
Brazil

Luis Inacio Lula da Silva
The President of Brazil

Russia

Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation

India

Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India

Сhina

Xi Jinping
President of the People's Republic of China

South Africa

Cyril Ramaphosa
The President of South Africa

Egypt

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
President of Egypt

Ethiopia

Abiy Ahmed Ali
Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Iran

Massoud Pezeshkian
The President of Iran

UAE

Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan
President of the UAE

Indonesia

Prabowo Subianto
President of Indonesia
What is BRICS?
BRICS is an intergovernmental organization consisting of ten countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. It is considered to be a counterpart and alternative to the G7 bloc of the world's largest economies and combined represent nearly half of the world's population.
The term 'BRIC' was originally identified to highlight investment opportunities. The multipolar grouping evolved diplomatically, geopolitically and geoeconomically, with their governments meeting annually at formal summits and coordinating multilateral policies since the founding countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China held the first leaders summit in Russia in 2009 under the name BRIC. Relations among BRICS are conducted mainly based on non-interference, equality, and mutual benefit.
In April 2010, South Africa attended the 2nd BRIC summit, making its first appearance as a guest. The nation was added as a member and the organization was officially renamed BRICS in September 2010. The 3rd BRICS summit in 2011 was the first held with all five titular countries in attendance as members. Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates attended their first summit as member states at the 2024 summit in Russia. Indonesia officially joined as a member state in early 2025, becoming the first Southeast Asian member. The acronym BRICS+ has been informally used to reflect new membership.
Some in the West consider BRICS institutions an alternative to institutions such as those led by nations of the G7 bloc, which are among the world's leading economies. Others describe the grouping as an incoherent joining of countries around increasing anti-Western and anti-American objectives. Together BRICS has implemented competing initiatives such as the New Development Bank, the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement, BRICS pay, the BRICS Joint Statistical Publication and the BRICS basket reserve currency. In its first 15 years BRICS has established almost 60 intra-group institutions, and think tanks to dialogues, covering agenda in 34 subjects.
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