Former Presidents

Names, dates and nationalities of INTERPOL’s former presidents since 1923.

Kim Jong Yang

2018-2021
Republic of Korea

INTERPOL President Kim Jong Yang

Meng Hongwei

2016-2018
China

Mireille Ballestrazzi

2012-2016
France

Khoo Boon Hui

2008-2012
Singapore

Jackie Selebi

2004-2008
South Africa

Jesús Espigares-Mira

2000-2004
Spain

Toshinori Kanemoto

1996-2000
Japan

Björn Eriksson

1994-1996
Sweden

Norman D. Inkster

1992-1994
Canada

Ivan Barbot

1988-1992
France

John R. Simpson

1984-1988
United States

Jolly R. Bugarin

1980-1984
Philippines

Carl G. Persson

1976-1980
Sweden

William Leonard Higgitt

1972-1976
Canada

Paul Dickopf

1968-1972
Federal Republic of Germany

Firmin Franssen

1964-1968
Belgium

Fjalar Jarva

1963-1964
Finland

Sir Richard L. Jackson

1960-1963
United Kingdom

Agostinho Lourenco

1956-1960
Portugal

Florent Louwage

1945-1956*
Belgium

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

1943-1945*
Germany

Arthur Nebe

1942-1943*
Germany

Reinhard Heydrich

1940-1942*
Germany

Otto Steinhäusl

1938-1940*
Germany

Michael Skubl

1935-1938*
Austria

Eugen Seydel

1934-1935*
Austria

Franz Brandl

1932-1934*
Austria

Johannes Schober

1923-1932*
Austria

*Presidents of the International Criminal Police Commission, the precursor to INTERPOL.