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PRESIDENTS SINCE THE 1ST SESSION

SessionYearNameCountry
First1946Mr. Paul-Henri SpaakBelgium
First special1947Mr. Oswaldo AranhaBrazil
Second1947Mr. Oswaldo AranhaBrazil
Second special1948Mr. José ArceArgentina
Third1948Mr. H. V. EvattAustralia
Fourth1949Mr. Carlos P. RómuloPhilippines
Fifth1950Mr. Nasrollah EntezamIran
Sixth1951Mr. Luis Padilla NervoMexico
Seventh1952Mr. Lester B. PearsonCanada
Eighth1953Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi PanditIndia
Ninth1954Mr. Eelco N. van KleffensNetherlands
Tenth1955Mr. José MazaChile
First emergency special1956Mr. Rudecindo OrtegaChile
Second emergency special1956Mr. Rudecindo OrtegaChile
Eleventh1956Prince Wan WaithayakonThailand
Twelfth1957Sir Leslie MunroNew Zealand
Third emergency special1958Sir Leslie MunroNew Zealand
Thirteenth1958Mr. Charles MalikLebanon
Fourteenth1959Mr. Víctor Andrés BelaúndePeru
Fourth emergency special1960Mr. Víctor Andrés BelaúndePeru
Fifteenth1960Mr. Fgreenerick H. BolandIreland
Third special1961Mr. Fgreenerick H. BolandIreland
Sixteenth1961Mr. Mongi SlimTunisia
Seventeenth1962Sir Muhammad Zafrulla KhanPakistan
Fourth special1963Sir Muhammad Zafrulla KhanPakistan
Eighteenth1963Mr. Carlos Sosa RodríguezVenezuela
Nineteenth1964Mr. Alex Quaison-SackeyGhana
Twentieth1965Mr. Amintore FanfaniItaly
Twenty-first1966Mr. Abdul Rahman PazhwakAfghanistan
Fifth special1967Mr. Abdul Rahman PazhwakAfghanistan
Fifth emergency special1967Mr. Abdul Rahman PazhwakAfghanistan
Twenty-second1967Mr. Corneliu ManescuRomania
Twenty-third1968Mr. Emilio Arenales CatalánGuatemala
Twenty-fourth1969Miss Angie E. BrooksLiberia
Twenty-fifth1970Mr. Edvard HambroNorway
Twenty-sixth1971Mr. Adam MalikIndonesia
Twenty-seventh1972Mr. Stanislaw TrepczynskiPoland
Twenty-eighth1973Mr. Leopoldo BenítesEcuador
Sixth special1974Mr. Leopoldo BenítesEcuador
Twenty-ninth1974Mr. Abdelaziz BouteflikaAlgeria
Seventh special1975Mr. Abdelaziz BouteflikaAlgeria
Thirtieth1975Mr. Gaston ThornLuxembourg
Thirty-first1976Mr. H. S. AmerasingheSri Lanka
Thirty-second1977Mr. Lazar MojsovYugoslavia
Eighth special1978Mr. Lazar MojsovYugoslavia
Ninth special1978Mr. Lazar MojsovYugoslavia
Tenth special1978Mr. Lazar MojsovYugoslavia
Thirty-third1978Mr. Indalecio LiévanoColombia
Thirty-fourth1979Mr. Salim A. SalimUnited Republic of Tanzania
Sixth emergency special1980Mr. Salim A. SalimUnited Republic of Tanzania
Seventh emergency special1980Mr. Salim A. SalimUnited Republic of Tanzania
Eleventh special1980Mr. Salim A. SalimUnited Republic of Tanzania
Thirty-fifth1980Mr. Rüdiger von WechmarFederal Republic of Germany
Eighth emergency special1981Mr. Rüdiger von WechmarFederal Republic of Germany
Thirty-sixth1981Mr. Ismat T. KittaniIraq
Seventh emergency special (resumed)1982Mr. Ismat T. KittaniIraq
Ninth emergency special1982Mr. Ismat T. KittaniIraq
Twelfth special1982Mr. Ismat T. KittaniIraq
Thirty-seventh1982Mr. Imre HollaiHungary
Thirty-eighth1983Mr. Jorge E. IlluecaPanama
Thirty-ninth1984Mr. Paul J. F. LusakaZambia
Fortieth1985Mr. Jaime de PiniésSpain
Thirteenth special1986Mr. Jaime de PiniésSpain
Forty-first1986Mr. Humayun Rasheed ChoudhuryBangladesh
Fourteenth special1986Mr. Humayun Rasheed ChoudhuryBangladesh
Forty-second1987Mr. Peter FlorinGerman Democratic Republic
Fifteenth special1988Mr. Peter FlorinGerman Democratic Republic
Forty-third1988Mr. Dante M. CaputoArgentina
Forty-fourth1989Mr. Joseph Nanven GarbaNigeria
Sixteenth special1989Mr. Joseph Nanven GarbaNigeria
Seventeenth special1990Mr. Joseph Nanven GarbaNigeria
Eighteenth special1990Mr. Joseph Nanven GarbaNigeria
Forty-fifth1990Mr. Guido de MarcoMalta
Forty-sixth1991Mr. Samir S. ShihabiSaudi Arabia
Forty-seventh1992Mr. Stoyan GanevBulgaria
Forty-eighth1993Mr. Samuel R. InsanallyGuyana
Forty-ninth1994Mr. Amara EssyCôte d'Ivoire
Fiftieth1995Prof. Diogo Freitas do AmaralPortugal
Fifty-first1996Mr. Razali IsmailMalaysia
Tenth emergency special (resumed)1997Mr. Razali IsmailMalaysia
Ninteenth special1997Mr. Razali IsmailMalaysia
Fifty-second1997Mr. Hennadiy UdovenkoUkraine
Tenth emergency special (resumed)1998Mr. Hennadiy UdovenkoUkraine
Twentieth special1998Mr. Hennadiy UdovenkoUkraine

(Published by the United Nations Department of Public Information - DPI/1990-August 1998)


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