Council / Former Presidents
The following is a list of all Former Presidents elected during the WPA General Assemblies (in the
cities indicated below their names) since its inception in 1950. Inclusion in this list is
acknowledgment of the organisation's leadership and not an endorsement of the actions of any
person herein.
2020

Afzal Javed
(UK)
(UK)
Elected Virtually
2014

Dinesh Bhugra
(UK)
(UK)
Elected in Madrid
2008

Mario Maj
(Italy)
(Italy)
Elected in Prague
2002

Tarek A. Okasha
(Egypt)
(Egypt)
Elected in Yokohama
1996

Norman Sartorius
(Switzerland)
(Switzerland)
Elected in Madrid
1989

Jorge A. Costa e Silva
(Brazil)
(Brazil)
Elected in Athens
2017

Helen Herrman
(Australia)
(Australia)
Elected in Berlin
2011

Pedro Ruiz
(USA)
(USA)
Elected in Buenos Aires
2005

Juan E. Mezzich
(USA)
(USA)
Elected in Cairo
1999

Juan J. López-Ibor, Jr.
(Spain)
(Spain)
Elected in Hamburg
1993

Felice Lieh-Mak
(Hong Kong)
(Hong Kong)
Elected in Rio de Janeiro
1983

Costas Stefanis
(Greece)
(Greece)
Elected in Vienna