The president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council is the presiding officer of that body.
The position voted for by members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on a yearly basis.
Election The Economic and Social Council elects a new bureau, a president and four vice-presidents, at the first meeting of the new session of the council, typically in July. These officials are chosen at large from among the representatives of the council's members for one-year terms. Members of bureau hold office until their successors are elected by the council at the next session.
According to the rules of procedure of the council, the election of members to the bureau includes special regard for equitable geographic rotation among the United Nations regional groups. For instance, the presidency of the council rotates between the five regions, and along with it the vice-presidencies.
Role The role of president of the council involves opening and closing meetings of the body, presiding over the proceedings of the council, steering the work of the body, maintaining order and ensuring observance of the rules of procedure at all times, and, if need be, calling emergency sessions of the body. The president also usually speaks to the press on behalf of the council.
List of presidents The following is a list of all presidents of the Economic and Social Council since its inception:
Year electedName of PresidentUN member stateSession(s) 1946 Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar First and Second 1946 Andrija Štampar Third 1947 Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar Fourth 1947 Ján Papánek Fifth 1948 Charles Habib Malik 1949 Jim Thorn 1950 - 1951 Hernan Santa Cruz 1952 Syed Amjad Ali 1953 Raymond Scheyven 1954 Juan I. Cooke 1956 Douglas Copland 1956 Hans Engen 1957 Mohammad Mir Khan 1958 George F. Davidson 1959 Daniel Cosío Villegas 1960 C. W. A. Schurmann 1961 Foss Shanahan 1962 Jerzy Michalowski 1963 Alfonso Patino 1964 Ronald Walker 1965 Akira Matsui 1966 Tewfik Bouattoura 1967 Milan Klusák 1968 Manuel Perez Guerrero 1969 Raymond Scheyven 1970 J. B. P. Maramis 1971 Rachid Driss 1972 Karoly Szarka 1973 Sergio Armando Frazao 1974 Aarno Karhilo 1975 Iqbal A. Akhund 1976 Simeon Aké 1977 Ladislav Šmíd 1978 Donald O. Mills 1979 Hugo Scheltema 1980 Andreas V. Mavrommatis 1981 Paul John Firmino Lusaka 1982 Miljan Komatina 1983 Sergio Correa da Costa 1984 Karl Fischer 1985 Tomohiko Kabayashi 1986 Manuel dos Santos 1987 Eugeniusz Noworyta 1988 Andres Aguilar 1989 Kjeld Vilhelm Mortensen 1990 Chinmaya Rajaninath Gharekhan 1992 Darko Šilović 1992 Robert Mroziewicz 1993 Juan Somavia 1994 Richard William Butler 1995 Ahmad Kamal 1996 Jean-Marie Kacou Gervais Côte d'Ivoire 1997 Karel Kovanda 1998 Juan Somavia 1999 Paulo Fulci 2000 Makarim Wibisono 2001 Martin Belinga-Eboutou 2002 Ivan Šimonović 2003 Gert Rosenthal 2004 Marjatta Rasi 2005 Munir Akram 2006 Ali Hachani 2007 Dalius Čekuolis 2008 Léo Mérorès 2009 Sylvie Lucas 2010 Hamidon Ali 2011 Lazarous Kapambwe 2012 Miloš Koterec 2013 Néstor Osorio Londoño 2014 Martin Sajdik 2015 Oh Joon Republic of Korea 2016 Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava 2017 Marie Chatardová 2018 Inga Rhonda King 2019 Mona Juul 2020 Munir Akram 2021Collen Vixen Kelapile 2022 Lachezara Stoeva 2023 Paula Narváez 2024 Bob Rae 2025 Lok Bahadur Thapa 2026 Amar Bendjama
See also President of the United Nations General Assembly President of the United Nations Security Council
References
External links Presidential profile at ECOSOC Charter of the United Nations - Chapter X: The Economic and Social Council