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United World Leaders
Members of the Boards · November 2026

Those who have led nations.

15 former Presidents, a former Interim President and 12 former Prime Ministers from 25 nations, led by the Chairman and the Executive Committee.

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

Former President of Colombia

Portrait of Yves Leterme

Yves Leterme

Former Prime Minister of Belgium

Portrait of Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Former President of Mauritius

Executive Committee
Portrait of Geir Hilmar Haarde

Geir Hilmar Haarde

Former Prime Minister of Iceland

Portrait of Leonel Fernández

Leonel Fernández

Former President of the Dominican Republic

Portrait of Rosalía Arteaga Serrano

Rosalía Arteaga Serrano

Former President of Ecuador

Portrait of Igor Lukšić

Igor Lukšić

Former Prime Minister of Montenegro

Executive Committee
Portrait of Yulia Tymoshenko

Yulia Tymoshenko

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine

Portrait of Jorge Tuto Quiroga

Jorge Tuto Quiroga

Former President of Bolivia

Portrait of Vicente Fox Quesada

Vicente Fox Quesada

Former President of Mexico

Portrait of Joyce Hilda Banda

Joyce Hilda Banda

Former President of Malawi

Portrait of Joseph Jouthe

Joseph Jouthe

Former Prime Minister of Haiti

Portrait of Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez

Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez

Former Interim President of Venezuela

Portrait of Rosen Plevneliev

Rosen Plevneliev

Former President of Bulgaria

Portrait of Joseph Muscat

Joseph Muscat

Former Prime Minister of Malta

Portrait of Youssef Chahed

Youssef Chahed

Former Prime Minister of Tunisia

Portrait of Ivo Josipović

Ivo Josipović

Former President of Croatia

Executive Committee
Portrait of Jamil Mahuad

Jamil Mahuad

Former President of Ecuador

Portrait of Boris Tadić

Boris Tadić

Former President of Serbia

Portrait of Djoomart Otorbaev

Djoomart Otorbaev

Former Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic

Portrait of Anatoliy Kinakh

Anatoliy Kinakh

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine

Portrait of Jean Henry Céant

Jean Henry Céant

Former Prime Minister of Haiti

Portrait of Chiril Gaburici

Chiril Gaburici

Former Prime Minister of Moldova

Portrait of Mohamed Waheed Hassan

Mohamed Waheed Hassan

Former President of the Maldives

Portrait of Andrej Kiska

Andrej Kiska

Former President of Slovakia

Portrait of Macky Sall

Macky Sall

Former President of Senegal

Portrait of Hassan Diab

Hassan Diab

Former Prime Minister of Lebanon

Portrait of Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona

Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona

Former President of Trinidad and Tobago

Names and titles as listed on the Institution’s Members of UWL Boards page, as of November 2026.

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Nations represented

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

Where a member of the Boards held office
Honorary Members

Ambassadors, ministers, legislators, mayors and leaders of enterprise

Listed by the Institution as Honorary Members.

Honorary Members