958|1|15}}||{{SRB}}||{{sortname||Social Democratic|Social Democratic Party (Serbia)|Social Democratic Party (Serbia)}}||President of Serbia (2004–2012)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Jigme|Thinley}}||{{age|1952|9|9}}||{{BTN}}||{{sortname||DPT|Druk Phuensum Tshogpa|DPT Bhutan}}||Prime Minister of Bhutan (2008–2013)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Helle|Thorning-Schmidt}}||{{age|1966|12|14}}||{{DNK}}||{{sortname||Social Democrats|Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats (Denmark)}}||Prime Minister of Denmark (2011–2015)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Martín|Torrijos||Torrijos, Martin}}||{{age|1963|7|18}}||{{PAN}}||{{sortname||PRD|Democratic Revolutionary Party|PRD Panama}}||President of Panama (2004–2009)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Aminata|Touré|Aminata Touré (Senegalese politician)|Touré, Aminata}}||{{age|1962|10|12}}||{{SEN}}||{{sortname||APR|Alliance for the Republic (Senegal)|APR Senegal}}||Prime Minister of Senegal (2013–2014)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Tsakhiagiin|Elbegdorj||Tsakhiagiin, Elbegdorj}}||{{age|1963|3|30}}||{{MNG}}||{{sortname||Democratic Party|Democratic Party (Mongolia)}}||Prime Minister of Mongolia (2004–2006)
President of Mongolia (2009–2017)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Danilo|Türk||Turk, Martin}}||{{age|1952|2|19}}||{{SVN}}||{{sortname||None|Independent (politician)|zzzz}}||President of Slovenia (2007–2012)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Cassam|Uteem}}||{{age|1941|3|22}}||{{MUS}}||{{sortname||MMM|Mauritian Militant Movement|MMM Mauritius}}||President of Mauritius (1992–2002)

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| 100px||{{sortname|Herman|Van Rompuy}}||{{age|1947|10|31}}||{{BEL}}||{{sortname||CD&V|Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V Belgium}}||Prime Minister of Belgium (2008–2009)
President of the European Council (2009–2014)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Guy|Verhofstadt}}||{{age|1953|4|11}}||{{BEL}}||{{sortname||VLD|Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten|VLD Belgium}}||Prime Minister of Belgium (1999–2008)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Vaira|Vīķe-Freiberga||Vīķe-Freiberga, Vaira}}||{{age|1937|12|1}}||{{LVA}}||{{sortname||None|Independent (politician)|zzzz}}||President of Latvia (1999–2007)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Susilo Bambang|Yudhoyono}}||{{age|1949|9|9}}||{{IDN}}||{{sortname||Democratic Party|Democratic Party (Indonesia)|Democratic Party (Indonesia)}}||President of Indonesia (2004–2014)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Ernesto|Zedillo}}||{{age|1951|12|27}}||{{MEX}}||{{sortname||PRI|Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI Mexico}}||President of Mexico (1994–2000)

|-

|File:Moussa Mara 2014-07-19.jpg

|Moussa Mara

|48

|{{MLI}}

|Change Party

|Prime Minister of Mali (2014–2015)

|-

|File:Hilda Heine 20171030.jpg

|Hilda Heine

|72

|{{MIL}}

|Independent

|President of the Marshall Islands(2016–2020) (2024-)

|-

|File:Ram Nath Kovind official portrait.jpg||{{sortname|Ram Nath|Kovind|Ram Nath Kovind}}||77||{{IND}}||{{sortname||BJP|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||President of India (2017–2022)

|-

|File:Carlos Alvarado (cropped).jpg

|Carlos Alvarado

|43

|{{CRI}}

|Citizens' Action Party

|President of Costa Rica (2018–2022)

|-

|File:Retrato oficial del Presidente Mauricio Macri.jpg

|Mauricio Macri

|64

|{{ARG}}

|Republican Proposal

|President of Argentina (2015–2019)

|-

|File:Francisco Sagasti Hochhausler.jpg

|Francisco Sagasti

|78

|{{PER}}

|Purple Party

|President of Peru (2020–2021)

|-

|File:Joachim Gauck - 2019-08-14 (cropped).jpg

|Joachim Gauck

|83

|{{GER}}

|Independent

|President of Germany (2012–2017)

|-

|File:Juncker 2010.jpg

|Jean-Claude Juncker

|68

|{{LUX}}

|Christian Social People's Party

|Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995–2013)

