<P> Because of their powerful stature globally, some of the largest, most powerful countries have never held the presidency, such as the People's Republic of China, France, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States . In particular, it is customary that no permanent member of the United Nations Security Council ever serves as General Assembly president . </P> <P> The only country that had a national elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly twice is Argentina; all the other member states had been represented only once by their nationals holding this office . This does not include special and emergency special sessions of the General Assembly . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year elected </Th> <Th> Name of President </Th> <Th> UN member state </Th> <Th> Region </Th> <Th> Sessions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1946 </Td> <Td> Paul - Henri Spaak </Td> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> WES </Td> <Td> First </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1947 </Td> <Td> Oswaldo Aranha </Td> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> First special Second </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1948.1! 1948 </Td> <Td> José Arce </Td> <Td> Argentina </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Second special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1948.2! 1948 </Td> <Td> Herbert Vere Evatt </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Third </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1949 </Td> <Td> Carlos P. Romulo </Td> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> EAS </Td> <Td> Fourth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1950 </Td> <Td> Nasrollah Entezam </Td> <Td> Iran </Td> <Td> EAS </Td> <Td> Fifth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1951 </Td> <Td> Luis Padilla Nervo </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Sixth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> Lester B. Pearson </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Seventh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1953 </Td> <Td> Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Eighth, First woman president </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1954 </Td> <Td> Eelco van Kleffens </Td> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> WES </Td> <Td> Ninth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> José Maza Fernández </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Tenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956.1! 1956 </Td> <Td> Rudecindo Ortega (de) </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> First emergency special Second emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956.2! 1956 </Td> <Td> Wan Waithayakon </Td> <Td> Thailand </Td> <Td> EAS </Td> <Td> Eleventh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> Leslie Munro </Td> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Twelfth Third emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958 </Td> <Td> Charles Malik </Td> <Td> Lebanon </Td> <Td> MES </Td> <Td> Thirteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1959 </Td> <Td> Víctor Andrés Belaúnde </Td> <Td> Peru </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Fourteenth Fourth emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1960 </Td> <Td> Frederick Boland </Td> <Td> Ireland </Td> <Td> WES </Td> <Td> Fifteenth Third special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> Mongi Slim </Td> <Td> Tunisia </Td> <Td> MES </Td> <Td> Sixteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> Muhammad Zafarullah Khan </Td> <Td> Pakistan </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Seventeenth Fourth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> Carlos Sosa Rodríguez (es) </Td> <Td> Venezuela </Td> <Td> LAS </Td> <Td> Eighteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> Alex Quaison - Sackey </Td> <Td> Ghana </Td> <Td> COS </Td> <Td> Nineteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1965 </Td> <Td> Amintore Fanfani </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> WES </Td> <Td> Twentieth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> Abdul Rahman Pazhwak </Td> <Td> Afghanistan </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Twenty - first Fifth special Fifth emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> Corneliu Mănescu </Td> <Td> Romania </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Twenty - second </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> Emilio Arenales Catalán </Td> <Td> Guatemala </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Twenty - third </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> Angie Brooks </Td> <Td> Liberia </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Twenty - fourth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> Edvard Hambro </Td> <Td> Norway </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Twenty - fifth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> Adam Malik </Td> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Twenty - sixth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Stanisław Trepczyński </Td> <Td> Poland </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Twenty - seventh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> Leopoldo Benites </Td> <Td> Ecuador </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Twenty - eighth Sixth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abdelaziz Bouteflika </Td> <Td> Algeria </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Twenty - ninth Seventh special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gaston Thorn </Td> <Td> Luxembourg </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Thirtieth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe </Td> <Td> Sri Lanka </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Thirty - first </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Lazar Mojsov </Td> <Td> Yugoslavia </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Thirty - second Eighth special Ninth special Tenth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> Indalecio Liévano </Td> <Td> Colombia </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Thirty - third </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> Salim Ahmed Salim </Td> <Td> United Republic of Tanzania </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Thirty - fourth Sixth emergency special Seventh emergency special Eleventh special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Rüdiger von Wechmar </Td> <Td> Federal