Among its main goals are the strengthening of democratic institutions and counselling on the resolution of political conflicts in two key areas: democratic leadership and governance and response to crisis and post-crisis situations.
The Club de Madrid works together with governments, inter-governmental organizations, civil society, scholars and representatives from the business world, to encourage dialogue in order to foster social and political change. The Club de Madrid also searches for effective methods to provide technical advice and recommendations to nations that are taking steps to establish democracy.
The Club is based in Madrid (Spain), although meetings are held worldwide. Currently, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, the former President of Latvia (1999–2007), is the organization's president, and it has two vice presidents: Jennifer Shipley (New Zealand) and Jorge Fernando Quiroga (Bolivia). The former president of the Club of Madrid is Wim Kok (2009–2013).
The Club was created from an event that was held in October 2001 in Madrid, a four-day Conference on Democratic Transition and Consolidation (CDTC). This event brought together 35 world leaders, over 100 esteemed academics and policy specialists from Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa to discuss ideas and means of implementation from both objective and subjective perspectives. The conference discussed eight main topics:
The Club de Madrid's primary asset is its membership, which includes 95 distinguished former heads of state and government of democratic nations. The comparative advantage of the Club de Madrid is based on the following key assets:
Full Members are members of the Club de Madrid who provide their personal and political experience as former Heads of State and Government. Their appointment, based on a proposal from the Board of Directors, is approved by the General Assembly.
Direct exchanges with current leaders of countries in the process of democratic transition on a peer-to-peer basis, and the Member's ability to deliver the right message at the right time, are two of the major assets of the Club de Madrid. In this sense, the Members of the Club de Madrid can also help focus much needed international attention on targeted countries and leverage the work of other institutions trying to promote democracy.
The Club's members are supported by a network of world-class experts who work together to offer assistance on a range of democratic reform issues.
The Club is a non-profit organisation and members offer their services on a pro bono basis, It exists financially on donations which are used to support a permanent secretariat and fund some specific project. The Club's accounts are audited annually by an external organisation.
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, each of whom resides in the US.
Several members of the Club played prominent roles in the diplomatic and military proceedings aimed at ending the wars in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s:
| Name | Age | Nation | Party | Office(s) held |
|---|
| Valdas|Adamkus}} | 1926|11|3}} | {{LIT}} | {{sortname | Independent politician|zzzz} | President of Lithuania (1998–2003, 2004–2009) |
| Esko|Aho}} | 1954|5|20}} | {{FIN}} | {{sortname | Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party Finland} | Prime Minister of Finland (1991–1995) |
| Martti|Ahtisaari}} | 1937|6|23}} | {{FIN}} | {{sortname | Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party Finland} | President of Finland (1994–2000) |
| Sadiq|al-Mahdi}} | 1935|12|25}} | {{SUD}} | {{sortname | National Umma Party Sudan|Umma National Party Sudan} | Prime Minister of Sudan (1966–1967, 1986–1989) |
| Óscar|Arias}} | 1940|9|13}} | {{CRI}} | {{sortname | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN Costa Rica} | President of Costa Rica (1986–1990, 2006–2010) |
