President of the United Nations General Assembly


















































President of the
United Nations General Assembly

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Incumbent
Ecuador María Fernanda Espinosa
since 18 September 2018
United Nations General Assembly
Style Her Excellency
Status Presiding officer
Member of General Assembly
Residence United Nations Headquarters
Seat
New York City, New York, United States
Appointer General Assembly
Term length one year
Inaugural holder
Belgium Paul-Henri Spaak
Formation 1946
Website un.org/en/ga/

The President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The President presides over the sessions of the General Assembly.


María Fernanda Espinosa of Ecuador has been elected as the UNGA President of its 73rd session beginning in September 2018.




Contents






  • 1 Election


  • 2 List of presidents


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Election




A map of the world showing the home countries of Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly up until the 72th session of the General Assembly in 2017-18, with historical member states in inset.


The session of the assembly is scheduled for every year starting in September—any special, or emergency special, assemblies over the next year will be headed by the President of UNGA.


The presidency rotates annually between the five geographic groups: African, Asia-Pacific, Eastern European, Latin American and Caribbean, and Western European and other States.[1]


Because of their powerful stature globally, some of the largest, most powerful countries have never held the presidency, such as the People's Republic of China, France, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In particular, it is customary that no permanent member of the United Nations Security Council ever serves as UNGA president.


The only countries that had a national elected as President of UNGA twice are Argentina and Ecuador; all the other member states had been represented only once by their nationals holding this office. This does not include special and emergency special sessions of UNGA.



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Year elected
 Name of President[2]
 UN member state
 Region
 Sessions
1946
Paul-Henri Spaak
 Belgium
 WES
First
1947
Oswaldo Aranha
 Brazil
 LAS
First special
Second

1948
José Arce
 Argentina
 LAS
Second special

1948
Herbert Vere Evatt
 Australia
 COS
Third
1949
Carlos P. Romulo
 Philippines
 EAS
Fourth
1950
Nasrollah Entezam
 Iran
 EAS
Fifth
1951
Luis Padilla Nervo
 Mexico
 LAS
Sixth
1952
Lester B. Pearson
 Canada
 COS
Seventh
1953
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
 India
 COS
Eighth, First woman president
1954
Eelco van Kleffens
 Netherlands
 WES
Ninth
1955
José Maza Fernández
 Chile
 LAS
Tenth

