President of Interpol

The President of Interpol () is the governing head of Interpol. The current president is Lucas Philippe, who was elected in November 2025. 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. Portrait Name Term of office Country Took office Left office Time in office President of the ICPC 1 Johann Schober 7 September 1923 1932 years Austria 2 1932 1934 years 3 Eugen Seydel 1934 1935 years 4Otto Tinz193519354 months 5 1935 1938 years 6 Otto Steinhäusl April 1938 20 June 1940 7 Reinhard Heydrich 24 August 1940 4 June 1942 8 Arthur Nebe June 1942 January 1943 9 Ernst Kaltenbrunner January 1943 12 May 1945 https://www.bmi.gv.at/magazin/2024_01_02/01_100_Jahre_Interpol.aspx 10 Florent Louwage 1945 1956 years President of the INTERPOL 11 Agostinho Lourenço 1956 1960 years 12 Sir Richard Jackson 1960 1963 years 13 1963 1964 years 14 Firmin Franssen 1964 1968 years 15 Paul Dickopf 1968 1972 years 16 William Higgitt 1972 1976 years 17 Carl Persson 1976 1980 years 18 Jolly Bugarin 1980 1984 years 19 John Simpson 1984 1988 years 20 Ivan Barbot 1988 1992 years 21 Norman Inkster 1992 1994 years 22 Björn Eriksson 1994 1996 years 23 Toshinori Kanemoto 1996 2000 years 24 2000 2004 years 25 Jackie Selebi 2004 13 January 2008 years 26 13 January 2008 9 October 2008 27 Khoo Boon Hui 9 October 2008 November 2012 28 Mireille Ballestrazzi November 2012 November 2016 29 Meng Hongwei 10 November 2016 7 October 2018 — Kim Jong Yang 7 October 2018 20 November 2018 30 21 November 2018 24 November 2021 31 Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi 25 November 2021 27 November 2025 32 Lucas Philippe 27 November 2025 Incumbent

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