List of presidents of the Junior Chamber International

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The WorldPresident of the Junior Chamber International is elected annually at the JCI World Congress.

Year electedName of President [1] National OrganizationAreaNote
1945/46Raul Garcia VidalMexicothe Americas
1946/47Erasmo A. ChambonnetPanamathe Americas
1947/48C. Taylor ColeUnited Statesthe Americas
1948/49Victor BoucasBrazilthe AmericasJCI Creed is adopted
1949/50Théo StaarBelgiumEuropeFirst European elected
1950/51Ramon V. del RosarioPhilippinesAsia-PacificFirst Asian elected
1951/52Philip T. R. PugsleyCanadathe AmericasJCI Senate established
1952/53Roberto VillanuevaPhilippinesAsia-Pacific
1954Douglas L. HogeUnited Statesthe Americas
1955Peter B. WattsNew ZealandAsia-Pacific
1956Arnaldo De Oliveira SalesHong KongAsia-Pacific
1957Ira D. KayeUnited Statesthe Americas
1958Alberto Philippe MoralesMexicothe Americas
1959Maurice C. SextonNew ZealandAsia-Pacific
1960Milton ZapataPuerto Ricothe Americas
1961Peter FrankelBrazilthe Americas
1962Leslie M. PerrottAustraliaAsia-Pacific
1963Eric H. Stevenson [2] ScotlandEurope
1964Conrad O'BrienTrinidad and Tobago (JCI West Indies)the Americas
1965John D. RundleAustraliaAsia-Pacific
1966Edward A. MerdesUnited Statesthe Americas
1967Clifford E. MyattPuerto Ricothe Americas
1968Philippe AbravanelSwitzerlandEurope
1969Thomas E. GatesUnited Statesthe Americas
1970Hiroshi MaedaJapanAsia-Pacific
1971Graham SinclairNew ZealandAsia-Pacific
1972Royce R. PepinAustraliaAsia-Pacific
1973L. A. Roy BanarseeJamaica (JCI West Indies)the Americas
1974A. Jay SmithUnited Statesthe Americas
1975Jean Claude FéraudFranceEurope
1976 Feliciano Belmonte PhilippinesAsia-Pacific
1977Ronald G. S. AuUnited Statesthe Americas
1978Carl PetersonGuam (JCI Pacific)Asia-Pacific
1979Kumar GeraIndiaAsia-Pacific
1980 Patricio Izurieta Ecuadorthe Americas
1981Gary NagaoJapanAsia-Pacific
1982Barry KennedyUnited Statesthe Americas
1983Kjell PetersonSwedenEurope
1984Joe MurphyIrelandEuropeJCI is present in 55 countries and has 500.000 members
1985Victor C. LucianoPhilippinesAsia-Pacific
1986Mohammed Moncef BarouniTunisiaAfrica and the Middle EastFirst African elected
1987Phil BerryUnited Statesthe Americas
1988Jennifer YuHong KongAsia-PacificFirst woman elected
1989Isfahani SameenSri LankaAsia-Pacific
1990Jorge Suncar MoralesDominican Republicthe Americas
1991Reginald SchaumansBelgiumEurope
1992Albert HiribarrondoFranceEurope
1993Robby DawkinsUnited Statesthe Americas
1994Arnaud GodèreMauritiusAfrica and the Middle East
1995David Hide OjiJapanAsia-Pacific
1996Thomas Clear IIIUnited Statesthe Americas
1997Crispin DyPhilippinesAsia-Pacific
1998Petri NiskanenFinlandEurope
1999Youk Suk ChoiKoreaAsia-Pacific
2000Karyn BisdeeNew ZealandAsia-Pacific
2001Georges A. BouveratSwitzerlandEurope
2002Salvatore BattleCataloniaEurope
2003Bruce RectorUnited Statesthe Americas
2004Fernando Sanchez-AriasVenezuelathe Americas
2005Kevin CullinaneIrelandEurope
2006Lars HajslundDenmarkEurope
2007Scott GreenleeUnited Statesthe Americas
2008Graham HanlonIrelandEurope
2009Jun Sup ShinKoreaAsia-Pacific
2010Roland KwemainCameroonAfrica and the Middle East
2011Kentaro HaradaJapanAsia-Pacific
2012Bertolt DaemsNetherlandsEurope
2013Chiara MilaniItalyEurope
2014Shine Bhaskaran [3] IndiaAsia-Pacific
2015Ismail Haznedar [4] TurkeyEurope
2016Paschal DikeNigeriaAfrica and the Middle East
2017Dawn HetzelUnited Statesthe Americas
2018Marc Brian LimPhilippinesAsia-Pacific
2019Alexander TioIndonesiaAsia-Pacific
2020Itai Arthur ManyereZimbabweAfrica and the Middle East
2021Ryubun KojimaJapanAsia-Pacific
2022Argenis AnguloVenezuelathe Americas
2023Viktor ÓmarssonIcelandEurope
2024Kaveen Kumar KumaravelIndiaAsia-Pacific

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