Secretary General of Interpol is the chief administrative officer and the highest official of the Interpol. It conducts administrative tasks at the General Secretariat and is responsible for the implementation of the decisions made by the General Assembly and executive committee.
The post of Interpol's secretary general is proposed by the executive committee while the General Assembly is responsible for the appointment. It is generally appointed for a term of five years and may be re-appointed only once. Its role is principally regulated by the Articles 28–30. A secretary general is also responsible for policymaking under the General Secretariat's framework. It coordinates with the member states chiefs working in concerned department and organisations.
History Secretary general was created in 1932 under the Article 5. Prior its inception, the organisation was headed by a secretary rather than a secretary general. Oskar Dressler became the first secretary of the Interpol and he was later appointed as secretary general after the post was created in 1932. Dressler served as a secretary general of the organisation from 1932 to 1946. Valdecy Urquiza of Brazil, appointed Jürgen Stock' successor by the Executive Committee on 25 June 2024, is the first non-European/American person to be appointed to lead the organization.
List of officeholders Secretaries general since organization's inception in 1923. PortraitName Term of officeCountryTook officeLeft officeTime in office1Oskar Dressler(1878–1959)7 September 1923June 194622 years, 7 months Austria2Louis Ducloux(1883–1956)June 1946June 19515 years France3Marcel Sicot(1898–1981)June 1951August 196312 years, 2 months France4Jean Népote(1915–1986)August 196326 October 197815 years, 2 months France5André Bossard(born 1926)October 1978October 19857 years France6Raymond Kendall(born 1933)October 19852 October 200015 years United Kingdom7Ronald Noble(born 1956)3 November 20007 November 2014 United States8Jürgen Stock(born 1959)7 November 20147 November 2024 Germany9Valdecy Urquiza(born 1981)7 November 2024Incumbent Brazil
See also Secretary-General of the United Nations Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Secretary General of the Organization of American States President of Interpol
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