Names, dates and nationalities of INTERPOL’s former presidents since 1923.
Kim Jong Yang
2018-2021
Republic of Korea

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.
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