Secretary General of Interpol

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.

Secretary General of Interpol
Incumbent
Brazil Valdecy Urquiza
since 7 November 2024
General Secretariat
TypeChief administrative officer
StatusActive
Member ofGeneral Secretariat
NominatorInterpol General Assembly
AppointerGeneral Assembly
Term lengthFive years
renewable once
First holderOskar Dressler (1923–1946)
WebsiteOfficial website

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.[1]

History

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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.[2] 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.[3]

List of officeholders

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Secretaries general since organization's inception in 1923.[2]

No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Term of office Country
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Oskar Dressler (1878–1959) 7 September 1923[a] June 1946 22 years, 7 months   Austria
2 Louis Ducloux (1883–1956) June 1946 June 1951 5 years   France
3 Marcel Sicot (1898–1981) June 1951 August 1963 12 years, 2 months   France
4 Jean Népote (1915–1986) August 1963 26 October 1978 15 years, 2 months   France
5 André Bossard (born 1926) October 1978 October 1985 7 years   France
6 Raymond Kendall (born 1933) October 1985 2 October 2000 15 years   United Kingdom
7   Ronald Noble (born 1956) 3 November 2000 7 November 2014 14 years, 4 days   United States
8   Jürgen Stock (born 1959) 7 November 2014 7 November 2024 10 years, 0 days   Germany
9   Valdecy Urquiza (born 1981) 7 November 2024 Incumbent[4] 25 days   Brazil

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Secretary to the International Police Congress (September 1923–October 1932)

References

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  1. ^ "Secretary General". INTERPOL. 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  2. ^ a b "Former Secretaries General". interpol.int. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. ^ "INTERPOL Executive Committee selects Brazil's Valdecy Urquiza as its candidate for next Secretary General". interpol.int. 25 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Brazilian police official chosen as the next head of Interpol". Associated Press. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.

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