President of the United Nations General Assembly

Template:Use Oxford spelling Template:Use dmy dates Template:Distinguish Template:Short description Template:Infobox Political post 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.

ElectionEdit

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A map of the world showing the home countries of presidents of the United Nations General Assembly up until the 76th session of the General Assembly in 2021–22, with historical member states in inset.

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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, 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 West Germany and East Germany held the presidency once each 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of presidentsEdit

Year elected	Image	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (Birth–Death)	UN member state	Region	Sessions
1946	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-39998-0427, Paul-Henri Spaak.jpg	Paul-Henri Spaak Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	Belgium}}	WES	First
1947	File:Osvaldo Euclides de Sousa Aranha, Ministro das Relações Exteriores..tif	Oswaldo Aranha Template:Small	Template:Flag	LAS	First special Second
Template:Sort	File:José Arce.jpg	José Arce Template:Small	Template:ARG	LAS	Second special
Template:Sort	File:Herbert V. Evatt.jpg	Herbert Vere Evatt Template:Small	Template:AUS	COS	Third
1949	File:Carlos P. Romulo (1949 UN photo).jpg	Carlos P. Romulo Template:Small	Template:Flag	EAS	Fourth, First Asian president
1950	File:Nas entezam.jpg	Nasrollah Entezam Template:Small	Template:Flag	EAS	Fifth
1951	File:Luis Padilla Nervo in Paris (1951 UN photo) (cropped).jpg	Luis Padilla Nervo Template:Small	Template:Flag	LAS	Sixth
1952	File:Lester B. Pearson (1963 ABC press photo).jpg	Lester B. Pearson Template:Small	Template:Flag	COS	Seventh
1953	File:Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1965b.jpg	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	India}}	COS	Eighth, First woman president
1954	File:Eelco van Kleffens 1945.jpg	Eelco van Kleffens Template:Small	Template:NED	WES	Ninth
1955	File:José Maza Fernández (1955 UN photo).jpg	José Maza Fernández Template:Small	Template:CHL	LAS	Tenth
Template:Sort	File:Rudecindo Ortega Mason (cropped).png	Rudecindo Ortega Mason Template:Small	Template:CHL	LAS	First emergency special Second emergency special
Template:Sort	File:นราธิปพงศ์ประพันธ์.jpg	Wan Waithayakon Template:Small	Template:THA	EAS	Eleventh
1957	File:Sir Leslie Munro (1957 UN photo).jpg	Leslie Munro Template:Small	Template:NZL	COS	Twelfth Third emergency special
1958	File:Dr Charles Malik Emergency Session (1958 UN photo).jpg	Charles Malik Template:Small	Template:Flag	MES	Thirteenth
1959	File:Víctor Andrés Belaúnde.jpg	Víctor Andrés Belaúnde Template:Small	Template:PER	LAS	Fourteenth Fourth emergency special
1960	File:Frederick H. Boland (cropped).png	Frederick Boland Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	Ireland}}	WES	Fifteenth Third special
1961	File:Mongi Slim portrait (1957 UN photo).jpg	Mongi Slim Template:Small	Template:Flag	MES	Sixteenth, First African president
1962	File:Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1961).jpg	Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Template:Small	Template:PAK	COS	Seventeenth Fourth special
1963	File:Blank.png	Carlos Sosa Rodríguez Template:Small	Template:Flag	LAS	Eighteenth
1964	File:Alex Quaison Sackey (portrait).jpg	Alex Quaison-Sackey Template:Small	Template:Flag	COS	Nineteenth
1965	File:Amintore Fanfani 1965.jpg	Amintore Fanfani Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	Italy}}	WES	Twentieth
1966		Abdul Rahman Pazhwak Template:Small	Template:Flag	Asia	Twenty-first Fifth special Fifth emergency special