| Hamadi|Jebali}} | 1949|10|13}} | {{TUN}} | {{sortname | Ennahdha} | Head of Government of Tunisia (2011-2013) |
| Mehdi|Jomaa}} | 1962|4|21}} | {{TUN}} | {{sortname | Independent politician|zzzz} | Head of Government of Tunisia (2014-2015) |
| José María|Aznar}} | 1953|2|25}} | {{ESP}} | {{sortname | People's Party (Spain)|PP Spain} | President of the Government of Spain (1996–2004) |
| Michelle|Bachelet}} | 1951|9|29}} | {{CHI}} | {{sortname | Socialist Party of Chile|Socialist Party Chile} | President of Chile (2006–2010, 2014–2018)
Executive Director of UN Women (2010–2013)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2018-) |
| Rupiah|Banda}} | 1937|2|13}} | {{ZAM}} | {{sortname | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy} | President of Zambia (2008–2011) |
| Carl|Bildt}} | 1949|7|15}} | {{SWE}} | {{sortname | Moderate Party|Moderate Party Sweden} | Prime Minister of Sweden (1991–1994)
High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995–1997) |
| Valdis|Birkavs}} | 1942|7|28}} | {{LVA}} | {{sortname | Latvian Way} | Prime Minister of Latvia (1993–1994) |
| Kjell Magne|Bondevik}} | 1947|9|3}} | {{NOR}} | {{sortname | Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democratic Party Norway} | Prime Minister of Norway (1997–2000, 2001–2005) |
| Gro Harlem|Brundtland}} | 1939|4|20}} | {{NOR}} | {{sortname | Labour Party (Norway)|Labour Party Norway} | Prime Minister of Norway (1981, 1986–1989, 1990–1996)
Director-General of the World Health Organization (1998–2003) |
| John|Bruton}} | 1947|5|18}} | {{IRL}} | {{sortname | Fine Gael} | Taoiseach of Ireland (1994–1997)
EU Ambassador to the United States (2004–2009) |
| Jerzy|Buzek}} | 1940|7|3}} | {{POL}} | {{sortname | Civic Platform} | Prime Minister of Poland (1997–2001)
President of the European Parliament (2009–2012) |
| Felipe|Calderón}} | 1962|8|18}} | {{MEX}} | {{sortname | National Action Party (Mexico)|PAN Mexico} | President of Mexico (2006–2012) |
| Micheline|Calmy-Rey}} | 1945|7|8}} | {{SWI}} | {{sortname | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party Switzerland} | Member of the Federal Council (2003–2011)
(President in 2011) |
| Kim|Campbell}} | 1947|3|10}} | {{CAN}} | {{sortname | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party Canada} | Prime Minister of Canada (1993) |
| Fernando Henrique|Cardoso}} | 1931|6|18}} | {{BRA}} | {{sortname | Brazilian Social Democracy Party|Social Democracy Party Brazil} | President of Brazil (1995–2003) |
| Aníbal|Cavaco Silva}} | 1939|7|15}} | {{PRT}} | {{sortname | Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic Party Portugal} | Prime Minister of Portugal (1985–1995)
President of Portugal (2006–2016) |
| Joaquim|Chissano}} | 1939|10|22}} | {{MOZ}} | {{sortname | FRELIMO} | President of Mozambique (1986–2005) |
| Jean|Chrétien}} | 1934|1|11}} | {{CAN}} | {{sortname | Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party Canada} | Prime Minister of Canada (1993–2003) |
| Bill|Clinton}} | 1946|8|19}} | {{USA}} | {{sortname | Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party United States} | President of the United States (1993–2001) |
| Philip|Dimitrov}} | 1955|3|31}} | {{BGR}} | {{sortname | Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)|SDS Bulgaria} | Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1991–1992) |
| Luísa|Diogo}} | 1958|4|11}} | {{MOZ}} | {{sortname | FRELIMO} | Prime Minister of Mozambique (2004–2010) |
| Leonel|Fernández}} | 1953|12|26}} | {{DOM}} | {{sortname | Dominican Liberation Party|PLD Dominican Republic} | President of the Dominican Republic (1996–2000, 2004–2012) |
| José María|Figueres}} | 1954|12|24}} | {{CRI}} | {{sortname | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN Costa Rica} | President of Costa Rica (1994–1998) |
