President of The United Nations General Assembly - List of Presidents

List of Presidents

Year elected Name of President UN member state Region Sessions
1946 Paul-Henri Spaak Belgium WES First
1947 Oswaldo Aranha Brazil LAS First special
Second
1948.1 !1948 José Arce Argentina LAS Second special
1948.2 !1948 Herbert Vere Evatt Australia COS Third
1949 Carlos P. Romulo Philippines EAS Fourth
1950 Nasrollah Entezam Iran EAS Fifth
1951 Luis Padilla Nervo Mexico LAS Sixth
1952 Lester B. Pearson Canada COS Seventh
1953 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit India COS Eighth
1954 Eelco N. van Kleffens Netherlands WES Ninth
1955 José Maza Chile LAS Tenth
1956.1 !1956 Rudecindo Ortega Chile LAS First emergency special
Second emergency special
1956.2 !1956 Wan Waithayakon Thailand EAS Eleventh
1957 Leslie Munro New Zealand COS Twelfth
Third emergency special
1958 Charles Habib Malik Lebanon MES Thirteenth
1959 Víctor Andrés Belaúnde Peru LAS Fourteenth
Fourth emergency special
1960 Frederick Henry Boland Ireland WES Fifteenth
Third special
1961 Mongi Slim Tunisia MES Sixteenth
1962 Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Pakistan COS Seventeenth
Fourth special
1963 Carlos Sosa Rodriguez Venezuela LAS Eighteenth
1964 Alex Quaison-Sackey Ghana COS Nineteenth
1965 Amintore Fanfani Italy WES Twentieth
1966 Abdul Rahman Pazhwak Afghanistan Asia Twenty-first
Fifth special
Fifth emergency special
1967 Corneliu Mănescu Romania EEG Twenty-second
1968 Emilio Arenales Catalan Guatemala GRULAC Twenty-third
1969 Angie Elisabeth Brooks Liberia Africa Twenty-fourth
1970 Edvard Hambro Norway WEOG Twenty-fifth
1971 Adam Malik Indonesia Asia Twenty-sixth
1972 Stanisław Trepczyński Poland EEG Twenty-seventh
1973 Leopoldo Benites Ecuador GRULAC Twenty-eighth
Sixth special
1974 Abdelaziz Bouteflika Algeria Africa Twenty-ninth
Seventh special
1975 Gaston Thorn Luxembourg WEOG Thirtieth
1976 Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Sri Lanka Asia Thirty-first
1977 Lazar Mojsov Yugoslavia EEG Thirty-second
Eighth special
Ninth special
Tenth special
1978 Indalecio Liévano Colombia GRULAC Thirty-third
1979 Salim A. Salim United Republic of Tanzania Africa Thirty-fourth
Sixth emergency special
Seventh emergency special
Eleventh special
1980 Rüdiger von Wechmar Federal Republic of Germany WEOG Thirty-fifth
Eighth emergency special
1981 Ismat T. Kittani Iraq Asia Thirty-sixth
Seventh emergency special - Continuation
Ninth emergency special
Twelfth special
1982 Imre Hollai Hungary EEG Thirty-seventh
1983 Jorge E. Illueca Panama GRULAC Thirty-eighth
1984 Paul J. F. Lusaka Zambia Africa Thirty-ninth
1985 Jaime de Piniés Spain WEOG Fortieth
Thirteenth special
1986 Humayun Rashid Choudhury Bangladesh Asia Forty-first
Fourteenth special
1987 Peter Florin German Democratic Republic EEG Forty-second
Fifteenth special
1988 Dante Maria Caputo Argentina GRULAC Forty-third
1989 Joseph Nanven Garba Nigeria Africa Forty-fourth
Sixteenth special
Seventeenth special
Eighteenth special
1990 Guido de Marco Malta WEOG Forty-fifth
1991 Samir S. Shihabi Saudi Arabia Asia Forty-sixth
1992 Stoyan Ganev Bulgaria EEG Forty-seventh
1993 Samuel Insanally Guyana GRULAC Forty-eighth
1994 Amara Essy Ivory Coast Africa Forty-ninth
1995 Diogo Freitas do Amaral Portugal WEOG Fiftieth
1996 Razali Ismail Malaysia Asia Fifty-first
Tenth emergency special
Nineteenth special
1997 Hennadiy Udovenko Ukraine EEG Fifty-second
Tenth emergency special - Continuation
Twentieth special
1998 Didier Opertti Badan Uruguay GRULAC Fifty-third
Tenth emergency special - Continuation
Twenty-first special
1999 Theo-Ben Gurirab Namibia Africa Fifty-fourth
Twenty-second special
Twenty-third special
Twenty-fourth special
2000 Harri Holkeri Finland WEOG Fifty-fifth
Tenth emergency special - Continuation
Twenty-fifth special
Twenty-sixth special
2001 Han Seung-soo Republic of Korea Asia Fifty-sixth
2002 Jan Kavan Czech Republic EEG Fifty-seventh
2003 Julian Hunte Saint Lucia GRULAC Fifty-eighth
2004 Jean Ping Gabon Africa Fifty-ninth
2005 Jan Eliasson Sweden WEOG Sixtieth
2006 Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa Bahrain Asia Sixty-first
2007 Srgjan Kerim Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia EEG Sixty-second
2008 Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann Nicaragua GRULAC Sixty-third
2009 Ali Abdussalam Treki Libya Africa Sixty-fourth
2010 Joseph Deiss Switzerland WEOG Sixty-fifth
2011 Nassir Al-Nasser Qatar Asia Sixty-sixth
2012 Vuk Jeremić Serbia EEG Sixty-seventh (election)
2013 John William Ashe Antigua and Barbuda GRULAC Sixty-eighth

Abbreviations:

Pre-1966

  • COS - Commonwealth Seat
  • EAS - Eastern European and Asian Seat
  • LAS - Latin American Seat
  • MES - Middle Eastern Seat
  • WES - Western European Seat

Since 1966

  • Africa - African Group
  • Asia - Asian Group
  • EEG - Eastern European Group
  • GRULAC - Latin American and Caribbean Group
  • WEOG - Western European and Others Group

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