Officers of the Conference

CHAIRPERSONS OF THE CONFERENCE

Year

Session

Region

Name

Country

2023

43^rd

North America

Ms Marie-Claude Bibeau

Canada

2021

42^nd

Europe

Mr Michal Kurtyka

Poland

2019

41^st

Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr Enzo Benech

Uruguay

2017

40^th

Asia

Mr Emmanuel F. Piñol

Philippines

2015

39^th

Southwest Pacific

Mr Le Mamea Ropati Mualia

Samoa

2013

38^th

Near East

Mr Mohammad Asif Rahimi

Afghanistan

2011

37^th

Africa

Mr Tefera Derbew

Ethiopia

2009

36^th

North America

Ms Kathleen A. Merrigan

United States of America

2008

35^th
(Special)

Europe

Mr Mauri Pekkarinen

Finland

2007

34^th

Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr Carlos Vallejo López

Ecuador

2005

33^rd

Asia

Mr Cao Duc Phat

Viet Nam

2003

32^nd

Southwest Pacific

Mr Jim Sutton

New Zealand

2001

31^st

Near East

Mr Saeed Bin Mohammed Al Raqabani

United Arab Emirates

1999

30^th

Africa

Mr Benalia Belhouadjeb

Algeria

1997

29^th

North America

Mr Lyle Vanclief

Canada

1995

28^th

Europe

Mr Costas Petrides

Cyprus

1993

27^th

Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr Seymour Mullings

Jamaica

1991

26^th

Asia

Mr Malik Abdul Majid

Pakistan

1989

25^th

Southwest Pacific

Mr John Charles Kerin

Australia

1987

24^th

Near East

Mr Faisal Abdul Razzak Al-Khaled

Kuwait

1985

23^rd

Africa

Mr Jean Baptiste Yonke

Cameroon

1983

22^nd

North America

Mr John R. Block

United States of America

1981

21^st

Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr Jorge Rubén Aguado

Argentina

1979

20^th

Europe

Mr Jaime Lamo de Espinosa

Spain

1977

19^th

Asia

Mr Toyib Hadiwijaya

Indonesia

1975

18^th

Near East

Mr M. Rouhani

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

1973

17^th

Africa

Mr R.C. Kamanga

Zambia

1971

16^th

Southwest Pacific

Mr I.M. Sinclair

Australia

1970

GCC*

Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr Hernán Santa Cruz

Chile

1969

15^th

Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr Hernán Santa Cruz

Chile

1967

14^th

Europe

Mr Jozef Winiewicz

Poland

1965

13^th

North America

Mr Maurice Sauvé

Canada

1963

12^th

Asia

Mr E. Shiroshi Nasu

Japan

1961

11^th

Near East

Mr Georges Hraoui

Lebanon

1959

10^th

Africa

Mr Richelieu Morris

Liberia

1957

9^th

Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr Alberto Mercier

Argentina

1956

3^rd Special

Europe

Mr Rafael Cavestany y Anduaga

Spain

1955

8^th

Southwest Pacific

Mr Keith Jacka Holyoake

New Zealand

1953

7^th

Asia

Mr U Thet Su

Myanmar

1951

6^th

Europe

Mr Amintore Fanfani

Italy

1950

2^nd (Special)

Europe

Mr André Mayer

France

1949

5^th

Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr Oscar Gans

Cuba

1948

4^th

North America

Mr Charles F. Brannan

United States of America

1948

1^st (Special)

Southwest Pacific

Mr Carl Berendsen

New Zealand

1947

3^rd

Europe

Mr F. T. Wahlen

Switzerland

1946

2^nd

Europe

Mr Henrik de Kauffmann

Denmark

1945

1^st

North America

Mr L. B. Pearson

Canada

*General Commemorative Conference