| Vigdís|Finnbogadóttir}} | 1930|4|15}} | {{ISL}} | {{sortname | Independent (politician)|zzzz} | President of Iceland (1980–1996) |
| Vicente|Fox}} | 1942|7|2}} | {{MEX}} | {{sortname | National Action Party (Mexico)|PAN Mexico} | President of Mexico (2000–2006) |
| Eduardo|Frei Ruiz-Tagle}} | 1942|6|24}} | {{CHL}} | {{sortname | Christian Democratic Party (Chile)|Christian Democratic Party Chile} | President of Chile (1994–2000) |
| Yasuo|Fukuda}} | 1936|7|16}} | {{JPN}} | {{sortname | Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party Japan} | Prime Minister of Japan (2007–2008) |
| César|Gaviria}} | 1947|3|31}} | {{COL}} | {{sortname | Colombian Liberal Party|Liberal Party Colombia} | President of Colombia (1990–1994)
Secretary General of the Organization of American States (1994–2004) |
| Amine Pierre|Gemayel|Amine Gemayel}} | 1942|1|22}} | {{LBN}} | {{sortname | Kataeb Party|Kataeb} | President of Lebanon (1982–1988) |
| Felipe|González}} | 1942|3|5}} | {{ESP}} | {{sortname | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|Socialist Workers Party Spain} | President of the Government of Spain (1982–1996) |
| Mikhail|Gorbachev}} | 1931|3|2}} | {{RUS}}
{{URS}} | {{sortname | Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist Soviet Union} (until 1991) | General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985–1991)
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet/President of the Soviet Union (1988–1991) |
| Alfred|Gusenbauer|}} | 1960|2|8}} | {{AUT}} | {{sortname | Social Democratic Party of Austria|Social Democratic Party Austria} | Chancellor of Austria (2007–2008) |
| António|Guterres|}} | 1949|4|30}} | {{PRT}} | {{sortname | Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party Portugal} | Prime Minister of Portugal (1995–2002)
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2005–2016)
UN Secretary-General (2016-present) |
| Bacharuddin Jusuf|Habibie|B. J. Habibie|}} | 1936|6|25}} | {{IDN}} | {{sortname | Golkar} | President of Indonesia (1998–1999) |
| Tarja|Halonen}} | 1943|12|24}} | {{FIN}} | {{sortname | Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party Finland} | President of Finland (2000–2012) |
| {{sortname | Han Seung-soo} | 1936|12|28}} | {{KOR}} | {{sortname | Liberty Korea Party} | Prime Minister of South Korea (2008–2009) |
| Osvaldo|Hurtado}} | 1939|6|26}} | {{ECU}} | {{sortname | Christian Democratic Union (Ecuador)|Christian Democratic Union Ecuador} | President of Ecuador (1981–1984) |
| Alain|Juppé}} | 1945|8|15}} | {{FRA}} | {{sortname | Union for a Popular Movement} | Prime Minister of France (1995–1997) |
| Horst|Köhler | Kohler, Horst} | 1943|2|22}} | {{DEU}} | {{sortname | Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union Germany} | President of Germany (2004–2010) |
| Alpha Oumar|Konaré}} | 1946|2|2}} | {{MLI}} | {{sortname | Alliance for Democracy in Mali} | President of Mali (1992–2002)
Chairman of the AU Commission (2003–2008) |
| Milan|Kucan | Kucan, Milan} | 1941|1|14}} | {{SVN}}
{{YUG}} | {{sortname | League of Communists of Slovenia|Communist Slovenia} (until 1990)
None (since 1990) | President of Slovenia (1991–2002) |
| John|Kufuor}} | 1938|12|8}} | {{GHA}} | {{sortname | New Patriotic Party|NPP Ghana} | President of Ghana (2001–2009)
Chairman of the AU (2007–2008) |
| Chandrika|Kumaratunga}} | 1945|6|29}} | {{LKA}} | {{sortname | Sri Lanka Freedom Party|SLFP Sri Lanka} | President of Sri Lanka (1994–2005) |
| Aleksander|Kwasniewski}} | 1954|11|15}} | {{POL}} | {{sortname | Independent (politician)|zzzz} (since 1995) | President of Poland (1995–2005) |
| Luis Alberto|Lacalle}} | 1941|7|13}} | {{URY}} | {{sortname | National Party (Uruguay)|PN Uruguay} | President of Uruguay (1990–1995) |
| Ricardo|Lagos}} | 1938|3|2}} | {{CHL}} | {{sortname | Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD Chile} | President of Chile (2000–2006) |
