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This is a list of representative leaders of [[BRICS]] states at each BRICS [[Summit meeting|Summit]] since the group's inception in 2009.

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BRICS holds an annual summit, which each state or government leader attends. Each year the heads of government take turns assuming the presidency, whose job it is to set the agenda for, and host, the annual summit.

In [[15th BRICS summit|2023]], [[Sergey Lavrov]] represented [[Russia]] instead of [[Vladimir Putin]], and in [[16th BRICS summit|2024]], [[Mauro Vieira]] represented [[Brazil]] instead of [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]].

; Top leaders of BRICS countries
* [[President of Brazil]]
* [[President of Russia]]
* [[Prime Minister of India]]
* [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]]{{NoteTag|name="chinachief"|The ''de jure'' [[head of government]] of China is the [[Premier of China|Premier]]. The [[President of China]] is legally a [[figurehead|ceremonial office]], but the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] (''de facto'' leader) has always held this office since 1993 except for the months of [[Succession of power in China|transition]], and thus as the China's [[paramount leader]] and [[List of state representatives of the People's Republic of China|state representative]].}}
* [[President of South Africa]]
* [[President of Egypt]]
* [[Prime Minister of Ethiopia]]
* [[President of Iran]]{{NoteTag|name="iranchief"|The [[Supreme Leader of Iran|Supreme Leader]] is the top position in Iran, which is a [[Theocracy|theocratic]] [[Islamic republic]]. The [[Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran|armed forces]], [[Judicial system of Iran|judiciary]], [[Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting|state radio and television]], and other key [[Government of Iran|government organizations]] are subject to the supreme leader.}}
* [[President of the United Arab Emirates]]
* [[President of Indonesia]]

