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President of the United Nations General Assembly - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Administrator, Archon, Chancellor, Dean, Doge, Executive, Headmaster, Headmistress, Magistrate, Management, Master, Officer, Official, Prefect

The President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly on a yearly basis. The session of the assembly is scheduled every year starting in September - any special, or emergency special, assemblies over the next year will be headed by the president of the General Assembly.

Session Number Year Name of President Nationality of President
First 1946 Paul-Henri Spaak Belgium
First special 1947 Oswaldo Aranha Brazil
Second 1947 Oswaldo Aranha Brazil
Second special 1948 José Arce Argentina
Third 1948 Herbert Vere Evatt Australia
Fourth 1949 Carlos P. Romulo Philippines
Fifth 1950 Nasrollah Entezam Iran
Sixth 1951 Luis Padilla Nevro Mexico
Seventh 1952 Lester B. Pearson Canada
Eighth 1953 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit India
Ninth 1954 Eelco N. van Kleffens Netherlands
Tenth 1955 José Maza Chile
First emergency special 1956 Rudecindo Ortega Chile
Second emergency special 1956 Rudecindo Ortega Chile
Eleventh 1956 Wan Waithayakon Thailand
Twelfth 1957 Leslie Munro New Zealand
Third emergency special 1958 Leslie Munro New Zealand
Thirteenth 1958 Charles Habib Malik Lebanon
Fourteenth 1959 Víctor Andrés Belaúnde Peru
Fourth emergency special 1960 Víctor Andrés Belaúnde Peru
Fifteenth 1960 Frederick Henry Boland Ireland
Third special 1961 Frederick Henry Boland Ireland
Sixteenth 1961 Mongi Slim Tunisia
Seventeenth 1962 Muhammad Zafrulla Khan Pakistan
Fourth special 1963 Muhammad Zafrulla Khan Pakistan
Eighteenth 1963 Carlos Sosa Rodriguez Venezuela
Nineteenth 1964 Alex Quaison-Sackey Ghana
Twentieth 1965 Amintore Fanfani Italy
Twenty-first 1966 Abdul Rahman Pazhwak Afghanistan
Fifth special 1967 Abdul Rahman Pazhwak Afghanistan
Fifth emergency special 1967 Abdul Rahman Pazhwak Afghanistan
Twenty-second 1967 Corneliu Manescu Romania
Twenty-third 1968 Emilio Arenales Catalan Guatemala
Twenty-fourth 1969 Angie Elisabeth Brooks Liberia
Twenty-fifth 1970 Edvard Hambro Norway
Twenty-sixth 1971 Adam Malik Indonesia
Twenty-seventh 1972 Stanislaw Trepczynski Poland
Twenty-eighth 1973 Leopoldo Benites Ecuador
Sixth special 1974 Leopoldo Benites Ecuador
Twenty-ninth 1974 Abdelaziz Bouteflika Algeria
Seventh special 1975 Abdelaziz Bouteflika Algeria
Thirtieth 1975 Gaston Thorn Luxembourg
Thirty-first 1976 Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Sri Lanka
Thirty-second 1977 Lazar Mojsov Yugoslavia
Eighth special 1978 Lazar Mojsov Yugoslavia
Ninth special 1978 Lazar Mojsov Yugoslavia
Tenth special 1978 Lazar Mojsov Yugoslavia
Thirty-third 1978 Indalecio Liévano Colombia
Thirty-fourth 1979 Salim A. Salim Tanzania
Sixth emergency special 1980 Salim A. Salim Tanzania
Seventh emergency special 1980 Salim A. Salim Tanzania
Eleventh emergency special 1980 Salim A. Salim Tanzania
Thirty-fifth 1980 Rüdiger von Wechmar Germany
Eighth 1981 Rüdiger von Wechmar Germany
Thirty-sixth 1981 Ismat T. Kittani Iraq
Seventh emergency special - Reprise 1982 Ismat T. Kittani Iraq
Ninth emergency special 1982 Ismat T. Kittani Iraq
Twelfth special 1982 Ismat T. Kittani Iraq
Thirty-seventh 1982 Imre Hollai Hungary
Thirty-eighth 1983 Jorge E. Illueca Panama
Thirty-ninth 1984 Paul J.F. Lusaka Zambia
Fortieth 1985 Jaime de Piniés Spain
Thirteenth special 1986 Jaime de Piniés Spain
Forty-first 1986 Humayun Rasheed Choudhury Bangladesh
Fourteenth special 1986 Humayun Rasheed Choudhury Bangladesh
Forty-second 1987 Peter Florin East Germany
Fifteenth special 1988 Peter Florin East Germany
Forty-third 1988 Dante Maria Caputo Argentina
Forty-fourth 1989 Joseph Nanven Garba Nigeria
Sixteenth special 1989 Joseph Nanven Garba Nigeria
Seventeenth special 1990 Joseph Nanven Garba Nigeria
Eighteenth special 1990 Joseph Nanven Garba Nigeria
Forty-fifth 1990 Guido de Marco Malta
Forty-sixth 1991 Samir S. Shihabi Saudi Arabia
Forty-seventh 1992 Stoyan Ganev Bulgaria
Forty-eighth 1993 Samuel Insanally Guyana
Forty-ninth 1994 Amara Essy Côte d'Ivoire
Fiftieth 1995 Diogo Freitas do Amaral Portugal
Fifty-first 1996 Razali Ismail Malaysia
Tenth emergency special - Reprise 1997 Razali Ismail Malaysia
Ninteenth special 1997 Razali Ismail Malaysia
Fifty-second 1997 Hennadiy Udovenko Ukraine
Tenth emergency special - Reprise 1998 Hennadiy Udovenko Ukraine
Twentieth special 1998 Hennadiy Udovenko Ukraine
Fifty-third 1998 Didier Opertti Badan Uruguay
Tenth emergency special - Reprise 1999 Didier Opertti Uruguay
Twenty-first special 1999 Didier Opertti Uruguay
Fifty-fourth 1999 Theo-Ben Gurirab Namibia
Twenty-second special 1999 Theo-Ben Gurirab Namibia
Twenty-third special 2000 Theo-Ben Gurirab Namibia
Twenty-sfourth special 2000 Theo-Ben Gurirab Namibia
Fifty-fifth 2000 Harri Holkeri Finland
Tenth emergency special 2000 Harri Holkeri Finland
Twenty-fifth special 2001 Harri Holkeri Finland
Twenty-sixth special 2001 Harri Holkeri Finland
Fifty-sixth 2001 Han Seung-soo Korea
Fifty-seventh 2002 Jan Kavan Czech Republic
Fifty-eighth 2003 Julian Hunte Saint Lucia
Fifty-ninth 2004 Jean Ping Gabon


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