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Club of Madrid
File:Club of Madrid logo.png
Motto Democracy That Delivers
Formation 2001
Headquarters Madrid, Spain
President
Vice Presidents
Website www.clubmadrid.org

The Club de Madrid is an independent non-profit organization created to promote democracy and change in the international community. Composed of 95 regular members, 64 of which are former presidents and 39 of which are former prime ministers (some are both)[1] from 65 countries, the Club de Madrid is the world’s largest forum of former Heads of State and Government.[citation needed]

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 works on the search for effective methods to provide technical advice and recommendations to transitional nations taking steps to establish democracy.

Composition

As of March 2014, there are 95 full Members, all of whom are previous government officials with full voting rights. The Club also has institutional members and foundations – those who belong to 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, the Madrid City Council, the regional government of Madrid, and the Government of Spain. Additionally, there are six honorary members (e.g. Kofi Annan, Aung San Suu Kyi) and a number of fellows, who are experts on democratic changeover.

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 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:

  • Constitutional design
  • The Legislative branch and its relation with the Executive branch
  • The Judicial branch and its relation with Executive branch
  • Anti-corruption procedures
  • The role of the armed forces and security forces
  • Reform of the state bureaucracy
  • Strengthening of political and social pluralism and of political parties
  • Economic and social conditions

Structure and Organization

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:

  • Personal experience and status of its Members
  • Access to the world’s leading experts on democracy
  • Specialization in democratic transition and consolidation issues
  • Practical approach of its activities, through the implementation of projects with tangible results

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 de Madrid is composed of four executive and advisory bodies:

  • General Assembly
  • Board of Directors
  • General Secretariat
  • Advisory Committee

Members

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:

