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
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
Madrid
1989
Jorge A. Costa e Silva
(Brazil)
(Brazil)
Elected in
Athens
Athens
1989
Pierre Pichot
(France)
(France)
Elected in Hawaii
1966
Juan J. López-Ibor
(Spain)
(Spain)
Elected in
Madrid
Madrid
1957
Jean Delay
(France)
(France)
Elected in Zurich
2017
Helen Herrman
(Australia)
(Australia)
Elected in
Berlin
Berlin
2011
Pedro Ruiz
(USA)
(USA)
Elected in Buenos Aires
2005
Juan E. Mezzich
(USA)
(USA)
Elected in
Cairo
Cairo
1999
Juan J. López-Ibor, Jr.
(Spain)
(Spain)
Elected in
Hamburg
Hamburg
1993
Felice Lieh-Mak
(Hong Kong)
(Hong Kong)
Elected in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
1983
Costas Stefanis
(Greece)
(Greece)
Elected in
Vienna
Vienna
1972
Howard Rome
(USA)
(USA)
Elected in
Mexico City
Mexico City
1961
D. Ewen Cameron
(Canada)
(Canada)
Elected in
Montreal
Montreal
1950
Jean Delay
(France)
(France)
Elected in
Paris
Paris
