Southern African Development Community
Inter-governmental organization
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| August 17 2024 | Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe becomes SADC Chairman |
| August 17 2023 | João Lourenço of Angola assumes SADC Chairmanship |
| February 2023 | Botswana and Namibia sign an agreement allowing citizens to travel between the two countries using only identity cards, removing passport requirements. |
| August 17 2022 | Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo becomes SADC Chairman |
| 2021 | Elias Magosi of Botswana becomes SADC Executive Secretary |
| August 17 2021 | Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi takes over as SADC Chairman |
| August 17 2020 | Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique becomes SADC Chairman |
| August 2019 | SADC adopts Swahili as its fourth working language, alongside English, French, and Portuguese. |
| August 17 2019 | John Magufuli of Tanzania takes over as SADC Chairman |
| August 17 2018 | Hage Geingob of Namibia becomes SADC Chairman |
| 2017 | Jacob Zuma and later Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa serve as SADC Chairman |
| 2017 | The Union of Comoros was admitted into SADC at the 37th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Pretoria, South Africa, bringing the total number of Member States to 16. |
| 2016 | King Mswati III of Eswatini becomes SADC Chairman |
| August 17 2015 | Ian Khama of Botswana takes over as SADC Chairman |
| August 17 2014 | Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe becomes SADC Chairman |
| May 31 2014 | Peter Mutharika succeeds Joyce Banda as Malawi's SADC Chairman |
| January 30 2014 | Madagascar's SADC membership was reinstated after the previous suspension. |
| 2013 | Joyce Banda of Malawi becomes SADC Chairman |
| 2013 | Stergomena Tax of Tanzania becomes SADC Executive Secretary |
| 2012 | Armando Guebuza of Mozambique takes over as SADC Chairman |
| 2012 | SADC deploys peacekeepers to the Democratic Republic of Congo to counter a rebel threat, with troops supplied by Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa. |
| 2011 | José Eduardo dos Santos of Angola becomes SADC Chairman |
| 2010 | Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia assumes SADC Chairmanship |
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