Metallurgy and the Metal Industries. In 1997 the Trade Union International of Agroalimentary, Food, Commerce, Textile & Allied Industries was formed by the merger of the Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers, Trade Union International of Food, Tobacco, Hotel and Allied Industries Workers, Trade Union International of Workers in Commerce, Trade Union International of Textile, Leather and Fur Workers Unions. The Trade Union International of Workers in Tourism and Hotels was founded in 2009, the Trade Union International of Banks, Insurance and Financial Unions Employees in 2011 and the Trade Union International of Pensioners and Retired Persons in 2014. In 2020, a new Trade Union International of Textile-Garment-Leather was founded. Leadership General Secretaries 1945: Louis Saillant 1969: Pierre Gensous 1978: Enrique Pastorino 1982: Ibrahim Zakaria 1990: Alexander Zharikov 2005: George Mavrikos 2022: Pambis Kyritsis Presidents 1945: Walter Citrine 1946: Arthur Deakin 1949: Giuseppe Di Vittorio 1959: Agostino Novella 1961: Renato Bitossi 1969: Enrique Pastorino 1975: Sándor Gáspár 1989: Indrajit Gupta 1990: Ibrahim Zakaria 1994: Antonio Neto 2000: K. L. Mahendra 2005: Shaban Assouz 2016: Mzwandile Makwayiba See also List of federations of trade unions List of trade unions Predecessors: International Federation of Trade Unions Profintern Successor: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions References Bibliography Fabio BERTINI, Gilliatt e la piovra. Il sindacalismo internazionale dalle origini ad oggi (1776–2006), Roma, Aracne, 2011 External links Guide to World Federation of Trade Unions. Reports and Minutes, 1945–1949. 5396mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University. Trade unions established in 1945 Organizations based in Prague Organizations based in Athens International and regional union federations