President of Interpol

President of Interpol
President of Interpol
Président d'Interpol
	Incumbent; Lucas Philippe; since 27 November 2025
	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

Member ofINTERPOL Executive Committee
INTERPOL General Assembly

SeatLyon, France

AppointerGeneral Assembly

Term length4 years,
non-extendable

The President of Interpol (French: Président d'Interpol) is the governing head of Interpol. The current president is Lucas Philippe, who was elected in November 2025. The president is tasked with presiding and directing the discussions at meetings of the General Assembly and the Executive Committee.^[1]

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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	^[3]
2		Franz Brandl [de] (1875–1953)	1932	1934	1–2 years	Austria	^[3]
3		Eugen Seydel (1879–1958)	1934	1935	0–1 years	Austria	^[3]
4		Michael Skubl [de] (1877–1964)	1935	1938	2–3 years	Austria	^[3]
5		Otto Steinhäusl (1879–1940)	April 1938	20 June 1940 †	2 years	Nazi Germany
6		Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942)	24 August 1940	4 June 1942 †	1 year	Nazi Germany
7		Arthur Nebe (1894–1945)	June 1942	January 1943	7 months	Nazi Germany
8		Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946)	January 1943	12 May 1945	2 years	Nazi Germany	^[4]
9		Florent Louwage	1945	1956	10–11 years	Belgium	^[3]
President of the INTERPOL
10		Agostinho Lourenço (1886–1964)	1956	1960	3–4 years	Portugal	^[3]
11		Sir Richard Jackson (1902–1975)	1960	1963	2–3 years	United Kingdom	^[3]
12		Fjalar Jarva [fi] (1910–1978)	1963	1964	0–1 years	Finland	^[3]
13		Firmin Franssen	1964	1968	3–4 years	Belgium	^[3]
14		Paul Dickopf (1910–1973)	1968	1972	3–4 years	West Germany	^[3]
15		William Higgitt (1917–1989)	1972	1976	3–4 years	Canada	^[3]
16		Carl Persson (1919–2014)	1976	1980	3–4 years	Sweden	^[3]
17		Jolly Bugarin (?–2002)	1980	1984	3–4 years	Philippines	^[3]
18		John Simpson (1932–2017)	1984	1988	3–4 years	United States	^[3]
19		Ivan Barbot (1937–?)	1988	1992	3–4 years	France	^[3]
20		Norman Inkster (born 1938)	1992	1994	1–2 years	Canada	^[3]
21		Björn Eriksson (born 1945)	1994	1996	1–2 years	Sweden	^[3]
22		Toshinori Kanemoto	1996	2000	3–4 years	Japan	^[3]
23		Jesús Espigares Mira [es] (born 1946)	2000	2004	3–4 years	Spain	^[3]
24		Jackie Selebi (1950–2015)	2004	13 January 2008	3–4 years	South Africa	^[3]^[5]
—		Arturo Herrera Verdugo [es] (born 1951) Acting	13 January 2008	9 October 2008	270 days	Chile
25		Khoo Boon Hui (born 1954)	9 October 2008	November 2012	4 years	Singapore	^[3]
26		Mireille Ballestrazzi (born 1954)	November 2012	November 2016	4 years	France	^[3]
27		Meng Hongwei (born 1953)	10 November 2016	7 October 2018	1 year, 10 months	China	^[3]
—		Kim Jong Yang (born 1961)	7 October 2018	20 November 2018	44 days	South Korea
28		Kim Jong Yang (born 1961)	21 November 2018	24 November 2021	3 years, 3 days	South Korea
29		Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi	25 November 2021	27 November 2025	4 years, 2 days	United Arab Emirates
30		Lucas Philippe	27 November 2025	Incumbent	3 months and 20 days	France

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President of Interpol
Président d'Interpol
Incumbent Lucas Philippe since 27 November 2025
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