List of Current Members

Name Age Nation Party Office(s) held
Valdas Adamkus in 2005.JPEG Valdas Adamkus 97  Lithuania None President of Lithuania (1998–2003, 2004–2009)
Esko Aho-crop.jpg Esko Aho 69  Finland Centre Prime Minister of Finland (1991–1995)
Martti Ahtisaari.jpg Martti Ahtisaari 86  Finland Social Democratic President of Finland (1994–2000)
Abdul-kareem al-Eryani 89  Yemen
 North Yemen
GPC Prime Minister of North Yemen (1980–1983)
Prime Minister of Yemen (1998–2001)
Sadiq al-Mahdi 88  Sudan Umma Prime Minister of Sudan (1966–1967, 1986–1989)
Óscar Arias.jpg Óscar Arias 83  Costa Rica PLN President of Costa Rica (1986–1990, 2006–2010)
Hamadi Jebali - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012-1.jpg Hamadi Jebali 74  Tunisia Ennahdha Head of Government of Tunisia (2011-2013)
100px Mehdi Jomaa 61  Tunisia None Head of Government of Tunisia (2014-2015)
Álvaro Arzú 78  Guatemala PAN President of Guatemala (1996–2000)
Patricio Aylwin(2011).jpg Patricio Aylwin 105  Chile Christian Democratic President of Chile (1990–1994)
Aznar at the Azores, March 17, 2003.jpg José María Aznar 71  Spain PP President of the Government of Spain (1996–2004)
Michele Bachelet (2009).jpg Michelle Bachelet 72  Chile Socialist President of Chile (2006–2010, 2014–present)
Executive Director of UN Women (2010–2013)
Rupiah Banda.jpg Rupiah Banda 87  Zambia MMD President of Zambia (2008–2011)
Belisario Betancur.jpg Belisario Betancur 101  Colombia Conservative President of Colombia (1982–1986)
Carl Bildt under nationaldagsfirande vid Skansen 2009.jpg Carl Bildt 74  Sweden Moderate Prime Minister of Sweden (1991–1994)
High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995–1997)
Valdis Birkavs 81  Latvia LC Prime Minister of Latvia (1993–1994)
KjellMagneBondevik.JPG Kjell Magne Bondevik 76  Norway Christian Democratic Prime Minister of Norway (1997–2000, 2001–2005)
Gro Harlem Brundtland1 2007 04 20.jpg Gro Harlem Brundtland 84  Norway Labour Prime Minister of Norway (1981, 1986–1989, 1990–1996)
Director-General of the World Health Organization (1998–2003)
BrutonJohn.png John Bruton 76  Ireland Fine Gael Taoiseach of Ireland (1994–1997)
EU Ambassador to the United States (2004–2009)
Jerzy Buzek, 2010.JPG Jerzy Buzek 83  Poland Civic Platform Prime Minister of Poland (1997–2001)
President of the European Parliament (2009–2012)
Felipe Calderon 20090130.jpg Felipe Calderón 61  Mexico PAN President of Mexico (2006–2012)
Micheline Calmy-Rey 2011.jpg Micheline Calmy-Rey 78   Switzerland Social Democratic Member of the Federal Council (2003–2011)
(President in 2011)
KimCampbell.jpg Kim Campbell 77  Canada Progressive Conservative Prime Minister of Canada (1993)
Fhc-color.jpg Fernando Henrique Cardoso 92  Brazil Social Democracy President of Brazil (1995–2003)
Cavaco Silva 2007.jpg Aníbal Cavaco Silva 84  Portugal Social Democratic Prime Minister of Portugal (1985–1995)
President of Portugal (2006–present)
Joaquim Chissano.jpg Joaquim Chissano 84  Mozambique FRELIMO President of Mozambique (1986–2005)
Jean Chretien 2010.jpg Jean Chrétien 90  Canada Liberal Prime Minister of Canada (1993–2003)
Bill Clinton.jpg Bill Clinton 77  United States Democratic President of the United States (1993–2001)
Dimitrov.JPG Philip Dimitrov 68  Bulgaria SDS Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1991–1992)
Luisa Diogo, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009 1.jpg Luísa Diogo 65  Mozambique FRELIMO Prime Minister of Mozambique (2004–2010)
Leonel Fernandez Reyna.jpg Leonel Fernández 70  Dominican Republic PLD President of the Dominican Republic (1996–2000, 2004–2012)
José María Figueres 69  Costa Rica PLN President of Costa Rica (1994–1998)
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 93  Iceland None President of Iceland (1980–1996)
Vicente Fox flag.jpg Vicente Fox 81  Mexico PAN President of Mexico (2000–2006)
Eduardo Frei Chiledebate.jpg Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle 81  Chile Christian Democratic President of Chile (1994–2000)
Yasuo Fukuda - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2008 cropped.JPG Yasuo Fukuda 87  Japan Liberal Democratic Prime Minister of Japan (2007–2008)
César Gaviria, World Economic Forum on Latin America 2009.jpg César Gaviria 76  Colombia Liberal President of Colombia (1990–1994)
Secretary General of the Organization of American States (1994–2004)
Amine Gemayel 2007.jpg Amine Pierre Gemayel 82  Lebanon Kata'eb President of Lebanon (1982–1988)
Felipe Gonzalez-Madrid-28 de enero de 2004.jpg Felipe González 82  Spain Socialist Workers President of the Government of Spain (1982–1996)
RIAN archive 850809 General Secretary of the CPSU CC M. Gorbachev (crop).jpg Mikhail Gorbachev 93  Russia
 Soviet Union
Communist (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 (Erster Mai 2006).jpg Alfred Gusenbauer 64  Austria Social Democratic Chancellor of Austria (2007–2008)
António Guterres.jpg António Guterres 74  Portugal Socialist Prime Minister of Portugal (1995–2002)
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2005–present)
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie official portrait.jpg Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie 87  Indonesia Golkar President of Indonesia (1998–1999)
Tarja Halonen 1c389 8827-2.jpg Tarja Halonen 80  Finland Social Democratic President of Finland (2000–2012)
Han Seung-Soo - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009.jpg Han Seung-soo 87  South Korea Saenuri Prime Minister of South Korea (2008–2009)
Osvaldo Hurtado 84  Ecuador Christian Democratic President of Ecuador (1981–1984)
Alain Juppé in Washington DC.jpg Alain Juppé 78  France UMP Prime Minister of France (1995–1997)
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F074398-0021, Bonn, Pressekonferenz Bundestagswahlkampf, Kohl.jpg Helmut Kohl 93  Germany
 West Germany
