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MEMBERS
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
21 October 2002 71st General Assembly session Yaoundé 4 November 1991 60th General Assembly session Punte del Este 21 August 1963 32nd General Assembly session Helsinki
Ministère de l'Intérieur
23 November 1987 56th General Assembly session Nice
Président de la République Française, Co-Prince français d'Andorre and Monseigneur Joan Marti e Alanis, Co-Prince Episcopal d'Andorre
5 October 1982 51st General Assembly session Torremolinos 6 October 1986 55th General Assembly session Belgrade
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Ministério do Interior Office of the Prime Minister
Argentina
June 1947 16th General Assembly session Paris
Ministerio del Interior
Armenia
4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar
Ministry for Internal Affairs
NOTES
MEMBERS
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 23 November 1987 56th General Assembly session Nice September 1948 17th General Assembly session Prague Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna -------------------------------------------Rejoined: 1 January 1948 4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar 2 October 1973 42nd General Assembly session Vienna 19 September 1972 41st General Assembly session Frankfurt
AUTHORITY
Ministry of Justice
NOTES
1 January 1986: Obtained observer status, separate from Netherlands Antilles
Attorney General
(1) Founding Member -------------------------------- (2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945 ---Bundesministerium für Inneres Office of the President of the Republic Office of the Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister
Bangladesh
14 October 1976 45th General Assembly session Accra
Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Barbados
3 November 1981 50th General Assembly session Nice
Ministry of External Affairs
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Belarus
29 September 1993 62nd General Assembly session Aruba
Ministry of the Interior
Belgium
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
Belize
23 November 1987 56th General Assembly session Nice
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Economic Development
Benin
19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid
Office of the President of the Republic
Bhutan
19 September 2005 75th General Assembly session Berlin
Bolivia
21 August 1963 32nd General Assembly session Helsinki
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
NOTES
Founding Member
Joined INTERPOL as Dahomey. In 1975, took the name of Benin.
Ministerio de Gobierno, Justicia é Inmigración
4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar
Ministry of Internal Affairs
13 November 1980 49th General Assembly session Manilla
Office of the President
Bosnia and Herzegovina was one of the states comprising the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was dissolved in 1991. It seceded, declared itself independent on 1st March 1992 and was officially recognized on 14 December 1995.
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
Joined: June 1953 22nd General Assembly session Oslo Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
-------------------------------------------Rejoined: 6 October 1986 55th General Assembly session Belgrade 4 September 1984 53rd General Assembly session Luxembourg
AUTHORITY
NOTES
Secretaria de Estado dos (1) February 1980: Withdrawal from Negócios Estrangeiros da INTERPOL Segurança Pública -------------------------------(2) 6 October 1986: Rejoined at the 55th ---General Assembly session (Belgrade) Ministério da Justiça
Office of the Prime Minister
Joined: 1925
Bulgaria
-------------------------------------------Rejoined: 27 November 1989 58th General Assembly session Lyon
----------------------------------30 May 1951: Withdrawal from ICPC Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Burkina Faso
4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Office of the President of the Republic
Burundi
5 October 1970 39th General Assembly session Brussels
Ministère de la Justice
Cambodia
1 April 1956
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Joined INTERPOL as Upper Volta. In 1984, took the name of Burkina Faso.
MEMBERS
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen October 1949 18th General Assembly session Berne 27 November 1989 58th General Assembly session Lyon 16 June 1965 34th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro 19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid 1930
AUTHORITY
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Ministry of Justice Ministério das Forças Armadas e da Segurança Ministère de l'Intérieur Présidence du Gouvernement
NOTES
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
China
Joined: (China) 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna ------------------------------------------Rejoined: (Republic of China, Taiwan) 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen -----------------------------------------Rejoined: (China) 5 September 1984 53rd General Assembly session Luxembourg
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo (Democratic Rep.)
1954 22 October 1998 67th General Assembly session Cairo 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen 21 August 1963 32nd General Assembly session Helsinki
AUTHORITY
NOTES
(1) Founding Member -------------------------------(2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945 ---Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China, Taipei
(3) The Republic of China (Taiwan) was a member of INTERPOL from 1961 until 1984
(4) The People's Republic of China applied for membership in 1984. The subsequent General Assembly decision stated that the People's -------------------------------Republic of China was the only valid authority ---and should replace the Republic of China (Taiwan) as the member of the Organization. Ministry of Public Security
Presidencia de la República
Ministère de l'Intérieur Office of the President of the Republic
Ministère de la Justice
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Costa Rica
1954
Dirección General de Detectives
Côte d'Ivoire
4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar
Denmark
Croatia was one of the states comprising the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was dissolved in 1991. It seceded and became officially independent on 15 June 1992.
6 June 1952 19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid 29 September 1993 62nd General Assembly session Aruba Joined: 1923
Czechoslovakia
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
NOTES
Rejoined: 27 September 1990 59th General Assembly session Ottawa
Autumn 1923
Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Successor to Czechoslovakia, which was a member of INTERPOL from 1923 to 1992. (1) 22 December 1951: Withdrawal from ICPC (2) Following the dissolution of the country, it ceased to be a member of INTERPOL in 1992.