| Zlatko|Lagumdžija}} | 1955|12|26}} | {{BIH}} | {{sortname | Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Social Democratic Party Bosnia and Herzegovina} | Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001–2002) |
| {{sortname | Lee Hong-koo} | 1955|12|26}} | {{KOR}} | {{sortname | Liberty Korea Party} | Prime Minister of South Korea (1994–1995) |
| Thabo|Mbeki}} | 1942|6|18}} | {{ZAF}} | {{sortname | African National Congress|ANC South Africa} | President of South Africa (1999–2008) |
| Rexhep|Meidani}} | 1944|8|17}} | {{ALB}} | {{sortname | Socialist Party of Albania|Socialist Party Albania} | President of Albania (1997–2002) |
| Benjamin|Mkapa}} | 1938|11|12}} | {{TZA}} | {{sortname | Chama cha Mapinduzi|CCM Tanzania} | President of Tanzania (1995–2005) |
| Festus|Mogae}} | 1939|8|21}} | {{BWA}} | {{sortname | Botswana Democratic Party|BDP Botswana} | President of Botswana (1998–2008) |
| Olusegun|Obasanjo}} | 1937|3|5}} | {{NGA}} | {{sortname | People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|PDP Nigeria} | Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria (1976–1979)
President of Nigeria (1999–2007) |
| Roza|Otunbayeva}} | 1950|8|23}} | {{KGZ}} | {{sortname | Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan|Social Democratic Party Kyrgyzstan} (2007–2010) | President of Kyrgyzstan (2010–2011) |
| Anand|Panyarachun}} | 1932|8|9}} | {{THA}} | {{sortname | Independent (politician)|zzzz} | Prime Minister of Thailand (1991–1992) |
| George|Papandreou}} | 1952|6|16}} | {{GRE}} | {{sortname | Panhellenic Socialist Movement|Socialist Greece} | Prime Minister of Greece (2009–2011) |
| Andrés|Pastrana|Andrés Pastrana Arango}} | 1954|8|17}} | {{COL}} | {{sortname | Colombian Conservative Party|Conservative Party Colombia} | President of Colombia (1998–2002) |
| P.J.|Patterson|P. J. Patterson}} | 1935|4|10}} | {{JAM}} | {{sortname | People's National Party|PNP Jamaica} (until 2011) | Prime Minister of Jamaica (1992–2006) |
| Javier|Pérez de Cuéllar | Perez de Cuellar, Javier} | 1920|1|19}} | {{PER}} | {{sortname | Union for Peru|UPP Peru} | Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991)
President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (2000–2001) |
| Romano|Prodi}} | 1939|8|9}} | {{ITA}} | {{sortname | 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) |
| Jorge|Quiroga}} | 1960|5|5}} | {{BOL}} | {{sortname | Social and Democratic Power|PODEMOS Bolivia} | President of Bolivia (2001–2002) |
| Fidel V.|Ramos}} | 1928|3|18}} | {{PHL}} | {{sortname | Lakas – Christian Muslim Democrats|Lakas Philippines} | President of the Philippines (1992–1998) |
| José Manuel|Ramos-Horta|José Ramos-Horta}} | 1949|12|26}} | East Timor}} | {{sortname | Independent (politician)|zzzz} | Prime Minister of East Timor (2006–2007)
President of East Timor (2007–2012) |
| Poul Nyrup|Rasmussen}} | 1943|6|15}} | {{DNK}} | {{sortname | Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats Denmark} | Prime Minister of Denmark (1993–2001) |
| Mary|Robinson}} | 1944|5|21}} | {{IRL}} | {{sortname | Independent (politician)|zzzz} | President of Ireland (1990–97)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997–2002) |
| José Luis|Rodríguez Zapatero | Rodriguez Zapatero, Jose Luis} | 1960|8|4}} | {{ESP}} | {{sortname | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|Socialist Workers Party Spain} | President of the Government of Spain (2004–2011) |
| Petre|Roman}} | 1946|7|22}} | {{flagicon image>Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg}} SR Romania | {{sortname | National Salvation Front (Romania)|FSN Romania} (1989–1991) | Prime Minister of Romania (1989–1991) |
| Jorge|Sampaio}} | 1939|9|18}} | {{PRT}} | {{sortname | Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party Portugal} | President of Portugal (1996–2006) |