Christian Democratic Chancellor of West Germany (1982–1990)
Chancellor of Germany (1990–1998)
100px Horst Köhler 81  Germany Christian Democratic President of Germany (2004–2010)
Wim Kok 1994.jpg Wim Kok 85  Netherlands Labour Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002)
Konare27022007.jpg Alpha Oumar Konaré 78  Mali ADEMA-PASJ President of Mali (1992–2002)
Chairman of the AU Commission (2003–2008)
Milan Kucan.jpg Milan Kucan 83  Slovenia
 Yugoslavia
Communist (until 1990)
None (since 1990)
President of Slovenia (1991–2002)
John Agyekum Kufuor - World Economic Forum on Africa 2008.jpg John Kufuor 85  Ghana NPP President of Ghana (2001–2009)
Chairman of the AU (2007–2008)
Chandrika Kumaratunga.jpg Chandrika Kumaratunga 78  Sri Lanka SLFP President of Sri Lanka (1994–2005)
Aleksander kwasniewski konferencja.jpg Aleksander Kwasniewski 69  Poland None (since 1995) President of Poland (1995–2005)
Luisalbertolacalle2.jpg Luis Alberto Lacalle 82  Uruguay PN President of Uruguay (1990–1995)
Ricardo Lagos - Visita a la Moneda 2006.JPG Ricardo Lagos 86  Chile PPD President of Chile (2000–2006)
Zlatko lagumdzija.jpg Zlatko Lagumdžija 68  Bosnia and Herzegovina Social Democratic Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001–2002)
Lee Hong Koo.png Lee Hong-koo 68  South Korea NKP Prime Minister of South Korea (1994–1995)
Ruud Lubbers 1985.jpg Ruud Lubbers 84  Netherlands Christian Democratic Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982–1994)
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2001–2005)
James Mancham 84  Seychelles Democratic President of Seychelles (1976–1977)
António Mascarenhas Monteiro 80  Cape Verde MPD President of Cape Verde (1991–2001)
Quett Masire detail DF-SC-85-12044.JPEG Ketumile Masire 98  Botswana BDP President of Botswana (1980–1998)
SthAfrica.ThaboMbeki.01.jpg Thabo Mbeki 81  South Africa ANC President of South Africa (1999–2008)
100px Rexhep Meidani 79  Albania Socialist President of Albania (1997–2002)
Benjamin William Mkapa.jpg Benjamin Mkapa 85  Tanzania CCM President of Tanzania (1995–2005)
Mogpow2.jpg Festus Mogae 84  Botswana BDP President of Botswana (1998–2008)
Olusegun Obasanjo DD-SC-07-14396-cropped.jpg Olusegun Obasanjo 87  Nigeria PDP Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria (1976–1979)
President of Nigeria (1999–2007)
Roza Otunbayeva in 2011.jpg Roza Otunbayeva 73  Kyrgyzstan Social Democratic (2007–2010) President of Kyrgyzstan (2010–2011)
Anand Panyarachun.jpg Anand Panyarachun 91  Thailand None Prime Minister of Thailand (1991–1992)
Papandreou handover cropped.jpg George Papandreou 71  Greece Socialist Prime Minister of Greece (2009–2011)
Andrespastranaarango.png Andrés Pastrana 69  Colombia Conservative President of Colombia (1998–2002)
100px P.J. Patterson 88  Jamaica PNP (until 2011) Prime Minister of Jamaica (1992–2006)
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.JPG Javier Pérez de Cuéllar 104  Peru UPP Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991)
President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (2000–2001)
Romano Prodi in Nova Gorica (2c).jpg Romano Prodi 84  Italy Democratic President of the European Commission (1999–2004)
President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (1996–1998, 2006–2008)
Jorge Quiroga-1.jpg Jorge Quiroga 63  Bolivia PODEMOS President of Bolivia (2001–2002)
RAMOS jan9 2004.jpg Fidel V. Ramos 96  Philippines Lakas President of the Philippines (1992–1998)
José Ramos-Horta Portrait.jpg José Manuel Ramos-Horta 74  East Timor None Prime Minister of East Timor (2006–2007)
President of East Timor (2007–2012)
Pnr.jpg Poul Nyrup Rasmussen 80  Denmark Social Democrats Prime Minister of Denmark (1993–2001)
Mary Robinson at University of California, Santa Barbara 2011Oct21Cropped.jpg Mary Robinson 79  Ireland None President of Ireland (1990–97)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997–2002)
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero en el Foro Económico Mundial (recortada).jpg José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 63  Spain Socialist Workers President of the Government of Spain (2004–2011)
Petre Roman.jpg Petre Roman 77  Romania
SR Romania
FSN (1989–1991) Prime Minister of Romania (1989–1991)
Jorge Sampaio 3.jpg Jorge Sampaio 84  Portugal Socialist President of Portugal (1996–2006)
Gonzálo Sánchez de Lozada-Agencia BrasilAntonio Cruz.jpg Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada 93  Bolivia MNR President of Bolivia (1993–1997, 2002–2003)
PresidenteSanguinettti.jpg Julio María Sanguinetti 88  Uruguay PC President of Uruguay (1985–1990, 1995–2000)
Clinton Shipley walk.jpg Jennifer Mary Shipley 72  New Zealand National Prime Minister of New Zealand (1997–1999)
Fouad Sinora.jpg Fuad Siniora 80  Lebanon FM Prime Minister of Lebanon (2005–2009)
Mário Soares (2003).jpeg Mário Soares 99  Portugal Socialist Prime Minister of Portugal (1976–1978, 1983–1985)
President of Portugal (1986–1996)
Hanna Suchocka, Prime Minister of Poland 1992-1993.jpg Hanna Suchocka 77  Poland UD Prime Minister of Poland (1992–1993)
Boris Tadic 2010.jpg Boris Tadic 66  Serbia NDS-Greens President of Serbia (2004–2012)
100px Alejandro Toledo 78  Peru PP President of Peru (2001–2006)
Panama.MartinTorrijos.01.jpg Martín Torrijos 60  Panama PRD President of Panama (2004–2009)
Danilo Türk - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2010 cropped.jpg Danilo Türk 72  Slovenia None President of Slovenia (2007–2012)
Cassam Uteem 83  Mauritius MMM President of Mauritius (1992–2002)
Guy Verhofstadt in 2005.jpg Guy Verhofstadt 70  Belgium VLD Prime Minister of Belgium (1999–2008)
Ministru prezidenta tikšanās ar eksprezidenti (4108711953).jpg Vaira Vike-Freiberga 86  Latvia None President of Latvia (1999–2007)
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009.jpg Ernesto Zedillo 72  Mexico PRI President of Mexico (1994–2000)

