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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sir Eric Drummond (1876–1951) | 1 August 1920 | 2 July 1933 | 12 years, 336 days | ![]() | |
2 | Joseph Avenol (1879–1952) | 3 July 1933 | 31 August 1940 | 7 years, 59 days | ![]() | |
3 | Seán Lester (1888–1959) | 31 August 1940 | 18 April 1946 | 5 years, 230 days | ![]() |
Deputy Secretaries General
No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Jean Monnet | 1919–1923 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() | Joseph Avenol | 1923–1932 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() | (Pablo de Azcárate) | 1933–1936 | ![]() |
![]() | (Massimo Pilotti) | ![]() | ||
4 | ![]() | Seán Lester | 1937–1940 | ![]() |
5 | (Francis Paul Walters) | 1940-1946 | ![]() |
Under Secretaries General
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Nation | Name | Term |
---|---|---|
![]() | (Raymond B. Fosdick) | 1919 (provisional) |
![]() | Bernardo Attolico | 1919–1920 |
![]() | (Nitobe Inazo) | 1919–1926 |
![]() | (Dionisio Anzilotti) | 1920–1921 |
![]() | (Albert Dufour-Feronce) | 1927–1932 |
![]() | 1927–1932 | |
![]() | 1927–1933 | |
![]() | 1932–1933 | |
![]() | (Francis Paul Walters) | 1933–1939 |
![]() | Vladimir Sokoline | 1937–1939 |
![]() | 1938–1943 | |
![]() | Thanassis Aghnides | 1939–1942 |
Presidents of the Assembly
Nation | Portrait | Name | Term |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Léon Bourgeois | 1920 |
![]() | ![]() | Paul Hymans 1st time | 1920–1921 |
![]() | ![]() | (Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek) | 1921–1922 |
![]() | ![]() | (Agustín Edwards) | 1922–1923 |
![]() | ![]() | (Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza) | 1923–1924 |
![]() | ![]() | Giuseppe Motta | 1924–1925 |
![]() | ![]() | (Raoul Dandurand) | 1925–1926 |
![]() | ![]() | Afonso Costa | 1926 |
![]() | ![]() | (Momčilo Ninčić) | 1926–1927 |
![]() | (Alberto Guani) | 1927–1928 | |
![]() | ![]() | (Herluf Zahle) | 1928–1929 |
![]() | ![]() | José Gustavo Guerrero | 1929–1930 |
![]() | ![]() | (Nicolae Titulescu) | 1930–1932 |
![]() | ![]() | Paul Hymans 2nd time | 1932–1933 |
![]() | ![]() | (Charles Theodore Te Water) | 1933–1934 |
![]() | ![]() | Rickard Sandler | 1934 |
![]() | ![]() | (Francisco Castillo Nájera) | 1934–1935 |
![]() | ![]() | Edvard Beneš | 1935–1936 |
![]() | ![]() | (Carlos Saavedra Lamas) | 1936–1937 |
![]() | ![]() | (Tevfik Rüştü Aras) | 1937–1937 |
![]() | ![]() | Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, (Aga Khan III) | 1937–1938 |
![]() | ![]() | Éamon de Valera | 1938–1939 |
![]() | ![]() | (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
- (Scott, George) (1973). The Rise and Fall of the League of Nations. Hutchinson & Co Ltd. ISBN .