1967	File:Corneliu Manescu (1967 UN photo).jpg	Corneliu Mănescu Template:Small	Template:Flag	EEG	Twenty-second
1968	File:Blank.png	Emilio Arenales Catalán Template:Small	Template:GUA	GRULAC	Twenty-third
1969	File:Françoise Foliot - Togo - 035 - Angie Brooks-Randolph.jpg	Angie Brooks Template:Small	Template:LBR	Africa	Twenty-fourth
1970	File:Edvard Hambro (1971 UN photo).jpg	Edvard Hambro Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	Norway}}	WEOG	Twenty-fifth
1971	File:Adam Malik 1970.jpg	Adam Malik Template:Small	Template:INA	Asia	Twenty-sixth
1972	File:Stanislaw Trepczynski (1972 UN photo).jpg	Stanisław Trepczyński Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	Poland}}	EEG	Twenty-seventh
1973	File:Leopoldo Benites (cropped).jpg	Leopoldo Benites Template:Small	Template:ECU	GRULAC	Twenty-eighth Sixth special
1974	File:Abdelaziz Bouteflika 1975 (cropped 3x4).jpg	Abdelaziz Bouteflika Template:Small	Template:ALG	Africa	Twenty-ninth Seventh special
1975	File:Gaston Thorn (cropped).jpg	Gaston Thorn Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	Luxembourg}}	WEOG	Thirtieth
1976	File:Blank.png	Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Template:Small	Template:Flag	Asia	Thirty-first
1977	File:Lazar Mojsov (1977 UN photo).jpg	Lazar Mojsov Template:Small	Template:Flag	EEG	Thirty-second Eighth special Ninth special Tenth special
1978	File:Indalecio Liévano Aguirre.jpg	Indalecio Liévano Template:Small	Template:COL	GRULAC	Thirty-third
1979	File:Salim.JPG	Salim Ahmed Salim Template:Small	Template:Flag	Africa	Thirty-fourth Sixth emergency special Seventh emergency special Eleventh special
1980	File:Rudiger Freiherr von Wechmar (1974 UN photo).jpg	Rüdiger von Wechmar Template:Small	Template:Flag	WEOG	Thirty-fifth Eighth emergency special
1981	File:Blank.png	Ismat T. Kittani Template:Small	Template:Flag	Asia	Thirty-sixth Seventh emergency special—Continuation Ninth emergency special Twelfth special
1982	File:Hollai Imre.jpg	Imre Hollai Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	}}	EEG	Thirty-seventh
1983	File:Jorge Illueca 1984 (cropped).jpg	Jorge Illueca Template:Small	Template:PAN	GRULAC	Thirty-eighth
1984		Paul J. F. Lusaka Template:Small	Template:Flag	Africa	Thirty-ninth
1985	File:Blank.png	Jaime de Piniés Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	Spain}}	WEOG	Fortieth Thirteenth special
1986		Humayun Rashid Choudhury Template:Small	Template:BAN	Asia	Forty-first Fourteenth special
1987	File:Peter Florin (cropped).jpg	Peter Florin Template:Small	Template:Flag	EEG	Forty-second Fifteenth special
1988	File:Dante Caputo 1984.jpg	Dante Caputo Template:Small	Template:ARG	GRULAC	Forty-third
1989	File:Joseph Nanven Garba 2.jpg	Joseph Nanven Garba Template:Small	Template:NGA	Africa	Forty-fourth Sixteenth special Seventeenth special Eighteenth special
1990	File:Guido de Marco 2003 crop.jpg	Guido de Marco Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	Malta}}	WEOG	Forty-fifth
1991	File:Blank.png	Samir Shihabi Template:Small	Template:KSA	Asia	Forty-sixth
1992	File:Blank.png	Stoyan Ganev Template:Small	Template:BUL	EEG	Forty-seventh
1993	File:Rudy Insanally 2006.jpg	Rudy Insanally Template:Small	Template:GUY	GRULAC	Forty-eighth
1994	File:Essy.jpg	Amara Essy Template:Small	Template:CIV	Africa	Forty-ninth
1995	File:Freitas do Amaral, XV Cimeira Ibero-Americana - Salamanca, Espanha (cropped).jpg	Diogo de Freitas do Amaral Template:Small	Template:POR	WEOG	Fiftieth
1996	File:Tan Sri Razali Ismail (cropped).jpg	Razali Ismail Template:Small	Template:MYS	Asia	Fifty-first Tenth emergency special Nineteenth special
1997	File:Hennadiy Udovenko.jpg	Hennadiy Udovenko Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	Ukraine}}	EEG	Fifty-second Tenth emergency special—Continuation Twentieth special
