List of Presidents of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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The President of the General Conference is the head of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the governing body of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The president's office is within the offices of the General Conference, located in Silver Spring, Maryland. As of June 2010, the current president is Ted N. C. Wilson.
Traditionally, the post has been held by an American. Of the 17 presidents, 13 were born in the United States, 1 born in Puerto Rico to North American missionaries, 1 born in Australia and 2 born in Norway, of which the one emigrated to the U.S. at age 5.
[edit] Past presidents
- March 20, 1863 – May 17, 1865: John Byington
- May 17, 1865 – May 14, 1867: James White
- 1867–1869: John Nevins Andrews
- 1869–1871: James White
- 1871–1874: George Ide Butler
- 1874–1880: James White
- 1880–1888: George Ide Butler
- 1888–1897: Ole Andres Olsen
- 1897–1901: George A. Irwin
- 1901–1922: Arthur Grosvenor Daniells
- 1922–1930: William Ambrose Spicer
- 1930–1936: Charles H. Watson
- 1936–1950: James Lamar McElhany
- 1950–1954: William Henry Branson
- 1954–1966: Reuben Richard Figuhr
- 1966–1979: Robert H. Pierson
- 1979–1990: Neal C. Wilson
- 1990–1999: Robert S. Folkenberg
- 1999–2010: Jan Paulsen[1]
- 2010–present: Ted N. C. Wilson[2]
