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Governing head of the International Criminal Police Organization

President of Interpol
Président d'Interpol
Incumbent Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi since 25 November 2021
Interpol
Member of	INTERPOL Executive Committee INTERPOL General Assembly
Seat	Lyon, France
Appointer	General Assembly
Term length	4 years, non-extendable
Constituting instrument	ICPO-INTERPOL Constitution and General Regulations
Formation	7 September 1923 (as presidents of the ICPC) 1956 (as presidents of INTERPOL)
First holder	Johann Schober (ICPC) Agostinho Lourenço (INTERPOL)
Deputy	Vice-presidents
Salary	Unpaid
Website	Official website

The President of Interpol (French: Président d'Interpol) is the governing head of Interpol. The current president is Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi, who was elected in November 2021. The president is tasked with presiding and directing the discussions at meetings of the General Assembly and the Executive Committee.

List of officeholders

During World War II, most member states withdrew their support, as a result, Nazi German presidents are not officially recognized.

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Country	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Country	Ref.
President of the ICPC
1		Johann Schober (1874–1932)	7 September 1923	1932	8–9 years	Austria
2		Franz Brandl [de] (1875–1953)	1932	1934	1–2 years	Austria
3		Eugen Seydel [de] (1879–1958)	1934	1935	0–1 years	Austria
4		Michael Skubl [de] (1877–1964)	1935	1938	2–3 years	Austria
5		Otto Steinhäusl (1879–1940)	April 1938	20 June 1940 †	2 years	Nazi Germany from Austria Hungary
6		Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942)	24 August 1940	4 June 1942 †	1 year	Nazi Germany
7		Arthur Nebe (1894–1945)	June 1942	June 1943	1 year	Nazi Germany
8		Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946)	June 1943	12 May 1945	1 year	Nazi Germany From Austria
9		Florent Louwage	1945	1956	10–11 years	Belgium
President of the INTERPOL
10		Agostinho Lourenço (1886–1964)	1956	1960	3–4 years	Portugal
11		Sir Richard Jackson (1902–1975)	1960	1963	2–3 years	UK
12		Fjalar Jarva [fi] (1910–1978)	1963	1964	0–1 years	Finland
13		Firmin Franssen	1964	1968	3–4 years	Belgium
14		Paul Dickopf (1910–1973)	1968	1972	3–4 years	West Germany
15		William Higgitt (1917–1989)	1972	1976	3–4 years	Canada
16		Carl Persson (1919–2014)	1976	1980	3–4 years	Sweden
17		Jolly Bugarin (?–2002)	1980	1984	3–4 years	Philippines
18		John Simpson (1932–2017)	1984	1988	3–4 years	USA
19		Ivan Barbot (1937–?)	1988	1992	3–4 years	France
20		Norman Inkster (born 1938)	1992	1994	1–2 years	Canada
21		Björn Eriksson (born 1945)	1994	1996	1–2 years	Sweden
22		Toshinori Kanemoto	1996	2000	3–4 years	Japan
24		Jesús Espigares Mira [es] (born 1946)	2000	2004	3–4 years	Spain
25		Jackie Selebi (1950–2015)	2004	13 January 2008	3–4 years	South Africa
—		Arturo Herrera Verdugo [es] (born 1951) Acting	13 January 2008	9 October 2008	270 days	Chile
26		Khoo Boon Hui (born 1954)	9 October 2008	November 2012	4 years	Singapore
27		Mireille Ballestrazzi (born 1954)	November 2012	November 2016	4 years	France
28		Meng Hongwei (born 1953)	10 November 2016	7 October 2018	1 year, 10 months	China
—		Kim Jong Yang (born 1961)	7 October 2018	20 November 2018	44 days	South Korea
29		Kim Jong Yang (born 1961)	21 November 2018	24 November 2021	3 years, 3 days	South Korea
30		Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi	25 November 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 42 days	United Arab Emirates