Current Secretary General

Ronald K. Noble

The General Secretariat is headed by the Secretary General of the Organization, who is appointed by the General Assembly for a period of 5 years. He may be re-elected.

The Secretary General is effectively the Organization’s chief full-time official. He is responsible for seeing that the day-to-day work of international police co-operation is carried out, and the implementation of the decisions of the General Assembly and Executive Committee.

The role is defined in the Constitution, in particular, Articles 28, 29 and 30. The General Regulations stipulate the broad framework for the election of the Secretary General in Articles 42, 43 and 44.

	Profile of Secretary General Ronald K. Noble
	Former Secretaries General
	A brief history of INTERPOL
	Read speeches delivered by the Secretary General