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President of the United Nations General Assembly
Chair and presiding officer of the General Assembly
Chair and presiding officer of the General Assembly
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| style | Her Excellency |
| post | President of the |
| United Nations General Assembly | |
| insignia | Emblem of the United Nations.svg |
| insigniacaption | Emblem of the United Nations |
| flag | Flag of the United Nations.svg |
| flagsize | 140px |
| flagcaption | Flag of the United Nations |
| image | MKr368582 Annalena Baerbock (BDK 2025).jpg |
| incumbent | Annalena Baerbock |
| incumbentsince | 9 September 2025 |
| department | United Nations General Assembly |
| status | Presiding officer |
| member_of | General Assembly |
| residence | New York City |
| (International Territory) | |
| seat | United Nations Headquarters |
| appointer | Member states of General Assembly |
| termlength | One year |
| constituting_instrument | Charter of the United Nations |
| formation | 1946 |
| inaugural | Paul-Henri Spaak |
| website | un.org/en/ga/ |
United Nations General Assembly (International Territory)
The president of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The president is the chair and presiding officer of the General Assembly.
Election
The session of the assembly is scheduled for every year starting in September—any special, or emergency special, assemblies over the next year will be headed by the president of the UNGA.
The presidency rotates annually between the five geographic groups: African, Asia-Pacific, Eastern European, Latin American and Caribbean, and Western European and other States.
Because of their powerful stature globally, some of the largest, most powerful countries have never held the presidency, including the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Japan.
A few countries had a national elected as president of UNGA twice: Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Germany, Hungary and Nigeria; all the other member states had a national holding this office once (not counting additional special and emergency special sessions of UNGA and also not considering that the then separate East Germany held the presidency once during the Cold War). In addition to the president, a slate of 21 vice-presidents are elected for each General Assembly session. The vice-presidents have the same powers and duties as the president, and the president may designate one of them to cover his absence from any meeting or part thereof.
List of presidents
| Year elected | Image | Name of president | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | UN member state | Region | Sessions |
| 1946 | [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-39998-0427, Paul-Henri Spaak.jpg | 60px]] | Paul-Henri Spaak |
| (1889–1972) | WES | First | |
| 1947 | [[File:Osvaldo Euclides de Sousa Aranha, Ministro das Relações Exteriores..tif | 60px]] | Oswaldo Aranha |
| (1894–1960) | Brazil | LAS | First special |
| Second | |||
| [[File:José Arce.jpg | 60px]] | José Arce | |
| (1881–1968) | LAS | Second special | |
| [[File:Herbert V. Evatt.jpg | 60px]] | Herbert Vere Evatt | |
| (1894–1965) | COS | Third | |
| 1949 | [[File:Carlos P. Romulo (1949 UN photo).jpg | 60px]] | Carlos P. Romulo |
| (1898–1985) | Philippines | EAS | Fourth, First Asian president |
| 1950 | [[File:Nas entezam.jpg | 60px]] | Nasrollah Entezam |
| (1900–1980) | Iran | EAS | Fifth |
| 1951 | [[File:Luis Padilla Nervo in Paris (1951 UN photo) (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Luis Padilla Nervo |
| (1894–1985) | Mexico | LAS | Sixth |
| 1952 | [[File:Lester B. Pearson (1963 ABC press photo).jpg | 60px]] | Lester B. Pearson |
| (1897–1972) | Canada | COS | Seventh |
| 1953 | [[File:Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1965b.jpg | 60px]] | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
| (1900–1990) | COS | Eighth, First woman president | |
| 1954 | [[File:Eelco van Kleffens 1945.jpg | 60px]] | Eelco van Kleffens |