| Gonzalo|Sánchez de Lozada | Sanchez de Lozada, Gonzalo} | 1930|7|1}} | {{BOL}} | {{sortname | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement|MNR Bolivia} | President of Bolivia (1993–1997, 2002–2003) |
| Julio María|Sanguinetti}} | 1936|1|6}} | {{URY}} | {{sortname | Colorado Party (Uruguay)|PC Uruguay} | President of Uruguay (1985–1990, 1995–2000) |
| Jennifer Mary|Shipley|Jenny Shipley}} | 1952|2|4}} | {{NZL}} | {{sortname | New Zealand National Party|National New Zealand} | Prime Minister of New Zealand (1997–1999) |
| Fuad|Siniora|Fouad Siniora}} | 1943|4|14}} | {{LBN}} | {{sortname | Movement of the Future|FM Lebanon} | Prime Minister of Lebanon (2005–2009) |
| Hanna|Suchocka}} | 1946|4|3}} | {{POL}} | {{sortname | Democratic Union (Poland)|UD Poland} | Prime Minister of Poland (1992–1993) |
| Boris|Tadic}} | 1958|1|15}} | {{SRB}} | {{sortname | New Democratic Party–Greens|NDS Greens Serbia} | President of Serbia (2004–2012) |
| Alejandro|Toledo}} | 1946|3|28}} | {{PER}} | {{sortname | Possible Peru|PP Peru} | President of Peru (2001–2006) |
| Martín|Torrijos | Torrijos, Martin} | 1963|7|18}} | {{PAN}} | {{sortname | Democratic Revolutionary Party|PRD Panama} | President of Panama (2004–2009) |
| Danilo|Türk | Turk, Martin} | 1952|2|19}} | {{SVN}} | {{sortname | Independent (politician)|zzzz} | President of Slovenia (2007–2012) |
| Cassam|Uteem}} | 1941|3|22}} | {{MUS}} | {{sortname | Mauritian Militant Movement|MMM Mauritius} | President of Mauritius (1992–2002) |
| Guy|Verhofstadt}} | 1953|4|11}} | {{BEL}} | {{sortname | Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten|VLD Belgium} | Prime Minister of Belgium (1999–2008) |
| Vaira|Vike-Freiberga | Vike-Freiberga, Vaira} | 1937|12|1}} | {{LVA}} | {{sortname | Independent (politician)|zzzz} | President of Latvia (1999–2007) |
| Ernesto|Zedillo}} | 1951|12|27}} | {{MEX}} | {{sortname | Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI Mexico} | President of Mexico (1994–2000) |
| Name | Died | Nation | Party | Office(s) held |
|---|
| Belisario|Betancur}} | mf=yes|2018|12|7|1923|2|4}} | {{COL}} | {{sortname | Colombian Conservative Party|Conservative Party Colombia} | President of Colombia (1982–1986) |
| Wim|Kok}} | mf=yes|2018|10|20|1938|9|29}} | Kingdom of the Netherlands}} | {{sortname | Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party Netherlands} | Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002) |
| Kofi|Annan}} | mf=yes|2018|8|18|1938|4|8}} | {{GHA}} | {{sortname | Independent (politician)|zzzz} | Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006) |
| Álvaro|Arzú}} | mf=yes|2018|4|27|1946|3|14}} | {{GTM}} | {{sortname | National Advancement Party|PAN Guatemala} | President of Guatemala (1996–2000)
Mayor of Guatemala City (2004–2018) |
| Ruud|Lubbers}} | mf=yes|2018|2|14|1939|5|7}} | Kingdom of the Netherlands}} | {{sortname | Christian Democratic Appeal|Christian Democratic Appeal Netherlands} | Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982–1994)
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2001–2005) |
| Ketumile|Masire|Quett Masire}} | mf=yes|2017|6|22|1925|7|23}} | {{BWA}} | {{sortname | Botswana Democratic Party|BDP Botswana} | President of Botswana (1980–1998) |
| Helmut|Kohl}} | 20170616{{death date and age>mf=yes|2017|6|16|1930|4|3}} | {{DEU}}
{{FRG}} | {{sortname | Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union Germany} | Chancellor of West Germany (1982–1990)
Chancellor of Germany (1990–1998) |
| James|Mancham}} | 20170108{{death date and age>mf=yes|2017|1|8|1939|8|11}} | {{SEY}} | {{sortname | Seychelles Democratic Party|Democratic Party Seychellese} | President of Seychelles (1976–1977) |
| Mário|Soares | Soares, Mario} | 20170107{{death date and age>mf=yes|2017|01|07|1924|12|7}} | {{PRT}} | {{sortname | Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party Portugal} | Prime Minister of Portugal (1976–1978, 1983–1985)
