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. ^ "Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of Qatar Elected President of General Assembly's Sixty-Sixth Session; Vice-Presidents, Main Committee Chairs Also Named | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.


  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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