List of General Secretaries and Presidents of Interpol

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This article lists the general secretaries and presidents of Interpol (from 1946) and the predecessor organization, the International Criminal Police Commission (1923 to 1945).

General Secretaries

# Surname country Term of office Remarks
1. Oskar Dressler AustriaAustria Austria German Empire Greater German Empire
German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) 
German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era)  		1923 to 1945
2. Louis Ducloux FranceFrance France 1946 to 1951
3. Marcel Sicot FranceFrance France 1951 to 1963
4th Jean Népote FranceFrance France 1963 to 1978
5. André Bossard FranceFrance France 1978 to 1985
6th Raymond Kendall United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 1985 to 2000
7th Ronald Kenneth Noble United StatesUnited States United States 2000 to 2014 Confirmed in 2005 in second term
8th. Jürgen Stock GermanyGermany Germany since 2014

President

# Surname country Term of office Remarks
1. Johann Schober AustriaAustria Austria 1923 to 1932 At the same time also the police chief of Vienna
2. Franz Brandl AustriaAustria Austria 1932 to 1934
3. Eugen Seydel AustriaAustria Austria 1934 to 1935
4th Michael Skubl AustriaAustria Austria 1935 to 1938
5. Otto Steinhäusl German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1938 to 1940
6th Reinhard Heydrich German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1940 to 1942 At the same time also chief of the security police and the SD
7th Arthur Nebe German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1942 to 1943 At the same time also head of Office V in the Reich Security Main Office
8th. Ernst Kaltenbrunner German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Greater German Reich 1943 to 1945 At the same time also chief of the security police and the SD
9. Florent Louwage BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1946 to 1956
10. Agostinho Lourenco PortugalPortugal Portugal 1956 to 1960
11. Sir Richard L. Jackson United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 1960 from 1963
12. Fjalar Jarva FinlandFinland Finland 1963 to 1964
13. Firmin Franssen BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1964 to 1968
14th Paul Dickopf GermanyGermany BR Germany 1968 to 1972 At the same time also President of the BKA
15th William Léonard Higgitt CanadaCanada Canada 1972 to 1976
16. Carl. G. Persson SwedenSweden Sweden 1976 to 1980
17th Jolly R. Bugarin PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines 1980 to 1984
18th John R. Simpson United StatesUnited States United States 1984 to 1988
19th Ivan Barbot FranceFrance France 1988 to 1992
20th Norman D. Inkster CanadaCanada Canada 1992 to 1994
21st Bjorn Eriksson SwedenSweden Sweden 1994 to 1996
22nd Toshinori Kanemoto JapanJapan Japan 1996 to 2000
23. Jesús Espigares Mira SpainSpain Spain 2000 to 2004
24. Jackie Selebi South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 2004 to 2008
25th Khoo Boon Hui SingaporeSingapore Singapore 2008 to 2012
26th Mireille Ballestrazzi FranceFrance France 2012 to 2016 First woman in office
27. Meng Hongwei China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 2016 to 2018
28. Kim Jong-yang Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea since 2018

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "L'Allemand Jürgen Stock élu nouveau Secrétaire Général d'INTERPOL" , Interpol website, 7 November 2014