President of the United Nations General Assembly

Table columns:
Year elected
Name of President[2]
UN member state
Region
Sessions

Table rows:
cells: 1946
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
WES
First
cells: 1947
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
LAS
First special Second
cells: 1948.1 !1948
José Arce
Argentina
LAS
Second special
cells: 1948.2 !1948
Herbert Vere Evatt
Australia
COS
Third
cells: 1949
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
EAS
Fourth
cells: 1950
Nasrollah Entezam
Iran
EAS
Fifth
cells: 1951
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
LAS
Sixth
cells: 1952
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
COS
Seventh
cells: 1953
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
India
COS
Eighth, First woman president
cells: 1954
Eelco van Kleffens
Netherlands
WES
Ninth
cells: 1955
José Maza Fernández
Chile
LAS
Tenth
cells: 1956.1 !1956
Rudecindo Ortega (de)
Chile
LAS
First emergency special Second emergency special
cells: 1956.2 !1956
Wan Waithayakon
Thailand
EAS
Eleventh
cells: 1957
Leslie Munro
New Zealand
COS
Twelfth Third emergency special
cells: 1958
Charles Malik
Lebanon
MES
Thirteenth
cells: 1959
Víctor Andrés Belaúnde
Peru
LAS
Fourteenth Fourth emergency special
cells: 1960
Frederick Boland
Ireland
WES
Fifteenth Third special
cells: 1961
Mongi Slim
Tunisia
MES
Sixteenth
cells: 1962
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
Pakistan
COS
Seventeenth Fourth special
cells: 1963
Carlos Sosa Rodríguez (es)
Venezuela
LAS
Eighteenth
cells: 1964
Alex Quaison-Sackey
Ghana
COS
Nineteenth
cells: 1965
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
WES
Twentieth
cells: 1966
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
Asia
Twenty-first Fifth special Fifth emergency special
cells: 1967
Corneliu Mănescu
Romania
EEG
Twenty-second
cells: 1968
Emilio Arenales Catalán
Guatemala
GRULAC
Twenty-third
cells: 1969
Angie Brooks
Liberia
Africa
Twenty-fourth
cells: 1970
Edvard Hambro
Norway
WEOG
Twenty-fifth
cells: 1971
Adam Malik
Indonesia
Asia
Twenty-sixth
cells: 1972
Stanisław Trepczyński
Poland
EEG
Twenty-seventh
cells: 1973
Leopoldo Benites
Ecuador
GRULAC
Twenty-eighth Sixth special
cells: 1974
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Algeria
Africa
Twenty-ninth Seventh special
cells: 1975
Gaston Thorn
Luxembourg
WEOG
Thirtieth
cells: 1976
Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe
Sri Lanka
Asia
Thirty-first
cells: 1977
Lazar Mojsov
Yugoslavia
EEG
Thirty-second Eighth special Ninth special Tenth special
cells: 1978
Indalecio Liévano
Colombia
GRULAC
Thirty-third
cells: 1979
Salim Ahmed Salim
United Republic of Tanzania
Africa
Thirty-fourth Sixth emergency special Seventh emergency special Eleventh special
cells: 1980
Rüdiger von Wechmar
Federal Republic of Germany
WEOG
Thirty-fifth Eighth emergency special
cells: 1981
Ismat T. Kittani
Iraq
Asia
Thirty-sixth Seventh emergency special—Continuation Ninth emergency special Twelfth special
cells: 1982
Imre Hollai
Hungary
EEG
Thirty-seventh
cells: 1983
Jorge Illueca
Panama
GRULAC
Thirty-eighth
cells: 1984
Paul J. F. Lusaka
Zambia
Africa
Thirty-ninth
cells: 1985
Jaime de Piniés
Spain
WEOG
Fortieth Thirteenth special
cells: 1986
Humayun Rashid Choudhury
Bangladesh
Asia
Forty-first Fourteenth special
cells: 1987
Peter Florin
German Democratic Republic
EEG
Forty-second Fifteenth special
cells: 1988
Dante Caputo
Argentina
GRULAC
Forty-third
cells: 1989
Joseph Nanven Garba
Nigeria
Africa
Forty-fourth Sixteenth special Seventeenth special Eighteenth special
cells: 1990
Guido de Marco
Malta
WEOG
Forty-fifth
cells: 1991
Samir Shihabi
Saudi Arabia
Asia
Forty-sixth
cells: 1992
Stoyan Ganev
Bulgaria
EEG
Forty-seventh
cells: 1993
Rudy Insanally
Guyana
GRULAC
Forty-eighth
cells: 1994
Amara Essy
Ivory Coast
Africa
Forty-ninth
cells: 1995
Diogo de Freitas do Amaral
Portugal
WEOG
Fiftieth
cells: 1996
Razali Ismail
Malaysia
Asia
Fifty-first Tenth emergency special Nineteenth special
cells: 1997
Hennadiy Udovenko
Ukraine
EEG
Fifty-second Tenth emergency special—Continuation Twentieth special
cells: 1998
Didier Opertti
Uruguay
GRULAC
Fifty-third Tenth emergency special—Continuation Twenty-first special
cells: 1999
Theo-Ben Gurirab
Namibia
Africa
Fifty-fourth Twenty-second special Twenty-third special Twenty-fourth special
cells: 2000
Harri Holkeri
Finland
WEOG
Fifty-fifth Tenth emergency special—Continuation Twenty-fifth special Twenty-sixth special
cells: 2001
Han Seung-soo
South Korea
Asia
Fifty-sixth Tenth emergency special—Continuation
cells: 2002
Jan Kavan
Czech Republic
EEG
Fifty-seventh Tenth emergency special—Continuation
cells: 2003
Julian Hunte
Saint Lucia
GRULAC
Fifty-eighth Tenth emergency special—Continuation
cells: 2004
Jean Ping
Gabon
Africa
Fifty-ninth
cells: 2005
Jan Eliasson
Sweden
WEOG
Sixtieth
cells: 2006
Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa
Bahrain
Asia
Sixty-first Tenth emergency special—Continuation
cells: 2007
Srgjan Kerim
Republic of Macedonia
EEG
Sixty-second
cells: 2008
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
Nicaragua
GRULAC
Sixty-third
cells: 2009
Ali Treki
Libya
Africa
Sixty-fourth
cells: 2010
Joseph Deiss
Switzerland
WEOG
Sixty-fifth
cells: 2011
Nassir Al-Nasser[3]
Qatar
Asia-Pacific
Sixty-sixth
cells: 2012
Vuk Jeremić
Serbia
EEG
Sixty-seventh (election)
cells: 2013
John William Ashe
Antigua and Barbuda
GRULAC
Sixty-eighth
cells: 2014
Sam Kutesa
Uganda
Africa
Sixty-ninth
cells: 2015
Mogens Lykketoft
Denmark
WEOG
Seventieth
cells: 2016
Peter Thomson
Fiji
Asia-Pacific
Seventy-first (election)
cells: 2017
Miroslav Lajčák
Slovakia
EEG
Seventy-second Tenth emergency special—Continuation

Questions about this table:
originalText: who was the only indian to be elected as president of the united nations general assembly
answer: answerTexts: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit