Former Presidents, 1946-2004

  • The first meeting of the Second Session of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations at Hunter College, New York on 25 May 1946. UN Photo
YEARNAMECOUNTRY
2001Mr. Martin Belinga-EboutouCameroon
2000Mr. Makarim WibisonoIndonesia
1999Mr. Paulo FulciItaly
1998Mr. Juan SomaviaChile
1997Mr. Karel KovandaCzech Republic
1996Mr. Jean-Marie Kacou GervaisCote d'Ivoire
1995Mr. Ahmad KamalPakistan
1994Mr. Richard William ButlerAustralia
1993Mr. Juan SomaviaChile
1992 [elected in June]Mr. Robert MroziewiczPoland
1992 [elected in January]Mr. Darko SilovicYugoslavia
1990Mr. Chinmaya Rajaninath GharekhanIndia
1989Mr. Kjeld Vilhelm MortensenDenmark
1988Mr. Andres AguilarVenezuela
1987Mr. Eugeniusz NoworytaPoland
1986Mr. Manuel dos SantosMozambique
1985Mr. Tomohiko KabayashiJapan
1984Mr. Karl FischerAustria
1983Mr. Sergio Correa da CostaBrazil
1982Mr. Miljan KomatinaYugoslavia
1981Mr. Paul John Firmino LusakaZambia
1980Mr. Andreas V. MavrommatisCyprus
1979Mr. Hugo ScheltemaNetherlands
1978Mr. Donald O. MillsJamaica
1977Mr. Ladislav SmidCzechoslovakia
1976Mr. Simeon AkeIvory Coast
1975Mr. Iqbal A. AkhundPakistan
1974Mr. Aarno KarhiloFinland
1973Mr. Sergio Armando FrazaoBrazil
1972Mr. Karoly SzarkaHungary
1971Mr. Rachid DrissTunisia
1970Mr. J. B. P. MaramisIndonesia
1969Mr. Raymond ScheyvenBelgium
1968Mr. Manuel Perez GuerreroVenezuela
1967Mr. Milan KlusakCzechoslovakia
1966Mr. Tewfik BouattouraAlgeria
1965Mr. Akira MatsuiJapan
1964Mr. Ronald WalkerAustralia
1963Mr. Alfonso PatinoColombia
1962Mr. Jerzy MichalowskiPoland
1961Mr. Foss ShanahanNew Zealand
1960Mr. C. W. A. SchurmannNetherlands
1959Mr. Daniel Cosio-VillegasMexico
1958Mr. George F. DavidsonCanada
1957Mr. Mohammad Mir KhanPakistan
1956Mr. Hans EngenNorway
1955Mr. Douglas CoplandAustralia
1954Mr. Juan I. CookeArgentina
1953Mr. Raymond ScheyvenBelgium
1952Mr. Syed Amjad AliPakistan
1950-1951Mr. Hernan Santa CruzChile
1949Mr. James ThornNew Zealand
1948Mr. Charles Habib MalikLebanon
1947 [5th sess. ]Mr. Jan PapanekCzechoslovakia (Acting)
1947 [4th sess.]Mr. Ramaswami MudaliarIndia
1946 [3rd sess.]Mr. Andrija StamparYugoslavia (Acting)
1946 [1st-2nd sess.]Mr. Ramaswami MudaliarIndia