List of leaders of the League of Nations

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The leaders of the League of Nations consisted of a secretary-general, deputy secretary-general and a president of the Assembly selected from member states.

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Secretaries general

No.PortraitSecretary GeneralTook officeLeft officeTime in officeCountry
1
Sir Eric Drummond circa 1918.jpg
Drummond, Eric Sir Eric Drummond
(1876–1951)
1 August 19202 July 193312 years, 336 daysFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
2
Joseph Avenol 1932.jpg
Avenol, Joseph Joseph Avenol
(1879–1952)
3 July 193331 August 19407 years, 59 daysFlag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
3
SeanLester.jpg
Lester, Seán Seán Lester
(1888–1959)
31 August 194018 April 19465 years, 230 daysFlag of Ireland.svg Ireland

Deputy secretaries general

No.PortraitNameTermCountry
1 Jean Monnet.jpg Jean Monnet 1919–1923Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
2 Joseph Avenol 1932.jpg Joseph Avenol 1923–1932Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
3 Pablo de Azcarate y Florez.jpg Pablo de Azcárate 1933–1936Flag of Spain 1931 1939.svg Spain
Massimo Pilotti 1927.jpg Massimo Pilotti Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy
4 SeanLester.jpg Seán Lester 1937–1940Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
5 Francis Paul Walters 1940-1946Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom

Under secretaries general

NationNameTerm
Flag of the United States.svg United States Raymond B. Fosdick 1919 (provisional)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy Bernardo Attolico 1919–1920
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Nitobe Inazo 1919–1926
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy Dionisio Anzilotti 1920–1921
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Albert Dufour-Feronce 1927–1932
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy Giacomo Paulucci di Calboli 1927–1932
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Yotaro Sugimura  [ jp ]1927–1933
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Ernst Trendelenburg 1932–1933
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Francis Paul Walters 1933–1939
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Vladimir Sokoline1937–1939
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Luis Podestá Costa  [ es ]1938–1943
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Thanassis Aghnides1939–1942

Presidents of the Assembly

NationPortraitNameTerm
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Bourgeoi.jpg Léon Bourgeois 1920
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Paul Hymans 02.jpg Paul Hymans
1st time
1920–1921
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands H.A. van Karnebeek (cropped).jpg Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek 1921–1922
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Agustin Edwards Mac-Clure.jpg Agustín Edwards 1922–1923
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba De la Torriente, Cosme.jpg Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza 1923–1924
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Giuseppe Motta.png Giuseppe Motta 1924–1925
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Canada Raoul Dandurand 1.jpg Raoul Dandurand 1925–1926
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Afonso Costa - Marco, 1921.png Afonso Costa 1926
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Kingdom of Yugoslavia Momcilo Nincic (1926).jpg Momčilo Ninčić 1926–1927
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Alberto Guani en 1942 (cropped).png Alberto Guani 1927–1928
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Herluf zahle 1928.jpg Herluf Zahle 1928–1929
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Jose Gustavo Guerrero at the White House in 1927 (cropped).png José Gustavo Guerrero 1929–1930
Flag of Romania.svg Kingdom of Romania Nicolae Titulescu (1).jpg Nicolae Titulescu 1930–1932
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Paul Hymans 02.jpg Paul Hymans
2nd time
1932–1933
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Union of South Africa Charles Theodore Te Water 1933.jpg Charles Theodore Te Water 1933–1934
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Rickard Sandler - Sveriges styresman.jpg Rickard Sandler 1934
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico Francisco Castillo Najera 1933.jpg Francisco Castillo Nájera 1934–1935
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Edvard Benes, Czechoslovak Review.jpg Edvard Beneš 1935–1936
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Carlos Saavedra Lamas.jpg Carlos Saavedra Lamas 1936–1937
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Ahmed Tevfik Rushdi Bey.jpg Tevfik Rüştü Aras 1937–1937
British Raj Red Ensign.svg British Raj Aqa Khan in Chicago.jpg Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III 1937–1938
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Eamon de Valera c 1922-30.jpg Éamon de Valera 1938–1939
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 33519 C.J. Hambro.jpg C. J. Hambro 1939–1946

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