General Assemblies

Statutory Meetings and Presidents


Date General
Assembly
Council
Session
Place President
1947 1 1 Paris, France Eugène Marquis
1948 2 New York, USA
2 3 -4 Geneva, Switzerland Eugène Marquis
1949 5 Madrid, Spain
3 6-7 London, UK Charles Hill
1950 8 Denmark
4 9-10 New York City, USA Elmer L. Henderson
1951 11 Geneva
5 12-13 Stockholm Dag Knutson
1952 14 Brussels
6 15-16 Athens, Greece George Krimpas
1953 17 Portugal
7 18-19 Holland L. A. Hults
London; First World Conference on Medical Education
1954 20 Zurich, Switzerland
8 21-22 Roma, Italy A. Spinelli
1955 23 Ireland
9 24-25 Vienna, Austria K. Niederberger
1956 26 Germany
10 27-28 Havanna, Cuba Leopoldo Araujo,
J. A. Bustamante
1957 29 Norway
11 30-31 Istanbul, Turkey A. R. Onat
1958 32 Paris, France
12 33-34 Copenhagen, Denmark Charles Jacobsen
1959 35 Sydney, Australia
13 36-37 Montreal, Canada R. Lemieux
Chicago Second World Conference on Medical Education
1960 38 Spain
14 39-40 Berlin, Germany Paul Eckel
1961 41 New York City, USA
15 42-43 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A.M. de Aragao
1962 44 Chicago, IL, USA
16 45-46 New Delhi, India R. V. Sarthe
1963 47 Yugoslavia
17 48-49 New York, USA E. Annis
1964 50 Luxembourg
18 51-52 Helsinki, Finland U. Siirala
1965 53 Santiago, Chile
19 54-55 London, U.K. Sir C. Price-Thomas
1966 56 Headquarters
20 57-58 Manila, Philippines Jesus Tamesis
New Delhi Third World Conference on Medical Education
1967 59 Headquarters
21 60-61 Madrid, Spain A. De La Fuente Chaos
1968 62 New York City, USA
22 63-64 Sydney, Australia Leonard Mallen
1969 65 Montevideo, Uruguay
23 66-67 Paris, France J. Monier
1970 68 New York City, USA
24 69-70 Oslo, Norway O. K. Harlem
1971 71 Tokyo, Japan
25 72-73 Ottawa, Canada A.F.W. Peart
1972 74 New York City, USA
26 75-76 Amsterdam, Netherlands Th. Vossenaar
Copenhagen Fourth World Conference on Medical Education
1973 77 New York, USA
27 78-79 Munich, Germany E. From
1974 80 New York, USA
28 81-82 Stockholm, Sweden S. Nilssen
1975 83 Paris, France
29 84-85 Tokyo, Japan T. Takemi
1976 86 Ferney-Voltaire, France
30 87-88 Sao Paulo, Brazil P. Kassab
1977 89 Munich, Germany
31 90-91 Dublin, Ireland P. A. Farrelly
1978 92 Divonne-les-Bains, France
32 93-94 Manila, Philippines A. Z. Romualdez
1979 95 Divonne-les-Bains, France
33 96-97 Caracas, Venezuela R. Castellanos
1980 98 New Orleans, LA, USA
99 Munich, Germany (Council Session replacing Assembly)
1981 100 Divonne-les-Bains, France
34 101-102 Lisbon, Portugal A. Gentil Martins
1982 103 Madrid, Spain
104 Honolulu, USA
1983 105 Monaco
35 106-107 Venice, Italy A.G.N. Sinha, India
1984 108 Luxembourg
36 109-110 Singapore B. Baruchello, Italy
1985 111 Talloires, France
37 112-113 Brussels, Belgium T. J. Moon, Korea
1986 114 Buenos Aires, Argentina
38 115-116 Rancho Mirage, USA J. Farber, Belgium
1987 117 Munich, Germany
39 118-119 Madrid, Spain H. L. Thompson, Australia
1988 120 Monte-Carlo, Monaco
40 121-122 Vienna, Austria E. Huertas, Cuba
1989 123 Miami, FL, USA
41 124-125 Hong Kong R. Ishay, Israel
1990 126 Jerusalem, Israel
42 127-128 Rancho Mirage, USA M. Macedo, Portugal
Rancho Mirage Fifth World Conference on Medical Education
