List of leaders of the League of Nations

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The leaders of the League of Nations consisted of a Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General and a President of the Assembly selected from member states.

Secretaries General

No. Portrait Secretary General Took office Left office Time in office Country
1Drummond, EricSir Eric Drummond
(1876–1951)		1 August 19202 July 193312 years, 336 daysFile:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
2Avenol, JosephJoseph Avenol
(1879–1952)		3 July 193331 August 19407 years, 59 daysFile:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France
3Lester, SeánSeán Lester
(1888–1959)		31 August 194018 April 19465 years, 230 daysFile:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland

Deputy Secretaries General

No. Portrait Name Term Country
1 File:Jean Monnet.jpg Jean Monnet 1919–1923 File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France
2 File:Joseph Avenol 1932.jpg Joseph Avenol 1923–1932 File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France
3 File:Pablo de Azcárate y Flórez.jpg Pablo de Azcárate 1933–1936 File:Flag of Spain 1931 1939.svg Spain
File:Massimo Pilotti 1927.jpg Massimo Pilotti File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy
4 File:SeanLester.jpg Seán Lester 1937–1940 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
5 Francis Paul Walters 1940-1946 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom

Under Secretaries General

Nation Name Term
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Raymond B. Fosdick 1919 (provisional)
File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy Bernardo Attolico 1919–1920
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Nitobe Inazo 1919–1926
File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy Dionisio Anzilotti 1920–1921
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Albert Dufour-Feronce 1927–1932
File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy Giacomo Paulucci di Calboli 1927–1932
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Yotaro Sugimura [jp] 1927–1933
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Ernst Trendelenburg [de] 1932–1933
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Francis Paul Walters 1933–1939
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Vladimir Sokoline 1937–1939
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Luis Podestá Costa [es] 1938–1943
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Thanassis Aghnides 1939–1942

Presidents of the Assembly

Nation Portrait Name Term
File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France File:Bourgeoi.jpg Léon Bourgeois 1920
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium File:Paul Hymans 02.jpg Paul Hymans
1st time 		1920–1921
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:H.A. van Karnebeek (cropped).jpg Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek 1921–1922
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile File:Agustín Edwards Mac-Clure.jpg Agustín Edwards 1922–1923
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba File:De la Torriente, Cosme.jpg Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza 1923–1924
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland File:Giuseppe Motta.png Giuseppe Motta 1924–1925
File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada File:Raoul Dandurand 1.jpg Raoul Dandurand 1925–1926
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal File:Afonso Costa - Março, 1921.png Afonso Costa 1926
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1918–1943).svg Kingdom of Yugoslavia File:Momčilo Ninčić.jpg Momčilo Ninčić 1926–1927
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Alberto Guani 1927–1928
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark File:Herluf zahle 1928.jpg Herluf Zahle 1928–1929
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador File:EEBldDDW4AELtVo1929 In Geneva, Switzerland, Salvadoran lawyer and diplomat Dr. José Gustavo Guerrero places the first stone of the Palais des Nations, the headquarters of the League of Nations, today UN (cropped).jpg José Gustavo Guerrero 1929–1930
File:Flag of Romania.svg Kingdom of Romania File:Nicolae Titulescu (1).jpg Nicolae Titulescu 1930–1932
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium File:Paul Hymans 02.jpg Paul Hymans
2nd time 		1932–1933
File:Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Union of South Africa File:Charles Theodore Te Water 1933.jpg Charles Theodore Te Water 1933–1934
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden File:Rickard Sandler - Sveriges styresmän.jpg Rickard Sandler 1934
File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico File:Francisco Castillo Nájera 1933.jpg Francisco Castillo Nájera 1934–1935
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia File:Edvard Beneš, Czechoslovak Review.jpg Edvard Beneš 1935–1936
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina File:Carlos Saavedra Lamas.jpg Carlos Saavedra Lamas 1936–1937
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Ahmed Tevfik Rushdi Bey.jpg Tevfik Rüştü Aras 1937–1937
File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg British Raj File:Aqa Khan in Chicago.jpg Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III 1937–1938
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland File:Eamon de Valera c 1922-30.jpg Éamon de Valera 1938–1939
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway File:33519 C.J. Hambro.jpg C. J. Hambro 1939–1946

See also

References

  • Northedge, F. S. (1986) The League of Nations: Its Life and Times, 1920–1946 Holmes & Meier, New York, ISBN 0-7185-1316-9
  • Scott, George (1973). The Rise and Fall of the League of Nations. Hutchinson & Co Ltd. ISBN 978-0-09-117040-0.
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