Andean Community
26 May 1969 Andean Pact established
10 Mar 1996 renamed Andean Community
Secretaries-general
1 Aug 1997 - 7 Aug 2002 Sebastián Alegrett
(Venezuela) (b. 1942 - d. 2002)
19 Sep 2002 - 15 Jan 2004 Guillermo Fernández de Soto
(Colombia) (b. 1953)
15 Jan 2004 - 28 Jul 2006 Allan Wagner Tizón
(Peru) (b. 1942)
28 Jul 2006 - 1 Feb 2007 Alfredo Fuentes Hernández
(Colombia) (acting)
1 Feb 2007 - Freddy Ehlers
(Ecuador) (b. 1945)
Andean Community membership
26 May 1969 Bolivia, Chile1, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
13 Feb 1973 Venezuela2
1Withdrew 30 Oct 1976. 2Withdrew 22 Apr 2006.