{| class="wikitable" width=100%
!rowspan="2" width="15%"|Summit Year, Host
! colspan="10" |Country
|-
! [[Brazil]] !! [[Russia]] !! [[India]] !! [[China]] !! [[South Africa]] !! [[Iran]] !! [[Egypt]] !! [[Ethiopia]] !! [[United Arab Emirates]] !! [[Indonesia]]
|- align=center
|'''[[1st BRIC summit|1st]]''' 2009 {{flagcountry|Russia}}
| rowspan=2 |[[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] <ref name=BRIC2009>{{cite news|last1=Kramer|first1=Andrew E.|title=Emerging Economies Meet in Russia|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/world/europe/17bric.html?ref=business|work=The New York Times|date=16 June 2009 |accessdate=19 June 2014}}</ref>
| rowspan=4 |[[Dmitry Medvedev]] <ref name=BRIC2009 /><ref name=BRICS2011 /><ref name=BRICS2012 />
| rowspan=5 |[[Manmohan Singh]] <ref name=BRIC2009 /><ref name=BRICS2011 /><ref name=BRICS2012 /><ref name=BRICS2013 />
| rowspan=4 |[[Hu Jintao]] <ref name=BRIC2009 /><ref name=BRICS2011 /><ref name=BRICS2012 />
| rowspan=2 {{n/a}} (N/A)
| rowspan="15" {{n/a}} (N/A)
| rowspan="15" {{n/a}} (N/A)
| rowspan="15" {{n/a}} (N/A)
| rowspan="15" {{n/a}} (N/A)
| rowspan="16" {{n/a}} (N/A)
|- align=center
|'''[[2nd BRIC summit|2nd]]''' 2010 {{flagcountry|Brazil}}
|- align=center
|'''[[3rd BRICS summit|3rd]]''' 2011 {{flagcountry|China}}
| rowspan=5 |[[Dilma Rousseff]] <ref name=BRICS2011>{{cite web|last1=Kashani|first1=Sarwar|title=BRICS seeks revamp in global monetary system|date=14 April 2011 |url=http://twocircles.net/2011apr14/brics_seeks_end_stalemate_uns_antiterror_law.html#.U6JroPldV8E|publisher=TwoCircles|accessdate=19 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=BRICS2012>{{cite web|title=BRICS summit defends dialogue for Syria, Iran|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/brics-summit-defends-dialogue-for-syria-iran-191545|publisher=NDTV Convergence|accessdate=19 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=BRICS2013 /><ref name=BRICS2014 />
| rowspan="7" |[[Jacob Zuma]] <ref name=BRICS2011 /><ref name=BRICS2012 /><ref name=BRICS2013 /><ref name=BRICS2014 />
|- align=center
|'''[[4th BRICS summit|4th]]''' 2012 {{flagcountry|India}}
|- align=center
|'''[[5th BRICS summit|5th]]''' 2013 {{flagcountry|South Africa}}
| rowspan="10" |[[Vladimir Putin]] <ref name=BRICS2013>{{cite web|last1=Isa|first1=Mariam|title=Brics Summit expected to establish development bank|url=http://www.bdlive.co.za/africa/africanbusiness/2013/03/22/brics-summit-expected-to-establish-development-bank|accessdate=19 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=BRICS2014 />
| rowspan="12" |[[Xi Jinping]] <ref name=BRICS2013 /><ref name=BRICS2014 />
|- align=center
|'''[[6th BRICS summit|6th]]''' 2014 {{flagcountry|Brazil}}
| rowspan="12" |[[Narendra Modi]] <ref name=BRICS2014>{{cite web|title=Modi Likely to Watch FIFA World Cup Final ahead of BRICS Summit|url=http://www.indiawest.com/news/india/article_7620d1de-f600-11e3-9dc2-001a4bcf887a.html|publisher=India West|accessdate=19 June 2014|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174254/http://www.indiawest.com/news/india/article_7620d1de-f600-11e3-9dc2-001a4bcf887a.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- align=center
|'''[[7th BRICS summit|7th]]''' 2015 {{flagcountry|Russia}}
|- align=center
|'''[[8th BRICS summit|8th]]''' 2016 {{flagcountry|India}}
| rowspan="3" |[[Michel Temer]]
|- align=center
|'''[[9th BRICS summit|9th]]''' 2017 {{flagcountry|China}}
|- align=center
|'''[[10th BRICS summit|10th]]''' 2018 {{flagcountry|South Africa}}
| rowspan="8" |[[Cyril Ramaphosa]]
|- align=center
|'''[[11th BRICS summit|11th]]''' 2019 {{flagcountry|Brazil}}
| rowspan="4" |[[Jair Bolsonaro]]
|- align=center
|'''[[12th BRICS summit|12th]]''' 2020 {{flagcountry|Russia}}{{NoteTag|Held virtually due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].|name=a}}
|- align=center
|'''[[13th BRICS summit|13th]]''' 2021 {{flagcountry|India}}{{NoteTag|Held virtually due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].|name=a}}
|- align=center
|'''[[14th BRICS summit|14th]]''' 2022 {{flagcountry|China}}{{NoteTag|Held virtually due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].|name=a}}
|- align=center
|'''[[15th BRICS summit|15th]]''' 2023 {{flagcountry|South Africa}}
| rowspan="1" |[[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]
| rowspain="1" |[[Sergey Lavrov]]
|- align=center
|'''[[16th BRICS summit|16th]]''' 2024 {{flagcountry|Russia}}
| rowspan="1" |[[Mauro Vieira]]
| rowspain="1" |[[Vladimir Putin]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Masoud Pezeshkian]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Abiy Ahmed]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan|Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan]]
|- align=center
|'''[[17th BRICS summit|17th]]''' 2025 {{flagcountry|Brazil}}
| rowspan="1" |[[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]
| rowspain="1" |[[Sergey Lavrov]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Li Qiang]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Abbas Araghchi]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Mostafa Madbouly]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Prabowo Subianto]]
|- align=center
|'''[[18th BRICS summit|18th]]''' 2026 {{flagcountry|India}}
|}

==References==
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== Notes ==
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{{BRICS}}

[[Category:BRICS summits|Leaders]]
[[Category:Lists of politicians|BRICS]]
[[Category:Lists of people by time in office|BRICS]]

List of BRICS summit attendees - Revision history

EliseMacnaghten at 09:44, 11 February 2026