Joyce Banda

Joyce Banda has been a Club de Madrid Member since 2015 and currently serves on its Board of Directors. Joyce Banda served was Malawi’s first female president and Africa’s second.  Before assuming office, Banda served as a Member of Parliament, Minister of Gender and...

Jigmi Yoser Thinley

Jigmi Y. Thinley is a Member of Club de Madrid and currently serves on the Board of Directors. Born in Bhutan in 1952, he holds the distinction of being Bhutan’s first democratically elected Prime Minister, serving from 2008 to 2013. He pursued higher education at St....

Han Seung-soo

Han Seung–soo is a Member of Club de Madrid and currently serves on the Board of Directors. Han Seung-soo was educated at Yonsei University (BA), Seoul National University (MPA) and University of York, England (Ph.D.1968/D. Univ. 1997). Prior to his entry into...

Michelle Bachelet

Michelle Bachelet has been a Club de Madrid Member since 2010. She is also one of the Vice Presidents of Club de Madrid and a member of the Board of Directors. Michelle Bachelet was the first Chilean woman to hold the office, and the first President of Chile...

Vaira Vike-Freiberga

Vaira Vike-Freiberga was President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007 (re-elected in 2003 by the Latvian Parliament). She was President of Club de Madrid from 2014 to 2019, and currently serves on the Board of Directors. She was Special Envoy on the United Nations reform and...