ITU's Former Secretaries-General

Louis CURCHOD (Switzerland) Director 1 January 1869 to 24 May 1872 and 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 and 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) 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 from 20 February 1967 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 [Biography] [Speeches]   Yoshio UTSUMI (Japan) Secretary-General from 1 February 1999 to 31 December 2006 [Biography] [Speeches]