<Table> <Tr> <Th> Year elected </Th> <Th> Name of President </Th> <Th> UN member state </Th> <Th> Region </Th> <Th> Sessions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1946 </Td> <Td> Paul - Henri Spaak </Td> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> WES </Td> <Td> First </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1947 </Td> <Td> Oswaldo Aranha </Td> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> First special Second </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1948.1 ! 1948 </Td> <Td> José Arce </Td> <Td> Argentina </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Second special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1948.2 ! 1948 </Td> <Td> Herbert Vere Evatt </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Third </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1949 </Td> <Td> Carlos P. Romulo </Td> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> EAS </Td> <Td> Fourth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1950 </Td> <Td> Nasrollah Entezam </Td> <Td> Iran </Td> <Td> EAS </Td> <Td> Fifth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1951 </Td> <Td> Luis Padilla Nervo </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Sixth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> Lester B. Pearson </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Seventh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1953 </Td> <Td> Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Eighth , First woman president </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1954 </Td> <Td> Eelco van Kleffens </Td> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> WES </Td> <Td> Ninth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> José Maza Fernández </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Tenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956.1 ! 1956 </Td> <Td> Rudecindo Ortega ( de ) </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> First emergency special Second emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956.2 ! 1956 </Td> <Td> Wan Waithayakon </Td> <Td> Thailand </Td> <Td> EAS </Td> <Td> Eleventh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> Leslie Munro </Td> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Twelfth Third emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958 </Td> <Td> Charles Malik </Td> <Td> Lebanon </Td> <Td> MES </Td> <Td> Thirteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1959 </Td> <Td> Víctor Andrés Belaúnde </Td> <Td> Peru </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Fourteenth Fourth emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1960 </Td> <Td> Frederick Boland </Td> <Td> Ireland </Td> <Td> WES </Td> <Td> Fifteenth Third special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> Mongi Slim </Td> <Td> Tunisia </Td> <Td> MES </Td> <Td> Sixteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> Muhammad Zafarullah Khan </Td> <Td> Pakistan </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Seventeenth Fourth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> Carlos Sosa Rodríguez ( es ) </Td> <Td> Venezuela </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Eighteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> Alex Quaison - Sackey </Td> <Td> Ghana </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Nineteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1965 </Td> <Td> Amintore Fanfani </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> WES </Td> <Td> Twentieth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> Abdul Rahman Pazhwak </Td> <Td> Afghanistan </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Twenty - first Fifth special Fifth emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> Corneliu Mănescu </Td> <Td> Romania </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Twenty - second </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> Emilio Arenales Catalán </Td> <Td> Guatemala </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Twenty - third </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> Angie Brooks </Td> <Td> Liberia </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Twenty - fourth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> Edvard Hambro </Td> <Td> Norway </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Twenty - fifth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> Adam Malik </Td> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Twenty - sixth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Stanisław Trepczyński </Td> <Td> Poland </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Twenty - seventh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> Leopoldo Benites </Td> <Td> Ecuador </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Twenty - eighth Sixth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abdelaziz Bouteflika </Td> <Td> Algeria </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Twenty - ninth Seventh special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gaston Thorn </Td> <Td> Luxembourg </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Thirtieth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe </Td> <Td> Sri Lanka </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Thirty - first </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Lazar Mojsov </Td> <Td> Yugoslavia </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Thirty - second Eighth special Ninth special Tenth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> Indalecio Liévano </Td> <Td> Colombia </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Thirty - third </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> Salim Ahmed Salim </Td> <Td> United Republic of Tanzania </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Thirty - fourth Sixth emergency special Seventh emergency special Eleventh special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Rüdiger von Wechmar </Td> <Td> Federal Republic of Germany </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Thirty - fifth Eighth
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Year elected </Th> <Th> Name of President </Th> <Th> UN member state </Th> <Th> Region </Th> <Th> Sessions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1946 </Td> <Td> Paul - Henri Spaak </Td> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> WES </Td> <Td> First </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1947 </Td> <Td> Oswaldo Aranha </Td> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> First special Second </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1948.1 ! 1948 </Td> <Td> José Arce </Td> <Td> Argentina </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Second special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1948.2 ! 1948 </Td> <Td> Herbert Vere Evatt </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Third </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1949 </Td> <Td> Carlos P. Romulo </Td> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> EAS </Td> <Td> Fourth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1950 </Td> <Td> Nasrollah Entezam </Td> <Td> Iran </Td> <Td> EAS </Td> <Td> Fifth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1951 </Td> <Td> Luis Padilla Nervo </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Sixth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> Lester B. Pearson </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Seventh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1953 </Td> <Td> Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Eighth , First woman president </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1954 </Td> <Td> Eelco van Kleffens </Td> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> WES </Td> <Td> Ninth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> José Maza Fernández </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Tenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956.1 ! 1956 </Td> <Td> Rudecindo Ortega ( de ) </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> First emergency special Second emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956.2 ! 1956 </Td> <Td> Wan Waithayakon </Td> <Td> Thailand </Td> <Td> EAS </Td> <Td> Eleventh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> Leslie Munro </Td> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Twelfth Third emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958 </Td> <Td> Charles Malik </Td> <Td> Lebanon </Td> <Td> MES </Td> <Td> Thirteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1959 </Td> <Td> Víctor Andrés Belaúnde </Td> <Td> Peru </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Fourteenth Fourth emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1960 </Td> <Td> Frederick Boland </Td> <Td> Ireland </Td> <Td> WES </Td> <Td> Fifteenth Third special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> Mongi Slim </Td> <Td> Tunisia </Td> <Td> MES </Td> <Td> Sixteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> Muhammad Zafarullah Khan </Td> <Td> Pakistan </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Seventeenth Fourth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> Carlos Sosa Rodríguez ( es ) </Td> <Td> Venezuela </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Eighteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> Alex Quaison - Sackey </Td> <Td> Ghana </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Nineteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1965 </Td> <Td> Amintore Fanfani </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> WES </Td> <Td> Twentieth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> Abdul Rahman Pazhwak </Td> <Td> Afghanistan </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Twenty - first Fifth special Fifth emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> Corneliu Mănescu </Td> <Td> Romania </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Twenty - second </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> Emilio Arenales Catalán </Td> <Td> Guatemala </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Twenty - third </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> Angie Brooks </Td> <Td> Liberia </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Twenty - fourth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> Edvard Hambro </Td> <Td> Norway </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Twenty - fifth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> Adam Malik </Td> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Twenty - sixth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Stanisław Trepczyński </Td> <Td> Poland </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Twenty - seventh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> Leopoldo Benites </Td> <Td> Ecuador </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Twenty - eighth Sixth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abdelaziz Bouteflika </Td> <Td> Algeria </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Twenty - ninth Seventh special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gaston Thorn </Td> <Td> Luxembourg </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Thirtieth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe </Td> <Td> Sri Lanka </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Thirty - first </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Lazar Mojsov </Td> <Td> Yugoslavia </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Thirty - second Eighth special Ninth special Tenth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> Indalecio Liévano </Td> <Td> Colombia </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Thirty - third </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> Salim Ahmed Salim </Td> <Td> United Republic of Tanzania </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Thirty - fourth Sixth emergency special Seventh emergency special Eleventh special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Rüdiger von Wechmar </Td> <Td> Federal Republic of Germany </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Thirty - fifth Eighth
who was the only indian to be elected as president of the united nations general assembly
who was the only indian to be elected as president of the united nations general assembly
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit