History
Jean Delay was the first president of the organisation when it was started in 1950. Donald Ewen Cameron became the second president at the formal founding in 1961. Pedro Ruiz is president as of 2011.
| YEAR | WORLD CONGRESS | WPA PRESIDENT |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Paris | Jean Delay (France) |
| 1957 | Zurich | Jean Delay (France) |
| 1961 | Montreal | D. Ewen Cameron (Canada) |
| 1966 | Madrid | Juan J. López-Ibor (Spain) |
| 1972 | Mexico City | Howard Rome (USA) |
| 1977 | Hawaii | Pierre Pichot (France) |
| 1983 | Vienna | Costas Stefanis (Greece) |
| 1989 | Athens | Jorge A. Costa e Silva (Brazil) |
| 1993 | Rio de Janeiro | Felice Lieh-Mak (Hong Kong) |
| 1996 | Madrid | Norman Sartorius (Switzerland) |
| 1999 | Hamburg | Juan J. López-Ibor, Jr. (Spain) |
| 2002 | Yokohama | Ahmed Okasha (Egypt) |
| 2005 | Cairo | Juan E. Mezzich (USA) |
| 2008 | Prague | Mario Maj (Italy) |
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