President of Interpol
| President of Interpol | |
|---|---|
| Président d'Interpol | |
 | |
| Interpol | |
| Member of | INTERPOL Executive Committee INTERPOL General Assembly |
| Seat | Lyon, France |
| Appointer | General Assembly |
| Term length | 4 years, non-extendable |
| Constituting instrument | ICPO-INTERPOL Constitution and General Regulations |
| Formation | 7 September 1923 (as presidents of the ICPC) 1956 (as presidents of INTERPOL) |
| First holder | Johann Schober (ICPC) Agostinho Lourenço (INTERPOL) |
| Deputy | Vice-presidents |
| Salary | Unpaid |
| Website | Official website |
The President of Interpol (French: Président d'Interpol) is the governing head of Interpol. The current president is Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi, who was elected in November 2021. The president is tasked with presiding and directing the discussions at meetings of the General Assembly and the Executive Committee.[1]
List of officeholders
[edit]During World War II, most member states withdrew their support,[2] as a result, Nazi German presidents are not officially recognized.[3]
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Country | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| President of the ICPC | |||||||
| 1 | 
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Johann Schober (1874–1932) |
7 September 1923 | 1932 | 8–9 years |  Austria
|
[3] |
| 2 | 
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Franz Brandl (1875–1953) |
1932 | 1934 | 1–2 years | Austria
|
[3] |
| 3 | 
|
Eugen Seydel (1879–1958) |
1934 | 1935 | 0–1 years | Austria
|
[3] |
| 4 | 
|
Michael Skubl (1877–1964) |
1935 | 1938 | 2–3 years | Austria
|
[3] |
| 5 | 
|
Otto Steinhäusl (1879–1940) |
April 1938 | 20 June 1940 † | 2 years |  Nazi Germany  from Austria Hungary
|
|
| 6 | 
|
Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942) |
24 August 1940 | 4 June 1942 † | 1 year | Nazi Germany
|
|
| 7 | 
|
Arthur Nebe (1894–1945) |
June 1942 | June 1943 | 1 year | Nazi Germany
|
|
| 8 | 
|
Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946) |
June 1943 | 12 May 1945 | 1 year | Nazi Germany From Austria
|
|
| 9 | 
|
Florent Louwage | 1945 | 1956 | 10–11 years |  Belgium
|
[3] |
| President of the INTERPOL | |||||||
| 10 |
|
Agostinho Lourenço (1886–1964) |
1956 | 1960 | 3–4 years |  Portugal
|
[3] |
| 11 |
|
Sir Richard Jackson (1902–1975) |
1960 | 1963 | 2–3 years |  UK
|
[3] |
| 12 | 
|
Fjalar Jarva (1910–1978) |
1963 | 1964 | 0–1 years |  Finland
|
[3] |
| 13 |
|
Firmin Franssen | 1964 | 1968 | 3–4 years | Belgium
|
[3] |
| 14 | 
|
Paul Dickopf (1910–1973) |
1968 | 1972 | 3–4 years |  West Germany
|
[3] |
| 15 | 
|
William Higgitt (1917–1989) |
1972 | 1976 | 3–4 years |  Canada
|
[3] |
| 16 | 
|
Carl Persson (1919–2014) |
1976 | 1980 | 3–4 years |  Sweden
|
[3] |
| 17 |
|
Jolly Bugarin (?–2002) |
1980 | 1984 | 3–4 years |  Philippines
|
[3] |
| 18 | 
|
John Simpson (1932–2017) |
1984 | 1988 | 3–4 years |  USA
|
[3] |
| 19 |
|
Ivan Barbot (1937–?) |
1988 | 1992 | 3–4 years |  France
|
[3] |
| 20 |
|
Norman Inkster (born 1938) |
1992 | 1994 | 1–2 years | Canada
|
[3] |
| 21 | 
|
Björn Eriksson (born 1945) |
1994 | 1996 | 1–2 years | Sweden
|
[3] |
| 22 |
|
Toshinori Kanemoto | 1996 | 2000 | 3–4 years |  Japan
|
[3] |
| 24 |
|
Jesús Espigares Mira (born 1946) |
2000 | 2004 | 3–4 years |  Spain
|
[3] |
| 25 |
|
Jackie Selebi (1950–2015) |
2004 | 13 January 2008 | 3–4 years |  South Africa
|
[3][4] |
| — |
|
Arturo Herrera Verdugo (born 1951) Acting |
13 January 2008 | 9 October 2008 | 270 days |  Chile
|
|
| 26 |
|
Khoo Boon Hui (born 1954) |
9 October 2008 | November 2012 | 4 years |  Singapore
|
[3] |
| 27 | 
|
Mireille Ballestrazzi (born 1954) |
November 2012 | November 2016 | 4 years | France
|
[3] |
| 28 | 
|
Meng Hongwei (born 1953) |
10 November 2016 | 7 October 2018 | 1 year, 10 months |  China
|
[3] |
| — | Kim Jong Yang (born 1961) |
7 October 2018 | 20 November 2018 | 44 days |  South Korea
|
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| 29 | 21 November 2018 | 24 November 2021 | 3 years, 3 days | ||||
| 30 |
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Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi | 25 November 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 15 days |  United Arab Emirates
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References
[edit]- ^ "President". interpol.int. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Interpol: Frequently Asked Questions" (PDF). Fair Trials International. November 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Names, dates and nationalities of INTERPOL's former presidents since 1923". interpol.int. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Trevelyan, Mark (13 January 2008). "Selebi quits as Interpol president". reuters.com. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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