# President of Interpol

The President of Interpol (French: Président d'Interpol) is the governing head of Interpol. The current president is Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi, who was elected in November 2021. The president is tasked with presiding and directing the discussions at meetings of the General Assembly and the Executive Committee.

## List of officeholders

During World War II, most member states withdrew their support, as a result, Nazi German presidents are not officially recognized.
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Country | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Country | Ref. |
| President of the ICPC ||||||||
| 1 | | Johann Schober (1874–1932) | 7 September 1923 | 1932 | 8–9 years | Austria | |
| 2 | | Franz Brandl [de] (1875–1953) | 1932 | 1934 | 1–2 years | Austria | |
| 3 | | Eugen Seydel (1879–1958) | 1934 | 1935 | 0–1 years | Austria | |
| 4 | | Michael Skubl [de] (1877–1964) | 1935 | 1938 | 2–3 years | Austria | |
| 5 | | Otto Steinhäusl (1879–1940) | April 1938 | 20 June 1940 † | 2 years | Nazi Germany from Austria Hungary | |
| 6 | | Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942) | 24 August 1940 | 4 June 1942 † | 1 year | Nazi Germany | |
| 7 | | Arthur Nebe (1894–1945) | June 1942 | June 1943 | 1 year | Nazi Germany | |
| 8 | | Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946) | June 1943 | 12 May 1945 | 1 year | Nazi Germany From Austria | |
| 9 | | Florent Louwage | 1945 | 1956 | 10–11 years | Belgium | |
| President of the INTERPOL ||||||||
| 10 | | Agostinho Lourenço (1886–1964) | 1956 | 1960 | 3–4 years | Portugal | |
| 11 | | Sir Richard Jackson (1902–1975) | 1960 | 1963 | 2–3 years | UK | |
| 12 | | Fjalar Jarva [fi] (1910–1978) | 1963 | 1964 | 0–1 years | Finland | |
| 13 | | Firmin Franssen | 1964 | 1968 | 3–4 years | Belgium | |
| 14 | | Paul Dickopf (1910–1973) | 1968 | 1972 | 3–4 years | West Germany | |
| 15 | | William Higgitt (1917–1989) | 1972 | 1976 | 3–4 years | Canada | |
| 16 | | Carl Persson (1919–2014) | 1976 | 1980 | 3–4 years | Sweden | |
| 17 | | Jolly Bugarin (?–2002) | 1980 | 1984 | 3–4 years | Philippines | |
| 18 | | John Simpson (1932–2017) | 1984 | 1988 | 3–4 years | USA | |
| 19 | | Ivan Barbot (1937–?) | 1988 | 1992 | 3–4 years | France | |
| 20 | | Norman Inkster (born 1938) | 1992 | 1994 | 1–2 years | Canada | |
| 21 | | Björn Eriksson (born 1945) | 1994 | 1996 | 1–2 years | Sweden | |
| 22 | | Toshinori Kanemoto | 1996 | 2000 | 3–4 years | Japan | |
| 24 | | Jesús Espigares Mira [es] (born 1946) | 2000 | 2004 | 3–4 years | Spain | |
| 25 | | Jackie Selebi (1950–2015) | 2004 | 13 January 2008 | 3–4 years | South Africa | |
| — | | Arturo Herrera Verdugo [es] (born 1951) Acting | 13 January 2008 | 9 October 2008 | 270 days | Chile | |
| 26 | | Khoo Boon Hui (born 1954) | 9 October 2008 | November 2012 | 4 years | Singapore | |
| 27 | | Mireille Ballestrazzi (born 1954) | November 2012 | November 2016 | 4 years | France | |
| 28 | | Meng Hongwei (born 1953) | 10 November 2016 | 7 October 2018 | 1 year, 10 months | China | |
| — | | Kim Jong Yang (born 1961) | 7 October 2018 | 20 November 2018 | 44 days | South Korea | |
| 29 | | Kim Jong Yang (born 1961) | 21 November 2018 | 24 November 2021 | 3 years, 3 days | South Korea | |
| 30 | | Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi | 25 November 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 67 days | United Arab Emirates | |