President of the European Commission (2014–2019)

|-

|File:Stefan Löfven 26 jan 2012 1.jpg

|Stefan Löfven

|65

|{{SWE}}

|Social Democratic Party

|Prime Minister of Sweden (2014–2021)

|-

|File:Портрет 3-го президента України Віктора Ющенка (cropped).jpeg

|Viktor Yushchenko

|69

|{{UKR}}

|Our Ukraine

|President of Ukraine (2005–2010)

|-

|File:Valdis Zatlers in 2011.jpg

|Valdis Zatlers

|68

|{{LVA}}

|Reform Party

|President of Latvia (2007–2011)

|-

|File:Cellou Dalein Diallo 2011.jpg

|Cellou Dalein Diallo

|73

|{{GIN}}

|Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea

| Prime Minister of Guinea (2004–2006)

|-

|File:Julia Gillard.jpg

|Julia Gillard

|63

|{{AUS}}

|Australian Labor Party

|Prime Minister of Australia (2010—2013)

|-

|File:Alain Berset (2023).jpg

|Alain Berset

|53

|{{CHE}}

|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

|President of Switzerland (2018—2023)

|-

|File:Natalia Gavrilița Feb 2023 (cropped).jpg

|Natalia Gavrilița

|47

|{{MDA}}

|Party of Action and Solidarity

| Prime Minister of Moldova (2021—2023)

|-

|File:Finlands statsminister Mari Kiviniemi, Nordiska radets session 201.jpg

|Mari Kiviniemi

|56

|{{FIN}}

|Centre Party (Finland)

| Prime Minister of Finland (2010—2011)

|-

|File:Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin 2019 (cropped).jpg

|Sanna Marin

|39

|{{FIN}}

|Social Democratic Party of Finland

| Prime Minister of Finland (2019—2023)

|}

|-

|

|María Elena Agüero

|2016

|Present

|{{USA}}

|None

|

|}

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Belisario|Betancur}}||20181207{{death date and age|mf=yes|2018|12|7|1923|2|4}}||{{COL}}||{{sortname||Conservative|Colombian Conservative Party|Conservative Party Colombia}}||President of Colombia (1982–1986)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Wim|Kok}}||20181020{{death date and age|mf=yes|2018|10|20|1938|9|29}}||{{flagcountry|Kingdom of the Netherlands}}||{{sortname||Labour|Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party Netherlands}}||Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Kofi|Annan}}||20180818{{death date and age|mf=yes|2018|8|18|1938|4|8}}||{{GHA}}||{{sortname||None|Independent (politician)|zzzz}}||Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Álvaro|Arzú}}||20180427{{death date and age|mf=yes|2018|4|27|1946|3|14}}||{{GTM}}||{{sortname||Unionist|Unionist Party (Guatemala)|Unionist Party of Guatemala}}||President of Guatemala (1996–2000)
Mayor of Guatemala City (2004–2018)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Ruud|Lubbers}}||20180214{{death date and age|mf=yes|2018|2|14|1939|5|7}}||{{flagcountry|Kingdom of the Netherlands}}||{{sortname||Christian Democratic|Christian Democratic Appeal|Christian Democratic Appeal Netherlands}}||Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982–1994)
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2001–2005)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Quett|Masire}}||20170622{{death date and age|mf=yes|2017|6|22|1925|7|23}}||{{BWA}}||{{sortname||BDP|Botswana Democratic Party|BDP Botswana}}||President of Botswana (1980–1998)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Helmut|Kohl}}||20170616{{death date and age|mf=yes|2017|6|16|1930|4|3}}||{{DEU}}
{{FRG}}||{{sortname||Christian Democratic|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union Germany}}||Chancellor of West Germany (1982–1990)
Chancellor of Germany (1990–1998)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|James|Mancham}}||20170108{{death date and age|mf=yes|2017|1|8|1939|8|11}}||{{SEY}}||{{sortname||Democratic|Seychelles Democratic Party|Democratic Party Seychellese}}||President of Seychelles (1976–1977)

