President of Interpol

President of Interpol
Président d'Interpol
Incumbent Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi since 25 November 2021
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

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		Johann Schober (1874–1932)	7 September 1923	1932	8–9 years	Austria	[3]
2		Franz Brandl [de] (1875–1953)	1932	1934	1–2 years	Austria	[3]
3		Eugen Seydel [de] (1879–1958)	1934	1935	0–1 years	Austria	[3]
4		Michael Skubl [de] (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 [fi] (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 [es] (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 [es] (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
29			21 November 2018	24 November 2021	3 years, 3 days
30		Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi	25 November 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 46 days	United Arab Emirates

References

1. "President". interpol.int. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
2. "Interpol: Frequently Asked Questions" (PDF). Fair Trials International. November 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
3. "Names, dates and nationalities of INTERPOL's former presidents since 1923". interpol.int. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
4. Trevelyan, Mark (13 January 2008). "Selebi quits as Interpol president". reuters.com. Retrieved 4 March 2021.