MEMBERS
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 13 November 1980 49th General Assembly session Manilla 3 November 1981 50th General Assembly session Nice June 1953 22nd General Assembly session Oslo 19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid
AUTHORITY
NOTES
Ministère de l'Intérieur Ministry of External Affairs Secretaría de Estado de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto Ministerio de Gobierno y Oriente
(1) Founding Member
Egypt
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
(2) 1 February 1958: Egypt and Syria, both members of INTERPOL in their own right, merged to form the United Arab Republic. The union was dissolved on 28 September 1961 but Egypt retained the name until 2 September 1971, when it became the Arab Republic of Egypt. Egypt is considered as continuing the United Arab Republic's membership of INTERPOL.
MEMBERS
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
8 December 1959 28th General Assembly session Paris
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
13 November 1980 49th General Assembly session Manilla
Consejo Militar Supremo y Comisario de Asuntos Exteriores
8 November 1999 68th General Assembly session Seoul 4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar 15 September 1958 27th General Assembly session London 6 September 1971 40th General Assembly session Ottawa 1928
NOTES (1) Withdrawal from INTERPOL at the General Assembly session in 1984, Luxembourg. (2) 29 September 1993: Rejoined at the 62nd General Assembly session (Aruba).
Ministry of Local Government Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministry of the Interior Prime Minister & Minister for Foreign Affairs
MEMBERS
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
4 October 1993 62nd General Assembly session Aruba
AUTHORITY
Ministry of the Interior
NOTES
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was one of the states comprising the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was dissolved in 1991. It seceded and became officially independent on 17 September 1991
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen 6 October 1986 55th General Assembly session Belgrade 29 September 1993 62nd General Assembly session Aruba Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna -------------------------------------------Rejoined: June 1952 21st General Assembly session Stockholm
Founding Member
Présidence du Gouvernement Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(1) Founding Member ----------------------------------(2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945 Diplomatische Vertretung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Ghana
15 September 1958 27th General Assembly session London
Ministry of the Interior
Greece
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
Founding Member
6 October 1986 55th General Assembly session Belgrade October 1949 18th General Assembly session Berne 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen 4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar 1 October 1968 37th General Assembly session Tehran
Office of the President of the Republic
Haiti
17 June 1957 26th General Assembly session Lisbon
Secrétairerie d'Etat de l'Intérieur et de la Défense Nationale
Honduras
19 September 1974 43rd General Assembly session Cannes
Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
NOTES
Ministry of External Affairs Ministerio de Gobernación
Ministério da Justiça Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MEMBERS
Hungary
Iceland
India
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna ------------------------------------------Rejoined: 3 November 1981 50th General Assembly session Nice 6 September 1971 40th General Assembly session Ottawa October 1949 18th General Assembly session Berne
AUTHORITY
NOTES
(1) Founding Member -------------------------------(2) 10 September 1952: Withdrawal from ---ICPC Ministère de l'Intérieur Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministère des Affaires Intérieures
Indonesia
April 1952
Embassy of Indonesia in Paris
Iran
28 February 1938
Imperial Legation of Iran in Rome
Iraq
27 September 1967 36th General Assembly session Kyoto
Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in France
Ireland
12 August 1947
Commissioner
Israel
October 1949 18th General Assembly session Berne
Minister for Foreign Affairs
MEMBERS
Italy
Jamaica
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna -------------------------------------------Rejoined: June 1947 16th General Assembly session Paris 21 August 1963 32nd General Assembly session Helsinki
Japan
June 1953 22nd General Assembly session Oslo
Jordan
June 1956 25th General Assembly session Vienna
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar 1 October 1968 37th General Assembly session Teheran 16 June 1965 34th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro
AUTHORITY
NOTES
(1) Founding Member ----------------------------------(2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945 Ministero dell' Interno
Prime Minister & Minister of External Affairs General Directorate of National Security
Direction of General Investigations
Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Withdrawal from INTERPOL on 23 June 1958. Rejoined on 19 August. Withdrew again on 27 May 1959. Rejoined on 28 July.