|-

| 126x126px||{{sortname|Mário|Soares||Soares, Mario}}||20170107{{death date and age|mf=yes|2017|01|07|1924|12|7}}||{{PRT}}||{{sortname||Socialist|Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party Portugal}}||Prime Minister of Portugal (1976–1978, 1983–1985)
President of Portugal (1986–1996)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|António|Mascarenhas Monteiro}}||20160916{{death date and age|mf=yes|2016|9|16|1944|2|16}}||{{CPV}}||{{sortname||MPD|Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde)|MPD Cape Verde}}||President of Cape Verde (1991–2001)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Patricio|Aylwin}}||20160419{{death date and age|mf=yes|2016|4|19|1928|11|26}}||{{CHL}}||{{sortname||PDC|Christian Democratic Party (Chile)|PDC Chile}}||President of Chile (1990–1994)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Abd Al-Karim|Al-Iryani}}||20151108{{death date and age|mf=yes|2015|11|8|1934|10|12}}||{{YEM}}
{{flag|North Yemen}}||{{sortname||GPC|General People's Congress (Yemen)}}||Prime Minister of North Yemen (1980–1983)
Prime Minister of Yemen (1998–2001)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Adolfo|Suárez||Suarez, Adolfo}}||20140323{{death date and age|mf=yes|2014|3|23|1932|9|5}}||{{flag|Spain|1977}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of Spain 1945 1977.svg}}||{{sortname||MN|FET y de las JONS|MN Spain}} (until 1977)
{{sortname||UCD|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD Spain}} (1977–82)||President of the Government of Spain (1976–81)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Tadeusz|Mazowiecki}}||20131028{{death date and age|mf=yes|2013|10|28|1927|4|18}}||{{POL}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of Poland.svg}} PR Poland||{{sortname||KO "S"|Solidarity Citizens' Committee|KOS Poland}} (1980–91)
UD (1991–94)||Prime Minister of Poland (1989–91)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Inder Kumar|Gujral|Inder Kumar Gujral}}||20121130{{death date and age|2012|11|30|1919|12|4|mf=y}}||{{IND}}||{{sortname||JD|Janata Dal}}||Prime Minister of India (1997–98)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Václav|Havel||Havel, Vaclev}}||20111218{{death date and age|mf=yes|2011|12|18|1936|10|5}}||{{CZE}}
{{CSK}}||{{sortname||OF|Civic Forum|Civic Forum Czechoslovakia}} (1989–93)
None (1993–2004)||President of Czechoslovakia (1989–92)
President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Ferenc|Mádl||Madl, Ferenc}}||20110529{{death date and age|mf=yes|2011|5|29|1931|1|29}}||{{HUN}}||{{sortname||None|Independent (politician)|zzzz}}||President of Hungary (2000–05)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Raúl|Alfonsín||Alfonsin, Raul}}||20090331{{death date and age|mf=yes|2009|3|31|1927|3|12}}||{{ARG}}||{{sortname||UCR|Radical Civic Union|UCR Argentina}}||President of Argentina (1983–89)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Leopoldo|Calvo-Sotelo}}||20080503{{death date and age|mf=yes|2008|5|3|1926|4|14}}||{{flag|Spain|1977}}||{{sortname||UCD|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD Spain}}||President of the Government of Spain (1981–82)

|-

| 100px||{{sortname|Lennart|Meri}}||20060314{{death date and age|mf=yes|2006|3|14|1929|3|29}}||{{EST}}
{{URS}}||{{sortname||Isamaa|National Coalition Party Pro Patria|Isamaa Estonia}} (since 1992)||President of Estonia (1992–2001)

|-

| File:Valentin_Paniagua_1960's_(colored)_II.jpg100px||{{sortname|Valentín|Paniagua||Paniagua, Valentin}}||20061016{{death date and age|mf=yes|2006|10|16|1936|9|23}}||{{PER}}||{{sortname||AC|Popular Action (Peru)|AC Peru}}||President of Peru (2000–01)

|-

|File:Rupiah Banda.jpg

|Rupiah Banda

|March 11, 2022

(aged 85)

|{{ZMB}}

|Movement for Multi-Party Democracy

|President of Zambia

(2008—2011)

|-

|File:John Bruton, February 2002 (cropped 02).jpg

|John Bruton

|February 6, 2024

(aged 76)

|{{IRL}}

|Fine Gael

|Taoiseach of Ireland (1994—1997)

|-

|File:Очирбат Пунсалмаа.jpg

|Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat

|January 17, 2025

(aged 82)

|{{MNG}}

|Mongolian People's Party

|President of Mongolia

(1990—1997)

|-

|File:Horst Köhler.jpg

|Horst Köhler

|February 1, 2025

(aged 81)

|{{DEU}}

|Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|President of Germany

(2004—2010)

|}

• CC9

{{Anchor|Notes}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website}}
• {{Cite web |url=http://www.clubmadrid.org/img/secciones/CdM_Members_By_Region-March_2014.pdf |title=Members of the Club of Madrid by region (March 2014) |publisher=Club of Madrid |access-date=6 August 2014 |date=March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121060258/http://www.clubmadrid.org/img/secciones/CdM_Members_By_Region-March_2014.pdf |archive-date=21 November 2014 }}

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