Republic of Germany </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Thirty - fifth Eighth emergency special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> Ismat T. Kittani </Td> <Td> Iraq </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Thirty - sixth Seventh emergency special--Continuation Ninth emergency special Twelfth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> Imre Hollai </Td> <Td> Hungary </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Thirty - seventh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jorge Illueca </Td> <Td> Panama </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Thirty - eighth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> Paul J.F. Lusaka </Td> <Td> Zambia </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Thirty - ninth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Jaime de Piniés </Td> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Fortieth Thirteenth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> Humayun Rashid Choudhury </Td> <Td> Bangladesh </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Forty - first Fourteenth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peter Florin </Td> <Td> German Democratic Republic </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Forty - second Fifteenth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dante Caputo </Td> <Td> Argentina </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Forty - third </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph Nanven Garba </Td> <Td> Nigeria </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Forty - fourth Sixteenth special Seventeenth special Eighteenth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Guido de Marco </Td> <Td> Malta </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Forty - fifth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> Samir Shihabi </Td> <Td> Saudi Arabia </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Forty - sixth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stoyan Ganev </Td> <Td> Bulgaria </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Forty - seventh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rudy Insanally </Td> <Td> Guyana </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Forty - eighth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Amara Essy </Td> <Td> Ivory Coast </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Forty - ninth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> Diogo de Freitas do Amaral </Td> <Td> Portugal </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Fiftieth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Razali Ismail </Td> <Td> Malaysia </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Fifty - first Tenth emergency special Nineteenth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hennadiy Udovenko </Td> <Td> Ukraine </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Fifty - second Tenth emergency special--Continuation Twentieth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> Didier Opertti </Td> <Td> Uruguay </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Fifty - third Tenth emergency special--Continuation Twenty - first special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> Theo - Ben Gurirab </Td> <Td> Namibia </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Fifty - fourth Twenty - second special Twenty - third special Twenty - fourth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Harri Holkeri </Td> <Td> Finland </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Fifty - fifth Tenth emergency special--Continuation Twenty - fifth special Twenty - sixth special </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Han Seung - soo </Td> <Td> Republic of Korea </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Fifty - sixth Tenth emergency special--Continuation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> Jan Kavan </Td> <Td> Czech Republic </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Fifty - seventh Tenth emergency special--Continuation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> Julian Hunte </Td> <Td> Saint Lucia </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Fifty - eighth Tenth emergency special--Continuation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jean Ping </Td> <Td> Gabon </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Fifty - ninth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> Jan Eliasson </Td> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Sixtieth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Haya Rashed Al - Khalifa </Td> <Td> Bahrain </Td> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Sixty - first Tenth emergency special--Continuation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Srgjan Kerim </Td> <Td> Republic of Macedonia </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Sixty - second </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann </Td> <Td> Nicaragua </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Sixty - third </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Ali Treki </Td> <Td> Libya </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Sixty - fourth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph Deiss </Td> <Td> Switzerland </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Sixty - fifth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> Nassir Al - Nasser </Td> <Td> Qatar </Td> <Td> Asia - Pacific </Td> <Td> Sixty - sixth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Vuk Jeremić </Td> <Td> Serbia </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Sixty - seventh (election) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> John William Ashe </Td> <Td> Antigua and Barbuda </Td> <Td> GRULAC </Td> <Td> Sixty - eighth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Sam Kutesa </Td> <Td> Uganda </Td> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> Sixty - ninth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Mogens Lykketoft </Td> <Td> Denmark </Td> <Td> WEOG </Td> <Td> Seventieth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Peter Thomson </Td> <Td> Fiji </Td> <Td> Asia - Pacific </Td> <Td> Seventy - first (election) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Miroslav Lajčák </Td> <Td> Slovakia </Td> <Td> EEG </Td> <Td> Seventy - second </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year elected </Th> <Th> Name of President </Th> <Th> UN member state </Th> <Th> Region </Th> <Th> Sessions </Th> </Tr>

Who was the only indian to be elected as president of the united nations general assembly