| (1894–1983) | WES | Ninth | |
| 1955 | [[File:José Maza Fernández (1955 UN photo).jpg | 60px]] | José Maza Fernández |
| (1889–1964) | LAS | Tenth | |
| [[File:Rudecindo Ortega Mason (cropped).png | 60px]] | Rudecindo Ortega Mason | |
| (1896–1962) | LAS | First emergency special | |
| Second emergency special | |||
| [[File:นราธิปพงศ์ประพันธ์ (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Wan Waithayakon | |
| (1891–1976) | EAS | Eleventh | |
| 1957 | [[File:Sir Leslie Munro (1957 UN photo).jpg | 60px]] | Leslie Munro |
| (1901–1974) | COS | Twelfth | |
| Third emergency special | |||
| 1958 | [[File:Dr Charles Malik Emergency Session (1958 UN photo).jpg | 60px]] | Charles Malik |
| (1906–1987) | Lebanon | MES | Thirteenth |
| 1959 | [[File:Víctor Andrés Belaúnde.jpg | 60px]] | Víctor Andrés Belaúnde |
| (1893–1966) | LAS | Fourteenth | |
| Fourth emergency special | |||
| 1960 | [[File:Frederick H. Boland (cropped).png | 60px]] | Frederick Boland |
| (1904–1985) | WES | Fifteenth | |
| Third special | |||
| 1961 | [[File:Mongi Slim portrait (1957 UN photo).jpg | 60px]] | Mongi Slim |
| (1908–1969) | Tunisia | MES | Sixteenth, First African president |
| 1962 | [[File:Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1961).jpg | 60px]] | Muhammad Zafarullah Khan |
| (1893–1985) | COS | Seventeenth | |
| Fourth special | |||
| 1963 | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | Carlos Sosa Rodríguez |
| (1912–1997) | Venezuela | LAS | Eighteenth |
| 1964 | [[File:Alex Quaison Sackey (portrait).jpg | 60px]] | Alex Quaison-Sackey |
| (1924–1992) | Ghana | COS | Nineteenth |
| 1965 | [[File:Amintore Fanfani 1965.jpg | 60px]] | Amintore Fanfani |
| (1908–1999) | WES | Twentieth | |
| 1966 | Abdul Rahman Pazhwak | ||
| (1919–1995) | Kingdom of Afghanistan | Asia | Twenty-first |
| Fifth special | |||
| Fifth emergency special | |||
| 1967 | [[File:Corneliu Manescu (1967 UN photo).jpg | 60px]] | Corneliu Mănescu |
| (1916–2000) | Romania | EEG | Twenty-second |
| 1968 | [[File:Emilio Arenales Catalán (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Emilio Arenales Catalán |
| (1922–1969) | Guatemala | GRULAC | Twenty-third |
| 1969 | [[File:Françoise Foliot - Togo - 035 - Angie Brooks-Randolph.jpg | 60px]] | Angie Brooks |
| (1928–2007) | Africa | Twenty-fourth | |
| 1970 | [[File:Edvard Hambro (1971 UN photo).jpg | 60px]] | Edvard Hambro |
| (1911–1977) | WEOG | Twenty-fifth | |
| 1971 | [[File:Adam Malik 1970.jpg | 60px]] | Adam Malik |
| (1917–1984) | Asia | Twenty-sixth | |
| 1972 | [[File:Stanislaw Trepczynski (1972 UN photo).jpg | 60px]] | Stanisław Trepczyński |
| (1924–2002) | EEG | Twenty-seventh | |
| 1973 | [[File:Leopoldo Benites (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Leopoldo Benites |
| (1905–1996) | Ecuador | GRULAC | Twenty-eighth |
| Sixth special | |||
| 1974 | [[File:Abdelaziz Bouteflika 1975 (cropped 3x4).jpg | 60px]] | Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
| (1937–2021) | Africa | Twenty-ninth | |
| Seventh special | |||
| 1975 | [[File:Gaston Thorn (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Gaston Thorn |
| (1928–2007) | WEOG | Thirtieth | |
| 1976 | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe |
| (1913–1980) | Sri Lanka | Asia | Thirty-first |
| 1977 | [[File:Lazar Mojsov (1977 UN photo).jpg | 60px]] | Lazar Mojsov |
| (1920–2011) | Yugoslavia | EEG | Thirty-second |
| Eighth special | |||
| Ninth special | |||
| Tenth special | |||
| 1978 | [[File:Indalecio Liévano Aguirre.jpg | 60px]] | Indalecio Liévano |
| (1917–1982) | GRULAC | Thirty-third | |
| 1979 | [[File:Salim.JPG | 60px]] | Salim Ahmed Salim |
| (born 1942) | TAN | Africa | Thirty-fourth |
| Sixth emergency special | |||
| Seventh emergency special | |||
| Eleventh special | |||
| 1980 | [[File:Rudiger Freiherr von Wechmar (1974 UN photo).jpg | 60px]] | Rüdiger von Wechmar |
| (1923–2007) | West Germany | WEOG | Thirty-fifth |
| Eighth emergency special | |||
