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Past Presidents

1946-1953: Chauncey Hamlin

United States of America

1946-1953

1953-1959: Georges Salles

France

1953-1959

1959-1965: Sir Philip Hendy

United Kingdom

1959-1965

1965-1971: Arthur van Schendel

Netherlands

1965-1971

1971-1977: Jan Jelinek

Czechoslovakia

1971-1977

1977-1983: Hubert Landais

France

1977-1983

1983-1989: Geoffrey Lewis

United Kingdom

1983-1989

1989-1992: Alpha Oumar Konaré

Mali

1989-1992

1992-1998: Saroj Ghose

India

1992 - 1998

1998-2004: Jacques Perot

France

1998 - 2004

2004-2010: Alissandra Cummins

Barbados

2004 - 2010

2010-now: Hans-Martin Hinz

Germany

2010 - now