List of leaders of the League of Nations
The leaders of the League of Nations consisted of a Secretary General and a President of the Assembly selected from member states.
Secretaries General
| Nation | Name | Term |
|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom
|
Sir Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth | 1920–1933 |
 France
|
Joseph Avenol | 1933–1940 |
 Ireland
|
Seán Lester | 1940–1946 |
Presidents of the Assembly
| Nation | Name | Term |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
|
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 Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III | 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