Editing ECOWAS (section)

=== Chairpersons===
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!Chairperson<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.ecowas.int/history-2/ |title=History |publisher=Directorate of Communication, ECOWAS Commission |year=2024 |access-date=30 January 2024 |archive-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114230656/https://www.ecowas.int/history-2/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
! Country
! In office
|-
|[[Yakubu Gowon]]
|{{NGR}}
| 28 May 1975 – 29 July 1975
|-
|[[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]]
|{{TOG}}
| 29 July 1975 – 13 September 1977
|-
|[[Olusegun Obasanjo]]
|{{NGR}}
| 13 September 1977 – 30 September 1979
|-
|[[Léopold Sédar Senghor]]
|{{SEN}}
| 30 September 1979 – 31 December 1980
|-
|[[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]]
|{{TOG}}
| 1980–1981
|-
|[[Siaka Stevens]]
|{{SLE}}
| 1981–1982
|-
|[[Mathieu Kérékou]]
|{{flag|Benin|1975}}
| 1982–1983
|-
|[[Ahmed Sékou Touré]]
| rowspan="2" |{{GIN}}
| 1983–1984
|-
|[[Lansana Conté]]
| 1984–1985
|-
|[[Muhammadu Buhari]]
| rowspan="2" |{{NGR}}
| 1985 – 27 August 1985
|-
|[[Ibrahim Babangida]]
| 27 August 1985 – 1989
|-
|[[Dawda Jawara]]
|{{GAM}}
| 1989–1990
|-
|[[Blaise Compaoré]]
|{{BFA}}
| 1990–1991
|-
|[[Dawda Jawara]]
|{{GAM}}
| 1991–1992
|-
|[[Abdou Diouf]]
|{{SEN}}
| 1992–1993
|-
|[[Nicéphore Soglo]]
|{{BEN}}
| 1993–1994
|-
|[[Jerry Rawlings]]
|{{GHA}}
| 1994 – 27 July 1996
|-
|[[Sani Abacha]]
| rowspan="2" |{{NGR}}
| 27 July 1996 – 8 June 1998
|-
|[[Abdulsalami Abubakar]]
| 9 June 1998 – 1999
|-
|[[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]]
|{{TOG}}
| 1999–1999
|-
|[[Alpha Oumar Konaré]]
|{{MLI}}
| 1999 – 21 December 2001
|-
|[[Abdoulaye Wade]]
|{{SEN}}
| 21 December 2001 – 31 January 2003
|-
|[[John Kufuor]]
|{{GHA}}
| 31 January 2003 – 19 January 2005
|-
|[[Mamadou Tandja]]
|{{NIG}}
| 19 January 2005 – 19 January 2007
|-
|[[Blaise Compaoré]]
|{{BFA}}
| 19 January 2007 – 19 December 2008
|-
|[[Umaru Musa Yar'Adua]]
| rowspan="2" |{{NGR}}
| 19 December 2008 – 18 February 2010
|-
|[[Goodluck Jonathan]]
| 18 February 2010 – 17 February 2012
|-
|[[Alassane Ouattara]]
|{{CIV}}
| 17 February 2012 – 17 February 2013
|-
|[[John Mahama]]
|{{GHA}}
| 17 February 2013 – 19 May 2015
|-
|[[Macky Sall]]
|{{SEN}}
| 19 May 2015 – 4 June 2016
|-
|[[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]]
|{{LBR}}
|4 June 2016 – 4 June 2017
|-
|[[Faure Gnassingbé]]
|{{TOG}}
|4 June 2017 – 31 July 2018
|-
|[[Muhammadu Buhari]]
|{{NGR}}
|31 July 2018 – 29 June 2019
|-
|[[Mahamadou Issoufou]]
|{{NIG}}
|29 June 2019 – 2 June 2020
|-
|[[Nana Akufo-Addo]]
|{{GHA}}
|2 June 2020 – 3 July 2022
|-
|[[Umaro Sissoco Embaló]]
|{{GNB}}
|3 July 2022 – 9 July 2023
|-
|[[Bola Tinubu]]
|{{NGR}}
|9 July 2023 – Present
|}