| 1981 | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | Ismat T. Kittani |
| (1929–2001) | Iraq | Asia | Thirty-sixth |
| Seventh emergency special—Continuation | |||
| Ninth emergency special | |||
| Twelfth special | |||
| 1982 | [[File:Hollai Imre.jpg | 60px]] | Imre Hollai |
| (1925–2017) | EEG | Thirty-seventh | |
| 1983 | [[File:Jorge Illueca 1984 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Jorge Illueca |
| (1918–2012) | GRULAC | Thirty-eighth | |
| 1984 | Paul J. F. Lusaka | ||
| (1935–1996) | Zambia | Africa | Thirty-ninth |
| 1985 | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | Jaime de Piniés |
| (1917–2003) | WEOG | Fortieth | |
| Thirteenth special | |||
| 1986 | Humayun Rashid Choudhury | ||
| (1928–2001) | Asia | Forty-first | |
| Fourteenth special | |||
| 1987 | [[File:Peter Florin (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Peter Florin |
| (1921–2014) | German Democratic Republic | EEG | Forty-second |
| Fifteenth special | |||
| 1988 | [[File:Dante Caputo 1984.jpg | 60px]] | Dante Caputo |
| (1943–2018) | GRULAC | Forty-third | |
| 1989 | [[File:Joseph Nanven Garba 2.jpg | 60px]] | Joseph Nanven Garba |
| (1943–2002) | Africa | Forty-fourth | |
| Sixteenth special | |||
| Seventeenth special | |||
| Eighteenth special | |||
| 1990 | [[File:Guido de Marco 2003 crop.jpg | 60px]] | Guido de Marco |
| (1931–2010) | WEOG | Forty-fifth | |
| 1991 | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | Samir Shihabi |
| (1925–2010) | Asia | Forty-sixth | |
| 1992 | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | Stoyan Ganev |
| (1955–2013) | EEG | Forty-seventh | |
| 1993 | [[File:Rudy Insanally 2006.jpg | 60px]] | Rudy Insanally |
| (1936–2023) | GRULAC | Forty-eighth | |
| 1994 | [[File:Essy.jpg | 60px]] | Amara Essy |
| (1944–2025) | Africa | Forty-ninth | |
| 1995 | [[File:Freitas do Amaral, XV Cimeira Ibero-Americana - Salamanca, Espanha (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Diogo de Freitas do Amaral |
| (1941–2019) | WEOG | Fiftieth | |
| 1996 | [[File:Tan Sri Razali Ismail (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Razali Ismail |
| (born 1939) | Asia | Fifty-first | |
| Tenth emergency special | |||
| Nineteenth special | |||
| 1997 | [[File:Hennadiy Udovenko.jpg | 60px]] | Hennadiy Udovenko |
| (1931–2013) | EEG | Fifty-second | |
| Tenth emergency special—Continuation | |||
| Twentieth special | |||
| 1998 | [[File:Opertti.jpg | 60px]] | Didier Opertti |
| (born 1937) | GRULAC | Fifty-third | |
| Tenth emergency special—Continuation | |||
| Twenty-first special | |||
| 1999 | [[File:Theo-Ben Gurirab (cropped) 01.jpg | 60px]] | Theo-Ben Gurirab |
| (1938–2018) | Namibia | Africa | Fifty-fourth |
| Twenty-second special | |||
| Twenty-third special | |||
| Twenty-fourth special | |||
| 2000 | [[File:Holkeri-2.jpg | 60px]] | Harri Holkeri |
| (1937–2011) | WEOG | Fifty-fifth | |
| Tenth emergency special—Continuation | |||
| Twenty-fifth special | |||
| Twenty-sixth special | |||
| 2001 | [[File:Closeup Han Seung-soo.jpg | 60px]] | Han Seung-soo |
| (born 1936) | Republic of Korea | Asia | Fifty-sixth |
| Tenth emergency special—Continuation | |||
| Twenty-seventh special | |||
| 2002 | [[File:Jan Kavan, IEIS conference «Russia and the EU the question of trust»-101.jpg | 60px]] | Jan Kavan |
| (born 1946) | EEG | Fifty-seventh | |
| Tenth emergency special—Continuation | |||
| 2003 | [[File:Julian Hunte.jpg | 60px]] | Julian Hunte |
| (born 1940) | Saint Lucia | GRULAC | Fifty-eighth |
| Tenth emergency special—Continuation | |||
| 2004 | [[File:Jean Ping 080202-F-1644L-081 0YWDF.jpg | 60px]] | Jean Ping |
| (born 1942) | Africa | Fifty-ninth | |
| Twenty-eighth special | |||
| 2005 | [[File:Jan Eliasson at Tällberg Forum 2009 cropped.jpg | 60px]] | Jan Eliasson |
| (born 1940) | WEOG | Sixtieth | |
| 2006 | [[File:Haya Rashed Al Khalifa (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa |
| (born 1952) | Asia | Sixty-first | |
| Tenth emergency special—Continuation | |||