1956
Rudecindo Ortega (de)
 Chile
 LAS
First emergency special
Second emergency special

1956
Wan Waithayakon
 Thailand
 EAS
Eleventh
1957
Leslie Munro
 New Zealand
 COS
Twelfth
Third emergency special
1958
Charles Malik
 Lebanon
 MES
Thirteenth
1959
Víctor Andrés Belaúnde
 Peru
 LAS
Fourteenth
Fourth emergency special
1960
Frederick Boland
 Ireland
 WES
Fifteenth
Third special
1961
Mongi Slim
 Tunisia
 MES
Sixteenth
1962
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
 Pakistan
 COS
Seventeenth
Fourth special
1963
Carlos Sosa Rodríguez (es)
 Venezuela
 LAS
Eighteenth
1964
Alex Quaison-Sackey
 Ghana
 COS
Nineteenth
1965
Amintore Fanfani
 Italy
 WES
Twentieth
1966
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
 Afghanistan
 Asia
Twenty-first
Fifth special
Fifth emergency special
1967
Corneliu Mănescu
 Romania
 EEG
Twenty-second
1968
Emilio Arenales Catalán
 Guatemala
 GRULAC
Twenty-third
1969
Angie Brooks
 Liberia
 Africa
Twenty-fourth
1970
Edvard Hambro
 Norway
 WEOG
Twenty-fifth
1971
Adam Malik
 Indonesia
 Asia
Twenty-sixth
1972
Stanisław Trepczyński
 Poland
 EEG
Twenty-seventh
1973
Leopoldo Benites
 Ecuador
 GRULAC
Twenty-eighth
Sixth special
1974
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
 Algeria
 Africa
Twenty-ninth
Seventh special
1975
Gaston Thorn
 Luxembourg
 WEOG
Thirtieth
1976
Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe
 Sri Lanka
 Asia
Thirty-first
1977
Lazar Mojsov
 Yugoslavia
 EEG
Thirty-second
Eighth special
Ninth special
Tenth special
1978
Indalecio Liévano
 Colombia
 GRULAC
Thirty-third
1979
Salim Ahmed Salim
 United Republic of Tanzania
 Africa
Thirty-fourth
Sixth emergency special
Seventh emergency special
Eleventh special
1980
Rüdiger von Wechmar
 Federal Republic of Germany
 WEOG
Thirty-fifth
Eighth emergency special
1981
Ismat T. Kittani
 Iraq
 Asia
Thirty-sixth
Seventh emergency special—Continuation
Ninth emergency special
Twelfth special
1982
Imre Hollai
 Hungary
 EEG
Thirty-seventh
1983
Jorge Illueca
 Panama
 GRULAC
Thirty-eighth
1984
Paul J. F. Lusaka
 Zambia
 Africa
Thirty-ninth
1985
Jaime de Piniés
 Spain
 WEOG
Fortieth
Thirteenth special
1986
Humayun Rashid Choudhury
 Bangladesh
 Asia
Forty-first
Fourteenth special
1987
Peter Florin
 German Democratic Republic
 EEG
Forty-second
Fifteenth special
1988
Dante Caputo
 Argentina
 GRULAC
Forty-third
1989
Joseph Nanven Garba
 Nigeria
 Africa
Forty-fourth
Sixteenth special
Seventeenth special
Eighteenth special
1990
Guido de Marco
 Malta
 WEOG
Forty-fifth
1991
Samir Shihabi
 Saudi Arabia
 Asia
Forty-sixth
1992
Stoyan Ganev
 Bulgaria
 EEG
Forty-seventh
1993
Rudy Insanally
 Guyana
 GRULAC
Forty-eighth
1994
Amara Essy
 Ivory Coast
 Africa
Forty-ninth
1995
Diogo de Freitas do Amaral
 Portugal
 WEOG
Fiftieth
1996
Razali Ismail
 Malaysia
 Asia
Fifty-first
Tenth emergency special
Nineteenth special
1997
Hennadiy Udovenko
 Ukraine
 EEG
Fifty-second
Tenth emergency special—Continuation
Twentieth special
1998
Didier Opertti
 Uruguay
 GRULAC
Fifty-third
Tenth emergency special—Continuation
Twenty-first special
1999
Theo-Ben Gurirab
 Namibia
 Africa
Fifty-fourth
Twenty-second special
Twenty-third special
Twenty-fourth special
2000
Harri Holkeri
 Finland
 WEOG
Fifty-fifth
Tenth emergency special—Continuation
Twenty-fifth special
Twenty-sixth special
2001
Han Seung-soo
 South Korea
 Asia
Fifty-sixth
Tenth emergency special—Continuation
2002
Jan Kavan
 Czech Republic
 EEG
Fifty-seventh
Tenth emergency special—Continuation
2003
Julian Hunte
 Saint Lucia
 GRULAC
Fifty-eighth
Tenth emergency special—Continuation
2004
Jean Ping
 Gabon
 Africa
Fifty-ninth
2005
Jan Eliasson
 Sweden
 WEOG
Sixtieth
2006
Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa
 Bahrain
 Asia
Sixty-first
Tenth emergency special—Continuation
2007
Srgjan Kerim
 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
 EEG
Sixty-second
2008
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
 Nicaragua
 GRULAC
Sixty-third
2009
Ali Treki
 Libya
 Africa
Sixty-fourth
2010
Joseph Deiss
  Switzerland
 WEOG
Sixty-fifth
2011
Nassir Al-Nasser[3]
 Qatar
 Asia-Pacific
Sixty-sixth
2012
Vuk Jeremić
 Serbia
 EEG
Sixty-seventh (election)
2013
John William Ashe
 Antigua and Barbuda
 GRULAC
Sixty-eighth
2014
Sam Kutesa
 Uganda
 Africa
Sixty-ninth
2015
Mogens Lykketoft
 Denmark
 WEOG
Seventieth
2016
Peter Thomson
 Fiji
 Asia-Pacific
Seventy-first (election)
2017
Miroslav Lajčák
 Slovakia
 EEG
Seventy-second
Tenth emergency special—Continuation
2018
María Fernanda Espinosa
 Ecuador
 GRULAC
Seventy-third

Abbreviations:


Pre-1966


  • COS: Commonwealth Seat

  • EAS: Eastern European and Asian Seat

  • LAS: Latin American Seat

  • MES: Middle Eastern Seat

  • WES: Western European Seat


Since 1966


  • Africa: African Group

  • Asia-Pacific: Asian Group, since 2011 the Asia-Pacific Group[4]

  • EEG: Eastern European Group

  • GRULAC: Latin American and Caribbean Group

  • WEOG: Western European and Others Group



See also


  • President of the United Nations Security Council


References




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  2. ^ Presidents of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Un.org. Retrieved on 2013-12-06.


  3. ^ United Nations document GA/11105


  4. ^ "Asian Group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific Group", Radio New Zealand International, 31 August 2011.



External links







  • UN: List of UN General Assembly presidents


  • UN General Assembly President Election Reform.


  • UNelections.org.


  • More news on UN elections and appointments[permanent dead link].











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