Year elected Name of President UN member state Session(s) 1946 Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar British India First and Second 1946 Andrija Stampar Yugoslavia Third 1947 Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar British India Fourth 1947 Ján Papánek Czechoslovakia Fifth 1948 Charles Habib Malik Lebanon 1949 James Thorn New Zealand 1950 - 1951 Hernan Santa Cruz Chile 1952 Syed Amjad Ali Pakistan 1953 Raymond Scheyven Belgium 1954 Juan I. Cooke Argentina 1956 Douglas Copland Australia 1956 Hans Engen Norway 1957 Mohammad Mir Khan Pakistan 1958 George F. Davidson Canada 1959 Daniel Cosio-Villegas Mexico 1960 C. W. A. Schurmann Netherlands 1961 Foss Shanahan New Zealand 1962 Jerzy Michalowski Poland 1963 Alfonso Patino Colombia 1964 Ronald Walker Australia 1965 Akira Matsui Japan 1966 Tewfik Bouattoura Algeria 1967 Milan Klusák Czechoslovakia 1968 Manuel Perez Guerrero Venezuela 1969 Raymond Scheyven Belgium 1970 J. B. P. Maramis Indonesia 1971 Rachid Driss Tunisia 1972 Karoly Szarka Hungary 1973 Sergio Armando Frazao Brazil 1974 Aarno Karhilo Finland 1975 Iqbal A. Akhund Pakistan 1976 Simeon Aké Ivory Coast 1977 Ladislav Šmíd Czechoslovakia 1978 Donald O. Mills Jamaica 1979 Hugo Scheltema Netherlands 1980 Andreas V. Mavrommatis Cyprus 1981 Paul John Firmino Lusaka Zambia 1982 Miljan Komatina Yugoslavia 1983 Sergio Correa da Costa Brazil 1984 Karl Fischer Austria 1985 Tomohiko Kabayashi Japan 1986 Manuel dos Santos Mozambique 1987 Eugeniusz Noworyta Poland 1988 Andres Aguilar Venezuela 1989 Kjeld Vilhelm Mortensen Denmark 1990 Chinmaya Rajaninath Gharekhan India 1992[lower-alpha 1] Darko Silovic Yugoslavia 1992[lower-alpha 2] Robert Mroziewicz Poland 1993 Juan Somavia Chile 1994 Richard William Butler Australia 1995 Ahmad Kamal Pakistan 1996 Jean-Marie Kacou Gervais Côte d'Ivoire 1997 Karel Kovanda Czech Republic 1998 Juan Somavia Chile 1999 Paulo Fulci Italy 2000 Makarim Wibisono Indonesia 2001 Martin Belinga-Eboutou Cameroon 2002 Ivan Šimonović Croatia 2003 Gert Rosenthal Guatemala 2004 Marjatta Rasi Finland 2005 Munir Akram Pakistan 2006 Ali Hachani Tunisia 2007 Dalius Čekuolis Lithuania 2008 Léo Mérorès Haiti 2009 Sylvie Lucas Luxembourg 2010 Hamidon Ali Malaysia 2011 Lazarous Kapambwe Zambia 2012 Miloš Koterec Slovakia 2013 Néstor Osorio Londoño Colombia 2014 Martin Sajdik Austria 2015 Oh Joon Republic of Korea 2016 Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava Zimbabwe 2017 Marie Chatardová Czech Republic 2018 Inga Rhonda King Saint Vincent 2019 Mona Juul Norway 2020 Munir Akram Pakistan 2021 Collen Vixen Kelapile Botswana