Secretary General of Interpol

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Secretary General of Interpol
Valdecy Urquiza 2025 (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Flag of Brazil.svg Valdecy Urquiza
since 7 November 2024
General Secretariat
Type Chief administrative officer
StatusActive
Member ofGeneral Secretariat
Nominator Interpol General Assembly
AppointerGeneral Assembly
Term length Five years
renewable once
First holder Oskar Dressler (1923–1946)
Website Official website

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.

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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

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

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

No.PortraitName (Birth–Death)Term of officeCountry
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Oskar Dressler
(1878–1959)
7 September 1923 [a] June 194622 years, 7 months Flag of Austria.svg Austria
2 Louis Ducloux
(1883–1956)
June 1946June 19515 years Flag of France.svg France
3 Marcel Sicot
(1898–1981)
June 1951August 196312 years, 2 months Flag of France.svg France
4 Jean Népote
(1915–1986)
August 196326 October 197815 years, 2 months Flag of France.svg France
5 André Bossard
(born 1926)
October 1978October 19857 years Flag of France.svg France
6 Raymond Kendall
(born 1933)
October 19852 October 200015 years Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
7 Ronald K. Noble - Cartagena, Colombia 2013.jpg Ronald Noble
(born 1956)
3 November 20007 November 201414 years, 4 days Flag of the United States.svg United States
8 Jurgen Stock at G7 Interior Ministers (cropped).jpg Jürgen Stock
(born 1959)
7 November 20147 November 202410 years, 0 days Flag of Germany.svg Germany
9 Valdecy Urquiza 2025 (cropped).jpg Valdecy Urquiza
(born 1981)
7 November 2024Incumbent [4] 223 days Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. "Secretary General". INTERPOL. 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  2. 1 2 "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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