| Post: | President |
| Body: | Interpol |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Logo of Interpol |
| Flagsize: | 175px |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Interpol |
| Incumbent: | Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi |
| Incumbentsince: | 25 November 2021 |
| Department: | Interpol |
| Member Of: | INTERPOL Executive Committee INTERPOL General Assembly |
| Seat: | Lyon, France |
| Appointer: | General Assembly |
| Termlength: | 4 years, |
| Termlength Qualified: | non-extendable |
| Constituting Instrument: | ICPO-INTERPOL Constitution and General Regulations |
| Formation: | 7 September 1923 1956 |
| Deputy: | Vice-presidents |
| Salary: | Unpaid |
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.[1]
During World War II, most member states withdrew their support,[2] as a result, Nazi German presidents are not officially recognized.[3]
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Country | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| President of the ICPC | ||||||||
| 1 | Johann Schober | 7 September 1923 | 1932 | years | Austria | |||
| 2 | 1932 | 1934 | years | Austria | ||||
| 3 | 1934 | 1935 | years | Austria | ||||
| 4 | 1935 | 1938 | years | Austria | ||||
| 5 | Otto Steinhäusl | April 1938 | 20 June 1940 † | years | Nazi Germany | |||
| 6 | Reinhard Heydrich | 24 August 1940 | 4 June 1942 † | year | Nazi Germany | |||
| 7 | Arthur Nebe | June 1942 | June 1943 | year | Nazi Germany | |||
| 8 | Ernst Kaltenbrunner | June 1943 | 12 May 1945 | year | Nazi Germany | |||
| 9 | Florent Louwage | 1945 | 1956 | years | Belgium | |||
| President of the INTERPOL | ||||||||
| 10 | Agostinho Lourenço | 1956 | 1960 | years | Portugal | |||
| 11 | Sir Richard Jackson | 1960 | 1963 | years | UK | |||
| 12 | 1963 | 1964 | years | Finland | ||||
| 13 | Firmin Franssen | 1964 | 1968 | years | Belgium | |||
| 14 | Paul Dickopf | 1968 | 1972 | years | West Germany | |||
| 15 | William Higgitt | 1972 | 1976 | years | Canada | |||
| 16 | Carl Persson | 1976 | 1980 | years | Sweden | |||
| 17 | Jolly Bugarin | 1980 | 1984 | years | Philippines | |||
| 18 | John Simpson | 1984 | 1988 | years | USA | |||
| 19 | Ivan Barbot | 1988 | 1992 | years | France | |||
| 20 | Norman Inkster | 1992 | 1994 | years | Canada | |||
| 21 | Björn Eriksson | 1994 | 1996 | years | Sweden | |||
| 22 | Toshinori Kanemoto | 1996 | 2000 | years | Japan | |||
| 24 | 2000 | 2004 | years | Spain | ||||
| 25 | Jackie Selebi | 2004 | 13 January 2008 | years | South Africa | [4] | ||
| — | 13 January 2008 | 9 October 2008 | Chile | |||||
| 26 | Khoo Boon Hui | 9 October 2008 | November 2012 | Singapore | ||||
| 27 | Mireille Ballestrazzi | November 2012 | November 2016 | France | ||||
| 28 | Meng Hongwei | 10 November 2016 | 7 October 2018 | China | ||||
| — | Kim Jong Yang | 7 October 2018 | 20 November 2018 | South Korea | ||||
| 29 | 21 November 2018 | 24 November 2021 | ||||||
| 30 | Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi | 25 November 2021 | Incumbent | United Arab Emirates | ||||