Question: Recently, who has been elected as the new President of Interpol?
(a) Kim Jong-yang
(b) Meng Hongwei
(c) Jackie Selebi
(d) Jolly Bugarin
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Kim Jong Yang of South Korea has been elected Interpol President at the 87th General Assembly of the Agency in Dubai.
- Kim will hold the post of President for two years until 2020. While the President is usually elected for a period of four years, Mr Kim is completing the mandate of former President Meng Hongwei of China detained over corruption charges. Kim Jong Yang is Vice President of the organization since 2015.
- It is worth to note that it was the first time that General Assembly of Interpole was held in UAE.
- The Interpol General Assembly focused on the issues such as transnational organized crime, public security and safety as well as role of technology and artificial intelligence in the fight against terrorism.
About Interpole:
- INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization that facilitates international police cooperation. It was founded in the year 1923. It has 194 countries as its member and it is headquartered at Lyon in France.
- It does so by facilitating high-tech infrastructure of technical and operational support to meet the growing challenges of fight against crime.
Links:
https://www.interpol.int/News-and-media/News/2018/N2018-139
https://www.interpol.int/About-INTERPOL/Overview
http://www.newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=355683
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol