21 Members (excluding the associate or suspended members but including the countries represented on their behalf) [The rulers are not necessarily the representatives in the organisation. ] :
 |  | ANGOLA | (Luanda) |  | President Jose Eduardo dos Santos |  | |
 |  | BURUNDI | (Bujumbura) |  | President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya | | |
 |  | ZAIRE | (Kinshasa a) |  | President Mobutu Sese Seko | | |
 |  | JIBUTI | (Jibuti) |  | President Hassan Gouled Aptidon | | |
 |  | ERITREA | (Asmara) |  | President Isaias Afewerki | | |
 |  | ETHIOPIA | (Addis Ababa) |  | President Meles Zenawi | | |
 |  | KENYA | (Nairobi) |  | President Daniel Arap Moi | | |
 |  | COMOROS | (Moroni) |  | President Said Mohamed Djohar | | |
 |  | LESOTHO | (Maseru) |  | King Letsie III | | |
 |  | MADAGASCAR | (Tananarive) |  | President Albert Zafy | | |
 |  | MAURITIUS | (Port Louis a + Reduit in Moka r) |  | President Cassam Uteem | | |
 |  | MALAWI | (Lilongwe a + Zomba b) |  | President Bakili Muluzi | | |
 |  | MOZAMBIQUE | (Maputo) |  | President Joaquim Chissano | | |
 |  | NAMIBIA | (Windhoek) |  | President Sam Nujoma | | |
 |  | RWANDA | (Kigali) |  | President Pasteur Bizimungu | | |
 |  | SUDAN | (Khartoum) |  | President Omar Al-Bashir | | |
 |  | SWAZILAND | (Mbabane aj + Lobamba lr) |  | King Mswati III | | |
 |  | TANZANIA | (Dar Es Salaam a + Dodoma f) |  | President Ali Hassan Mwinyi | | |
 |  | UGANDA | (Kampala a + Entebbe r) |  | President Yoweri Museveni | | |
 |  | ZAMBIA | (Lusaka) |  | President Frederick Chiluba | | |
 |  | ZIMBABWE | (Harare) |  | President Robert Mugabe | | |