President of Portugal (1986–1996) |
| António|Mascarenhas Monteiro}} | 20160916{{death date and age>mf=yes|2016|9|16|1944|2|16}} | {{CPV}} | {{sortname | Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde)|MPD Cape Verde} | President of Cape Verde (1991–2001) |
| Abdul-kareem|al-Eryani|Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani}} | 20151108{{death date and age>mf=yes|2015|11|8|1934|10|12}} | {{flag>North Yemen}} | {{sortname | General People's Congress (Yemen)} | Prime Minister of North Yemen (1980–1983)
Prime Minister of Yemen (1998–2001) |
| Adolfo|Suárez | Suarez, Adolfo} | 20140323{{death date and age>mf=yes|2014|3|23|1932|9|5}} | Spain|1977}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of Spain 1945 1977.svg}} {{sortname | Francoist Spain|Spain} | {{sortname | Falange|MN Spain}} (until 1977)
{{sortname | Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD Spain} (1977–82) | President of the Government of Spain (1976–81) |
| Tadeusz|Mazowiecki}} | 20131028{{death date and age>mf=yes|2013|10|28|1927|4|18}} | {{flagicon image>Flag of Poland.svg}} PR Poland | {{sortname | Solidarity Citizens' Committee|KOS Poland} (1980–91)
UD (1991–94) | Prime Minister of Poland (1989–91) |
| Inder Kumar|Gujral|I. K. Gujral}} | 20121130{{death date and age>2012|11|30|1919|12|4|mf=y}} | {{IND}} | {{sortname | Janata Dal} | Prime Minister of India (1997–98) |
| Václav|Havel | Havel, Vaclev} | 20111218{{death date and age>mf=yes|2011|12|18|1936|10|5}} | {{CZE}}
{{CSK}} | {{sortname | Civic Forum|Civic Forum Czechoslovakia} (1989–93)
None (1993–2004) | President of Czechoslovakia (1989–92)
President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003) |
| Ferenc|Mádl | Madl, Ferenc} | 20110529{{death date and age>mf=yes|2011|5|29|1931|1|29}} | {{HUN}} | {{sortname | Independent (politician)|zzzz} | President of Hungary (2000–05) |
| Raúl|Alfonsín | Alfonsin, Raul} | 20090331{{death date and age>mf=yes|2009|3|31|1927|3|12}} | {{ARG}} | {{sortname | Radical Civic Union|UCR Argentina} | President of Argentina (1983–89) |
| Leopoldo|Calvo-Sotelo}} | 20080503{{death date and age>mf=yes|2008|5|3|1926|4|14}} | Spain|1977}} | {{sortname | Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD Spain} | President of the Government of Spain (1981–82) |
| Lennart|Meri}} | 20060314{{death date and age>mf=yes|2006|3|14|1929|3|29}} | {{EST}}
{{URS}} | {{sortname | National Coalition Party Pro Patria|Isamaa Estonia} (since 1992) | President of Estonia (1992–2001) |
| Valentín|Paniagua | Paniagua, Valentin} | 20061016{{death date and age>mf=yes|2006|10|16|1936|9|23}} | {{PER}} | {{sortname | Popular Action (Peru)|AC Peru} | President of Peru (2000–01) |
1. ^The count of former Prime Ministers includes the former Chancellor of West Germany and former Chancellor of Austria as well as the former Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Taoiseach of Ireland.
2. ^Warsaw Voice Poland Recognizes Kosovo {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412031114/http://www.warsawvoice.pl/view/17345 |date=2010-04-12 }}
3. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.clubmadrid.org/en/miembro/diego_hidalgo |title=Diego Hidalgo |publisher=Club de Madrid |accessdate=6 August 2014}}
4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.clubmadrid.org/en/miembro/anthony_jones |title=Anthony Jones |publisher=Club de Madrid |accessdate=6 August 2014}}
5. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.clubmadrid.org/en/miembro/george_matthews |title=George Matthews |publisher=Club de Madrid |accessdate=6 August 2014}}
6. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.clubmadrid.org/en/miembro/jose_manuel_romero_moreno |title=José Manuel Romero Moreno |publisher=Club de Madrid |accessdate=6 August 2014}}