Southern African Development Community
Country Chairperson Term
Zambia Levy Mwanawasa 2007-2008
South Africa Kgalema Motlanthe 2008-2009
Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila 2009-2010
Namibia Hifikepunye Pohamba 2010-2011
Angola José Eduardo dos Santos 2011-2012
Mozambique Armando Guebuza 2012-2013
Malawi Joyce Banda Peter Mutharika 2013-31 May 2014 31 May-17 August 2014
Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe 2014-17 August 2015
Botswana Ian Khama 17 August 2015 - 2016
Eswatini King Mswati III 2016-2017
South Africa Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa 2017-2018
Namibia Hage Geingob 17 August 2018 - 17 August 2019
Tanzania John Magufuli 17 August 2019-present
Leaders -- Chairperson
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. Its goal is to further socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security cooperation among 16 southern African countries.