List of Leaders of the League of Nations
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The leaders of the League of Nations consisted of a Secretary General and a President of the Assembly selected from member states.
Secretaries Generals
| Nation | Name | Term |
|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom |
Sir James Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth | 1920–1933 |
 France |
Joseph Avenol | 1933–1940 |
 Ireland |
Seán Lester | 1940–1946 |
Presidents of the Assembly
| Nation | Name | Tunure | Also |
|---|---|---|---|
| France |
Léon Bourgeois | 1920 | |
 Belgium |
Paul Hymans (1st time) | 1920–1921 | |
 Netherlands |
Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek | 1921–1922 | |
 Chile |
Agustín Edwards | 1922–1923 | |
 Cuba |
Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza | 1923–1924 | |
 Switzerland |
Giuseppe Motta | 1924–1925 | |
 Canada |
Raoul Dandurand | 1925–1926 | |
 Portugal |
Afonso Costa | 1926–1926 | |
 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Momčilo Ninčić | 1926–1927 | |
 Uruguay |
Alberto Guani | 1927–1928 | |
 Denmark |
Herluf Zahle | 1928–1929 | |
 El Salvador |
José Gustavo Guerrero | 1929–1930 | |
 Kingdom of Romania |
Nicolae Titulescu | 1930–1932 | |
| Belgium |
Paul Hymans (2nd time) | 1932–1933 | |
 Union of South Africa |
Charles Theodore Te Water | 1933–1934 | |
 Sweden |
Rickard Sandler | 1934 | |
 Mexico |
Francisco Castillo Nájera | 1934–1935 | |
 Czechoslovakia |
Edvard Beneš | 1935–1936 | |
 Argentina |
Carlos Saavedra Lamas | 1936–1937 | |
 Turkey |
Tevfik Rüştü Aras | 1937–1937 | |
 British Raj |
Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan | 1937–1938 | |
| Ireland |
Éamon de Valera | 1938–1939 | |
 Norway |
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, London, ISBN 0-09-117040-0