1991 129 Divonne-les-Bains, France
43 130-131 St. Julians, Malta A. R. Nelson, USA
1992 132 Santiago, Chile
44 133-134 Marbella, Spain I. Badran, Egypt
1993 135 Istanbul, Turkey
45 136-137 Budapest, Hungary J. Pace, Malta
1994 138 Sydney, Australia
46 139-140 Stockholm, Sweden P. Kincaid-Smith, Australia
1995 141 Divonne-les-Bains, France
47 142-143 Bali, Indonesia J. Moulin, France
1996 144 Geneva, Switzerland
48 145-146 Somerset West, South Africa B. B. Mandell, South Africa
1997 147 Paris, France
49 148-149 Hamburg, Germany A. Azwar, Indonesia
1998 150 Montevideo, Uruguay
50 151-152 Ottawa, Canada D. H. Johnson, USA
1999 153 Santiago, Chile
51 154-155 Tel Aviv, Israel J. Blahos, Czech Rep
2000 156 Divonne-les-Bains, France
52 157-158 Edinburgh, Scotland Eitaka Tsuboi, Japan
2001 159 Divonne-les-Bains, France
160 Ferney-Voltaire, France (Council Session replacing Assembly) Enrique Accorsi, Chile
2002 161 Divonne-les-Bains, France
53 162-163 Washington, DC, USA Kati Myllymaki, Finland
2003 164 Divonne-les-Bains, France
54 165-166 Helsinki, Finland James Appleyard, UK
2004 167 Divonne les Bains, France
55 168-169 Tokyo, Japan Yank D. Coble, USA
2005 170 Divonne les Bains, France
56 171-172 Santiago, Chile Kgosi Letlape, South Afrika
2006 173 Divonne les Bains, France
57 174-175 Pilanesberg, South Africa Nachiappan Arumugam, Malaysia
2007 176 Berlin, Germany
58 177-178 Copenhagen, Denmark Jón Snædal, Iceland
2008 179 Divonne les Bains, France
59 180-181 Seoul, Korea Yoram Blachar, Israel
2009 182 Tel Aviv, Israel
60 183-184 New Delhi, India Dana Hanson, Canada
2010 185 Evian-les-Bains, France
61 186-187 Vancouver, Canada Wonchat Subhachaturas, Thailand
2011 188 Sydney, Australia
62 189-190 Montevideo, Uruguay Jose Luiz Gomes do Amaral, Brazil
2012 191 Prague, Czech Republic
63 192-193 Bangkok, Thailand Cecil B. Wilson, USA
2013 194 Bali, Indonesia
64 195-196 Fortaleza, Brazil Margaret Mungherera, Uganda
2014 197 Tokyo, Japan
65 198-199 Durban, South Africa Xavier Deau, France
2015 200 Oslo, Norway
66 201-202 Moscow, Russia Sir Michael Marmot, UK CV
2016 203 Buenos Aires, Argentina
67 204-205 Taipei, Taiwan Ketan Desai, India CV
2017 206 Livingstone, Zambia
68 207-208 Chicago, USA Yoshitake Yokokura, JapanÌý°ä³Õ³å
2018 209 Riga, Latvia
69 210-211 Reykjavik, Iceland Leonid Eidelman, Israel CV
2019 212 Santiago, Chile
70 213-214 Tbilisi, Georgia Miguel Jorge, Brazil Ìý°ä³Õ
2020 215 Porto, Portugal (cancelled)
71 215-216 Cordoba, Spain (virtual) David Barbe, USA CV
2021 217 Seoul, Korea (virtual)
72 218-219 London, UK (virtual) Heidi Stensmyren, Sweden CV
2022 220 Paris, France
73 221-222 Berlin, Germany Osahon Enabulele, Nigeria CV
2023 223 Nairobi, Kenia
74 224-225 Kigali, Rwanda Lujain AlQodmani, Kuwait CV
2024 226 Seoul, Korea
75 227-228 Helsinki, Finland Ashok Philip, Malaysia CV

From 1947 to 1981 it was customary that the WMA President be appointed by the member association (NMA) hosting the Assembly. This changed at the Venice General Assembly, 1983. Singapore was the only Assembly held in a country whose national medical association was not a member of WMA.

Honoured Guests at WMA Statutory meetings