Question: Who has been elected as the new of President of INTERPOL?
(a) Meng Hongwei
(b) Mireille Ballestrazzi
(c) Jurgen Stock
(d) Arthur Nebe
Ans. (a)
Reference:
- On 10 November 2016 Delegates at INTERPOL’s 85th General Assembly have elected Meng Hongwei of China as the new of President of INTERPOL.
- He is a top-level Chinese Security Minister was elected as the president of the International Crime fighting and police cooperation organization (Interpol).
- Meng will serve as President until 2020.
- Meng Hongwei took over from France’s Mireille Ballestrazzi.
- The International Criminal Police Organization or INTERPOL, is an intergovernmental organization facilitating international police cooperation.
- It was established as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) in 1923; it chose INTERPOL as its telegraphic address in 1946, and made it its common name in 1956.
- Interpol has an annual budget of around €78 million, most of which is provided through annual contributions by its membership of 190 countries (as of 2015).
- The organization’s headquarters is in Lyon, France.
- China will host INTERPOL’s 86th General Assembly in 2017.
Reference:
https://www.interpol.int/News-and-media/News/2016/N2016-149
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37932927
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/china-police-official-meng-hongwei-head-interpol-161110100157925.html