- Abdulsalami Abubakar of Nigeria (1998 – 1999)
- Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo (1999)
- Alpha Oumar Konare of Mali (1999 – 2001)
- Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal (2001 – 2003)
- John Kufour of Ghana (2003 – 2005)
- Mamadu Tandja of Niger (2005 – 2007)
- Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso (2007 – 2008)
- Umaru Musa Yar’Adua of Nigeria (2008 – 2010)
- Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria (2010 – 2012)
- Alassare Ouattara of Ivory Coast (2012 – 2013)
- John Mahama of Ghana (2013 – 2015)
- Macky Sall of Senegal (2015 – 2016)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia (2016 – 2017)
- Faure Gnassingbe of Togo (2017 – 2018)
- Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria (2018 – 2019)
- Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger (2019 – 2020)
- Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana (2020 – 2022)
- Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau (2022 – 2023)
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria (2023 – )
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