Past and Present Secretaries-General

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Secretaries-General (1869 - )

	Louis CURCHOD (Switzerland) Director from 1 January 1869 to 24 May 1872 Director from 23 February 1873 to 18 October 1889
	Charles LENDI (Switzerland) Director from 24 May 1872 to 12 January 1873
	Auguste FREY (Switzerland) Director from 25 February 1890 to 28 June 1890
	Timothie ROTHEN (Switzerland) Director from 25 November 1890 to 11 February 1897
	Emile FREY (Switzerland) Director from 11 March 1897 to 1 August 1921
	Henri ETIENNE (Switzerland) Director from 2 August 1921 to 16 December 1927
	Joseph RABER (Switzerland) Director from 1 February 1928 to 30 October 1934
	Franz von ERNST (Switzerland) Director from 1 January 1935 to 31 December 1947 Secretary-General from 1 January 1948 to 31 December 1949
	Leon MULATIER (France) Secretary-General from 1 January 1950 to 31 December 1953
	Marco Aurelio ANDRADA (Argentina) Secretary-General from 1 January 1954 to 18 June 1958
	Gerald C. GROSS (United States) Acting Secretary-General from 20 June 1958 to 31 December 1959 Secretary-General from 1 January 1960 to 29 October 1965
	Manohar Balaji SARWATE (India) Secretary-General from 30 October 1965 to 19 February 1967
	Mohamed Ezzedine MILI (Tunisia) Secretary-General ad interim from 20 February 1967 to 31 December 1973 Secretary-General from 1 January 1974 to 31 December 1982
	Richard E. BUTLER (Australia) Secretary-General from 1 January 1983 to 31 October 1989
	Pekka TARJANNE (Finland) Secretary-General from 1 November 1989 to 31 January 1999
	Yoshio UTSUMI (Japan) Secretary-General from 1 February 1999 to 31 December 2006
	Hamadoun TOURE (Mali) Secretary-General from 1 January 2007 Office of the Secretary-General of ITU