Former Presidents of the General Conference

(1946 - present)
Last update:26 October 2023
  • 5th Extraordinary session - Paris (FR), 2023
    Mr Santiago Irazabal Mourão (Brazil)
  • 41st session - Paris (FR), 2021
    Mr Santiago Irazabal Mourão (Brazil)
  • 40th session - Paris (FR), 2019 
    (Turkey) 
  • 39th session - Paris (FR), 2017 
    (Morocco)
  • 38th session - Paris (FR), 2015 
    (Namibia)
  • 37th session - Paris (FR), 2013
    (China)
  • 36th session - Paris (FR), 2011 
     (Hungary)
  • 35th session - Paris (FR), 2009 
    (Bahamas)
  • 34th session - Paris (FR), 2007 
    Mr George N. Anastassopoulos (Greece)
  • 33rd session - Paris (FR), 2005 
    Mr Musa Bin Jaafar Bin Hassan (Oman)
  • 32nd session - Paris (FR), 2003 
    Mr Michael Abiola Omolewa (Nigeria)
  • 31st session - Paris (FR), 2001 
    Mr Ahmad Jalali (Islamic Republic of Iran)
  • 30th session - Paris (FR), 1999 
    Ms Jaroslava Moserova (Czech Republic)
  • 29th session - Paris (FR), 1997 
    Mr Eduardo Portella (Brazil)
  • 28th session - Paris (FR), 1995 
    Mr Torben Krogh (Denmark)
  • 27th session - Paris (FR), 1993 
    Mr Ahmed Saleh Sayyad (Yemen)
  • 26th session - Paris (FR), 1991 
    Mr Bethwell Allan Ogot (Kenya)
  • 25th session - Paris (FR), 1989 
    Mr Anwar Ibrahim (Malaysia)
  • 24th session - Paris (FR), 1987 
    Mr Guillermo Putzeys Alvarez (Guatemala)
  • 23rd session - Sofia (FR), 1985 
    Mr Nikolaï Todorov (Bulgaria)
  • 22nd session - Paris (FR), 1983 
    Mr Saïd Tell (Jordan)
  • 4th extraordinary session - Paris (FR), 1982 
    Mr Ivo Margan (Yugoslavia)
  • 21st session - Belgrade (YU), 1980 
    Mr Ivo Margan (Yugoslavia)
  • 20th session - Paris (FR), 1978 
    Mr Napoléon LeBlanc (Canada)
  • 19th session - Nairobi (KE), 1976 
    Mr Taaita Toweett (Kenya)
  • 18th session - Paris (FR), 1974 
    Ms Magda Joboru (Hungary)
  • 3rd extraordinary session 1973 - Paris 
    Mr Toru Haguiwara (Japan)
  • 17th session - Paris (FR), 1972 
    Mr Toru Haguiwara (Japan)
  • 16th session - Paris (FR), 1970 
    Dr AtilioDell'Oro Maini (Argentina)
  • 15th session - Paris (FR), 1968 
    Mr Willian Eteki-Mboumoua (Cameroon)
  • 14th session - Paris (FR), 1966 
    Professor Bedrettin Tuncel (Turkey)
  • 13th session - Paris (FR), 1964 
    Professor Norair M. Sissakian (Soviet Union)
  • 12th session - Paris (FR), 1962 
    Professor Paulo E. de Berrêdo Carneiro (Brazil)
  • 11th session - Paris (FR), 1960 
    Mr Akale-Work Abte-Wold (Ethiopia)
  • 10th session - Paris (FR), 1958 
    Mr Jean Berthoin (France)
  • 9th session - New Delhi (IN), 1956
    Mr Maulana Abul Kalam Azak (India)
  • 8th session - Montevideo (UY), 1954 
    Mr Justino Zavala Muñiz (Uruguay)
  • 2nd extraordinary session - Paris (FR), 1953 
    Mr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (India)
  • 7th session - Paris (FR), 1952 
    Mr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (India)
  • 6th session - Paris (FR), 1951 
    Mr Howland Sargeant (United States of America)
  • 5th session - Florence (IT), 1950 
    Count Stefano Jacini (Italy)
  • 4th session - Paris (FR), 1949 
    Mr E. Ronald Walker (Australia)
  • 1st extraordinary session - Paris (FR), 1948 
    Mr Francisco del Río y Canedo (Mexico)
  • 3rd session - Beirut (LB), 1948 
    Mr Hamid Bey Frangie (Lebanon)
  • 2nd session - Mexico City (MX), 1947 
    Mr Manuel Gual Vidal (Mexico)
  • 1st session - Paris (FR), 1946 
    Mr Léon Blum (France)

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