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Jürgen Stock
Stock in 2015
8th Secretary-General of Interpol
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 November 2014
PresidentMireille Balestrazzi
Meng Hongwei
Kim Jong Yang
Preceded byRonald Noble
Personal details
Born (1959-10-04) 4 October 1959 (age 65)
Wetzlar, West Germany
Alma materUniversity of Giessen

Jürgen Stock (born 4 October 1959) is a German police officer and academic. He has served as Secretary-General of Interpol since 7 November 2014.

Biography

Stock was born on 4 October 1959 in Wetzlar, Germany.[1] He joined the Kriminalpolizei in Hesse in 1978 and stayed on as an officer until 1992. Between 1992 and 1996 he went to the University of Giessen to occupy himself with scientific research in criminology. In 1996 he worked as a lawyer, before returning to the Bundeskriminalamt to become the deputy head of a unit combating economic crime.[1] Stock became President of the University of Applied Police Science located in Saxony-Anhalt in 1998.

In 2000 he returned once more to the Bundeskriminalamt to head the Institute of Law Enforcement Studies and Training. In 2004 he became Vice President of the Bundeskriminalamt.[1]

He is also an Honorary Professor for Law and Criminology at the University of Giessen.[2]

Interpol

Since 2005 Stock has worked for Interpol. He was Vice President of Europe at the organisation between 2007 and 2010.[1] On 7 November 2014 he was elected Secretary General of Interpol by the General Assembly, he took over the position from Ronald Noble with immediate effect.[3] He was elected for a five-year term.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Curriculum Vitae Jürgen Stock". Bundeskriminalamt. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Jürgen Stock / Structure and governance / About INTERPOL / Internet / Home - INTERPOL". www.interpol.int. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  3. ^ "Germany's Jürgen Stock elected new INTERPOL Secretary General". Interpol. 7 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Germany's Jurgen Stock new Interpol chief". SkyNews. 8 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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