List of presidents of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

The president of the General Conference is the head of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the governing body of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The president's office is within the offices of the General Conference, located in Silver Spring, Maryland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of June 2010, the current president is Ted N. C. Wilson.

Traditionally, the post has been held by an American. Of the 17 presidents, 13 were born in the United States, 1 born in Puerto Rico to North American missionaries, 1 born in Australia and 2 born in Norway, of whom one emigrated to the U.S. at age 5.

Presidents of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Template:Abbr	Portrait	President	Took office	Left office	Length
1	File:John Byington.jpg	John Byington (1798 – 1887)	20 March 1863	17 May 1865	2 Years, 2 months
2	File:James S. White (1878)-1 (cropped).jpg	James Springer White (4 August 1821 – 6 August 1881)	17 May 1865	14 May 1867	2 Years
3	File:John Nevins Andrews.jpg	John Nevins Andrews (22 July 1829 – 21 October 1883)	1867	1869	2 Years
4	File:James S. White (1878)-1 (cropped).jpg	James Springer White (4 August 1821 – 6 August 1881)	1869	1871	2 Years
5	File:GeorgeIdeButler.jpg	George Ide Butler (1834 – 1918)	1871	1874	3 Years
6	File:James S. White (1878)-1 (cropped).jpg	James Springer White (4 August 1821 – 6 August 1881)	1874	1880	6 Years
7	File:GeorgeIdeButler.jpg	George Ide Butler (1834 – 1918)	1880	1888	8 Years
8	File:Ole A. Olsen.tif	Ole Andres Olsen (28 July 1845 – 29 January 1915)	1888	1897	9 Years
9	File:George A. Irwin.jpg	George A. Irwin (17 November 1844 – 23 May 1913)	1897	1901	4 Years
10	File:Arthur G. Daniells.jpg	Arthur Grosvenor Daniells (28 September 1858 – 18 April 1935)	1901	1922	21 Years
11	File:William A. Spicer.jpg	William Ambrose Spicer (1865 – 1952)	1922	1930	8 Years
12	File:Charles H. Watson.JPG	Charles H. Watson (8 October 1877 – 24 December 1962)	1930	1936	6 Years
13	File:James Lamar McElhany.JPG	James Lamar McElhany (3 January 1880 – 25 June 1959)	1936	1950	14 Years
14	File:William Branson.jpg	William Henry Branson (1887 – 1961)	1950	1954	4 Years
15	File:Reuben Richard Figuhr.jpg	Reuben Richard Figuhr (20 October 1896 – 28 October 1983)	1954	1966	12 Years
16	File:Robert Pierson (2).jpg	Robert H. Pierson (1911 – 1989)	1966	1979	13 Years
17	File:Neal Wilson.jpg	Neal C. Wilson (5 July 1920 – 14 December 2010)	3 January 1979	6 July 1990	11 Years, 6 months
18	File:Robert Folkenberg.jpg	Robert S. Folkenberg (1 January 1941 – 24 December 2015)	6 July 1990	8 February 1999<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	8 Years, 8 months
19	File:Jan Paulsen.jpg	Jan Paulsen<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (5 January 1935 – )	1 March 1999	23 June 2010	11 Years, 3 months
20	File:Ted N.C. Wilson.jpg	Ted N. C. Wilson (10 May 1950 – )	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	–

See also

• General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
• Seventh-day Adventist Church

References

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