Member statistics

Regional background of members:

Political affiliation of members:

Office held (some members have held both):

List of Honorary Members

Name Age Nation Party Office(s) held
Kofi Annan.jpg Kofi Annan 85  Ghana None Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006)
Remise du Prix Sakharov à Aung San Suu Kyi Strasbourg 22 octobre 2013-18.jpg Aung San Suu Kyi 78  Myanmar NLD Member of the Burmese House of Representatives (2012–present)
Jimmy Carter1.jpg Jimmy Carter 99  United States Democratic President of the United States (1977–81)
Enrique V Iglesias 2.jpg Enrique V. Iglesias 93  Uruguay
 Spain
(unknown) President of the Inter-American Development Bank (1998–2005)
Secretary General of the Iberoamerican General Secretariat (2005–13)
Delors 01.jpg Jacques Delors 98  France Socialist President of the European Commission (1985–95)
Javier Solana (2007).jpg Javier Solana 81  Spain Socialist Secretary General of NATO (1995–99) and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (1999–2009)

List of Members of the Constituent Foundations

Name Age Nation Party Office(s) held
Diego Hidalgo 81  Spain (unknown) Founder and President of, and donor to, Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE)
Founding Member and Senior Fellow of the Gorbachev Foundation of North America (GFNA)[3]
T. Anthony Jones (unknown) (unknown) (unknown) Vice-President and Executive Director of GFNA[4]
George Matthews (unknown)  United States (unknown) Chairman and co-founder of GFNA[5]
José Manuel Romero Moreno (unknown)  Spain (unknown) Vice President of FRIDE[6]

List of former members (deceased)

Name Died Nation Party Office(s) held
100px Raúl Alfonsín 20090331Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.  Argentina UCR President of Argentina (1983–89)
Visita del Calvo-Sotelo 1976.jpg Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo 20080503Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. 23x15px Spain UCD President of the Government of Spain (1981–82)
Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg Inder Kumar Gujral 20121130Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.  India Janata Dal Prime Minister of India (1997–98)
Václav Havel cut out.jpg Václav Havel 20111218Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.  Czech Republic
 Czechoslovakia
OF (1989–93)
None (1993–2004)
President of Czechoslovakia (1989–92)
President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003)
Ferenc Mádl.jpg Ferenc Mádl 20110529Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.  Hungary None President of Hungary (2000–05)
Tadeusz Mazowiecki 80th birthday.jpg Tadeusz Mazowiecki 20131028Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.  Poland
PR Poland
KO "S" (1980–91)
UD (1991–94)
Prime Minister of Poland (1989–91)
Lennart Meri 1998.jpg Lennart Meri 20060314Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.  Estonia
 Soviet Union
Isamaa (since 1992) President of Estonia (1992–2001)
VPC May 2003.jpg Valentín Paniagua 20061016Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.  Peru AC President of Peru (2000–01)
Adolfo Suárez González.jpg Adolfo Suárez 20140313Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. 23x15px Spain
Estado Español
MN (until 1977)
UCD (1977–82)
President of the Government of Spain (1976–81)

References

  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
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