1998	File:Opertti.jpg	Didier Opertti Template:Small	Template:URU	GRULAC	Fifty-third Tenth emergency special—Continuation Twenty-first special
1999	File:Theo-Ben Gurirab (cropped) 01.jpg	Theo-Ben Gurirab Template:Small	Template:NAM	Africa	Fifty-fourth Twenty-second special Twenty-third special Twenty-fourth special
2000	File:Holkeri-2.jpg	Harri Holkeri Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	Finland}}	WEOG	Fifty-fifth Tenth emergency special—Continuation Twenty-fifth special Twenty-sixth special
2001	File:Closeup Han Seung-soo.jpg	Han Seung-soo Template:Small	Template:Flag	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	Jan Kavan Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	Czech Republic}}	EEG	Fifty-seventh Tenth emergency special—Continuation
2003	File:Julian Hunte.jpg	Julian Hunte Template:Small	Template:Flag	GRULAC	Fifty-eighth Tenth emergency special—Continuation
2004	File:Jean Ping 080202-F-1644L-081 0YWDF.jpg	Jean Ping Template:Small	Template:GAB	Africa	Fifty-ninth Twenty-eighth special
2005	File:Jan Eliasson at Tällberg Forum 2009 cropped.jpg	Jan Eliasson Template:Small	{{#invoke:flag	Sweden}}	WEOG	Sixtieth
2006	File:Haya Rashed Al Khalifa (cropped).jpg	Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa Template:Small	Template:BHR	Asia	Sixty-first Tenth emergency special—Continuation
2007	File:Dr. Srgjan Kerim (cropped).jpg	Srgjan Kerim Template:Small	Template:Flag	EEG	Sixty-second
2008	File:Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann2.jpg	Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann Template:Small	Template:NIC	GRULAC	Sixty-third
2009	File:Ali Treki.JPG	Ali Treki Template:Small	Template:Flag	Africa	Sixty-fourth
2010	File:Joseph Deiss.gif	Joseph Deiss Template:Small	Template:Flag	WEOG	Sixty-fifth
2011	File:Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser.jpg	Nassir Al-Nasser<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Small	Template:Flag	Asia-Pacific	Sixty-sixth
2012	File:Vuk-Jeremic-cirsd-2014.jpg	Vuk Jeremić Template:Small	Template:Flag	EEG	Sixty-seventh (election)
2013	File:John William Ashe.jpg	John William Ashe Template:Small	Template:Flag	GRULAC	Sixty-eighth
2014	File:Sam Kutesa - 2018 (32521275868) (cropped).jpg	Sam Kutesa Template:Small	Template:Flag	Africa	Sixty-ninth Twenty-ninth special
2015	File:Mogens Lykketoft-2011-09-03.jpg	Mogens Lykketoft Template:Small	Template:Flag	WEOG	Seventieth Thirtieth special
2016	File:Peter Thomson at IMO Headquarters in London - 2017 (37102010524) (cropped).jpg	Peter Thomson Template:Small	Template:Flag	Asia-Pacific	Seventy-first (election)
2017	File:Miroslav Lajcak 2014 (11981540724).jpg	Miroslav Lajčák Template:Small	Template:Flag	EEG	Seventy-second Tenth emergency special—Continuation
2018	File:Entrevista de Canciller María Fernanda Espinosa (36388035054) (cropped).jpg	María Fernanda Espinosa Template:Small	Template:Flag	GRULAC	Seventy-third
2019	File:Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (48791461812) (cropped).jpg	Tijjani Muhammad-Bande Template:Small	Template:Flag	Africa	Seventy-fourth
2020	File:Volkan Bozkır April 2016 (26358127551) (cropped).jpg	Volkan Bozkır Template:Small	Template:Flag	WEOG	Seventy-fifth
2021	File:Abdulla Shahid April 2021.png	Abdulla Shahid Template:Small	Template:Flag	Asia-Pacific	Seventy-sixth Eleventh emergency special
2022	File:Csaba Kőrösi 20230217.jpg	Csaba Kőrösi Template:Small	Template:Flag	EEG	Seventy-seventh
2023	File:Dennis Francis 20240215.jpg	Dennis Francis Template:Small	Template:Flag	GRULAC	Seventy-eighth
2024	File:Philemon Yang, Prime Minister of Cameroon in London, 21 June 2010. (4720521915) cropped.jpg	Philémon Yang Template:Small	Template:Flag	Africa	Seventy-ninth