Head of State
Irene Khan assumed office as Amnesty International’s Secretary General in August 2001. Since her
appointment, Ms Khan has travelled around the world and met with Heads of State, including:
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President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan
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Prime Minister Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh
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Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed of Bangladesh

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil
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President Pierre Buyoya of Burundi
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President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia
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President Stjepan Mesić of Croatia

President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany
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President Horst Köhler of Germany
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi of Italy

HM King Abdullah and HM Queen Rania of Jordan

President Emile Lahud of Lebanon
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President Vicente Fox of Mexico
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President Felipe Calderon of Mexico

HM King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal
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Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of Norway

President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan
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President Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines
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President Jorge Sampaio of Portugal

Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned of Qatar

President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation
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President Paul Kagame of Rwanda
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President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka

President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of Spain

Prime Minister Absalom Themba Dlamini of Swaziland

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda

Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom
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HM Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Ms Khan has also held bilateral meetings with UN Secretary-General Koffi Annan.
As a regular participant at the World Economic Forum, and as part of Amnesty International’s work with
the corporate sector, Ms Khan has also met with CEOs of major multinational companies.
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