PAST LEADERS OF ECOWAS

President of the Commission
From 1977 to 2006 the post name was Executive Secretary

• Aboubakar Diaby Ouattara (Côte d'Ivoire) January 1977 – 1985
• Momodu Munu (Sierra Leone) 1985–1989
• Abass Bundu (Sierra Leone) 1989–1993
• Édouard Benjamin (Guinea) 1993–1997
• Lansana Kouyaté (Guinea) September 1997 – 31 January 2002
• Mohamed Ibn Chambas (Ghana) 1 February 2002 – 31 December 2006

THE CREATION OF WESTERN AFRICA (ECOWAS)

The idea for a West African community goes back to President William Tubman of Liberia, who made the call in 1964. An agreement was signed between Côte d'Ivoire,Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in February 1965, but this came to nothing.