Presidents and Chairmen of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Founded in 1919 under the name "League of Red Cross Societies", the institution became the "League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies" in 1983. It adopted its current name in 1991. Chairman of the Board of Governors are elected every four years.

(The title "chairman" was used up to 1977. It then became "president")

Henry Davison (USA) 1919-22		John Barton Payne (USA) 1922-35
Cary T. Grayson (USA) 1935-38		Norman Davis (USA) 1938-44
Jean de Muralt (Switzerland) 1944-45		Basil O'Connor (USA) 1945-50
Emil Sandstrom (Sweden) 1950-59		John MacAulay (Canada) 1959-65
Jose Barroso (Mexico) 1965-77		A Adefarasin (Nigeria) 1977-81
Enrique de la Mata (Spain) 1981-87		Mario Enrique Villarroel Lander (Venezuela) 1987-97
Astrid N. Heiberg (Norway) 1997-

 

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