| 2007 | [[File:Dr. Srgjan Kerim (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Srgjan Kerim |
| (born 1948) | North Macedonia | EEG | Sixty-second |
| 2008 | [[File:Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann2.jpg | 60px]] | Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann |
| (1933–2017) | GRULAC | Sixty-third | |
| 2009 | [[File:Ali Treki.JPG | 60px]] | Ali Treki |
| (1937–2015) | Libya | Africa | Sixty-fourth |
| 2010 | [[File:Joseph Deiss.gif | 60px]] | Joseph Deiss |
| (born 1946) | Switzerland | WEOG | Sixty-fifth |
| 2011 | [[File:Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser.jpg | 60px]] | Nassir Al-Nasser |
| (born 1952) | Qatar | Asia-Pacific | Sixty-sixth |
| 2012 | [[File:Vuk-Jeremic-cirsd-2014.jpg | 60px]] | Vuk Jeremić |
| (born 1975) | Serbia | EEG | Sixty-seventh (election) |
| 2013 | [[File:John William Ashe.jpg | 60px]] | John William Ashe |
| (1954–2016) | Antigua and Barbuda | GRULAC | Sixty-eighth |
| 2014 | [[File:Sam Kutesa - 2018 (32521275868) (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Sam Kutesa |
| (born 1949) | Uganda | Africa | Sixty-ninth |
| Twenty-ninth special | |||
| 2015 | [[File:Mogens Lykketoft-2011-09-03.jpg | 60px]] | Mogens Lykketoft |
| (born 1946) | Denmark | WEOG | Seventieth |
| Thirtieth special | |||
| 2016 | [[File:Peter Thomson at IMO Headquarters in London - 2017 (37102010524) (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Peter Thomson |
| (born 1948) | Fiji | Asia-Pacific | Seventy-first (election) |
| 2017 | [[File:Miroslav Lajcak 2014 (11981540724).jpg | 60px]] | Miroslav Lajčák |
| (born 1963) | Slovakia | EEG | Seventy-second |
| Tenth emergency special—Continuation | |||
| 2018 | [[File:Entrevista de Canciller María Fernanda Espinosa (36388035054) (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | María Fernanda Espinosa |
| (born 1964) | Ecuador | GRULAC | Seventy-third |
| 2019 | [[File:Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (48791461812) (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Tijjani Muhammad-Bande |
| (born 1957) | Nigeria | Africa | Seventy-fourth |
| 2020 | [[File:Volkan Bozkır April 2016 (26358127551) (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Volkan Bozkır |
| (born 1950) | Turkey | WEOG | Seventy-fifth |
| 2021 | [[File:Abdulla Shahid April 2021.png | 60px]] | Abdulla Shahid |
| (born 1962) | Maldives | Asia-Pacific | Seventy-sixth |
| Eleventh emergency special | |||
| 2022 | [[File:Csaba Kőrösi 20230217.jpg | 60px]] | Csaba Kőrösi |
| (born 1958) | Hungary | EEG | Seventy-seventh |
| 2023 | [[File:Dennis Francis 20240215.jpg | 60px]] | Dennis Francis |
| (born 1956) | Trinidad and Tobago | GRULAC | Seventy-eighth |
| 2024 | [[File:Philemon Yang, Prime Minister of Cameroon in London, 21 June 2010. (4720521915) cropped.jpg | 60px]] | Philémon Yang |
| (born 1947) | Cameroon | Africa | Seventy-ninth |
| 2025 | [[File:Außenministerin Meinl-Reisinger beim RAB in Brüssel, 17.03.2025 - 07 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Annalena Baerbock |
| (born 1980) | Germany | WEOG | Eightieth |
Abbreviations
; Pre-1966
- COS: Commonwealth Seat
- EAS: Eastern European and Asian Seat
- LAS: Latin American Seat
- MES: Middle Eastern Seat
- WES: Western European Seat
; Since 1966
- Africa: African Group
- Asia-Pacific: Asian Group, since 2011 the Asia-Pacific Group
- EEG: Eastern European Group
- GRULAC: Latin American and Caribbean Group
- WEOG: Western European and Others Group
References
References
- "About the General Assembly".
- "Who are the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly?". United Nations.
- "UNGA: Rules of procedure". United Nations.
- "Past Presidents".
- (22 June 2011). "Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of Qatar Elected President of General Assembly's Sixty-Sixth Session; Vice-Presidents, Main Committee Chairs Also Named".
- (1 September 2011). "Asian Group of Nations at UN Changes Its Name to Asia-Pacific Group". [[Radio New Zealand]].
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