MEMBERS
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 23 October 1996 65th General Assembly session Antalya 17 June 1957 26th General Assembly session Lisbon 4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar October 1949 18th General Assembly session Berne 6 September 1971 40th General Assembly session Ottawa June 1956 25th General Assembly session Vienna 1954 10 October 1960 29th General Assembly session Washington, D.C. 4 November 1991 60th General Assembly session Punte del Este 14 May 1937
AUTHORITY
Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Ministry of Internal Affairs Legation of Lebanon in France Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Office of the Prime Minister Gouvernement de la Principauté Vice-Prime Minister
Procureur Général d'Etat
NOTES
MEMBERS
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen 31 August 1966 35th General Assembly session Berne 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen 4 September 1984 53rd General Assembly session Luxembourg
AUTHORITY
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Prime Minister & Minister for External Affairs Embassy of the Federation of Malaya Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mali
13 October 1969 38th General Assembly session Mexico
Ministère de la Défense et de la Sécurité
Malta
19 September 1972 41st General Assembly session Frankfurt
Prime Minister & Minister of Commonwealth and Foreign Affairs
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
27 September 1990 59th General Assembly session Ottawa 19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid 13 October 1969 38th General Assembly session Mexico
Présidence la République
1955
Embassy of Mexico in Paris
Ministry of Justice
Government House
NOTES
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Moldova
28 September 1994 63rd General Assembly session Rome
Ministry of the Interior
Monaco
June 1950 19th General Assembly session The Hague
Ministère d'Etat, Service des Relations Extérieures
Mongolia
4 November 1991 60th General Assembly session Punte del Este
Embassy of Mongolia in France
Montenegro
19 - 22 September 2006 75th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro
Police Directorate on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Montenegro
Morocco
17 June 1957 26th General Assembly session Lisbon
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Mozambique
27 November 1989 58th General Assembly session Lyon
Ministério do Interior & Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros
Myanmar
1 January 1954
Inspector-General of Police
Namibia
Nauru
4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar 6 September 1971 40th General Assembly session Ottawa
Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry for External Affairs
NOTES
NCB Podgorica requested on 12 December 2007 that effective 19 October 2007 the name shall be changed from “Republic of Montenegro” into “Montenegro”.
21 March 1990: Independence of Namibia
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Nepal
27 September 1967 36th General Assembly session Kyoto
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Netherlands
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
Netherlands Antilles
1949
Ministerie van Justitie
New Zealand
1955
Office of the Minister of External Affairs
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
16 June 1965 34th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro 30 September 1964 33rd General Assembly session Caracas 10 October 1960 29th General Assembly session Washington, D.C.
Norway
1930
Oman
19 September 1972 41st General Assembly session Frankfurt
NOTES
Founding Member
Ministerio de la Gobernación y Anexos Ministère de l'Intérieur
Cabinet Office
Ministry of the Interior
1960: Independence of Nigeria
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Pakistan
May 1952
High Commissioner for Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
15 September 1958 27th General Assembly session London 14 October 1976 45th General Assembly session Accra 1 September 1977 46th General Assembly session Stockholm 19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid 1952
Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna -------------------------------------------Rejoined: 27 September 1990 59th General Assembly session Ottawa
NOTES
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Embassy of Peru in Paris
Department of Justice
-------------------------------- (1) Founding Member ---(2) 26 February 1952: Withdrawal from ICPC Ministry of the Interior
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
Portugal
1930
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Romania
19 September 1974 43rd General Assembly session Cannes 30 September 1964 33rd General Assembly session Caracas Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna -------------------------------------------Rejoined: 2 October 1973 42nd General Assembly session Vienna
AUTHORITY
NOTES
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Home Affairs
-----------------------------------
(1) Founding Member (2) 1952: Withdrawal from ICPC
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Russia
27 September 1990 59th General Assembly session Ottawa
Ministry of the Interior
Rwanda
19 September 1974 43rd General Assembly session Cannes
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération
Saint Kitts and Nevis
23 November 1987 56th General Assembly session Nice
Attorney General's Chambers
Joined INTERPOL as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. When the Union was dissolved, the Russian Federation succeeded to membership in 1991.
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Saint Lucia
18 October 1983 52nd General Assembly session Cannes
Office of the Prime Minister
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 October 1985 54th General Assembly session Washington, D.C.
Cabinet
San Marino (Republic of)
19 - 22 September 2006 75th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro
Sao Tome and Principe
17 November 1988 57th General Assembly session Bangkok
Ministério da Defesa e Ordem Interna
Saudi Arabia
1956
Ministry of the Interior
Senegal
4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
NOTES
MEMBERS
Serbia and Montenegro
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
24 September 2001 70th General Assembly session Budapest
AUTHORITY
Federal Ministry of the Interior
NOTES
Joined INTERPOL as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On 4 February 2003, the name "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" was dropped and the country took the name of Serbia and Montenegro. On 3 June 2006, the province of Montenegro declared independence. Serbia is the successor to the former Serbia and Montenegro as member of INTERPOL.
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
1 September 1977 46th General Assembly session Stockholm 19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid 1 October 1968 37th General Assembly session Tehran 29 September 1993 62nd General Assembly session Aruba
4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar
President's Office, Department of External Affairs Prime Minister's Office
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of the Interior
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Successor to Czechoslovakia, which was a member of INTERPOL from 1923 to 1992. Slovenia was one of the states comprising the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was dissolved in 1991. It seceded and became independent on 25 June 1991.
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Somalia
9 October 1975 44th General Assembly session Buenos Aires
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
South Africa
Spain
Joined: 1 January 1948 ------------------------------------------Rejoined: 29 September 1993 62nd General Assembly session Aruba June 1951 20th General Assembly session Lisbon
NOTES
1948: Secretary for External Affairs (1) Withdrawal from ICPC on 31 December -------------------------------- 1954 ---(2) Rejoined on 29 September 1993 at the 62nd 1993: Ministry of Law General Assembly session (Aruba) and Order Ministerio de la Gobernación
Sri Lanka
18 July 1950
Ministry of External Affairs
Sudan
1956
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Surinam
1949
Ministerie van Justitie
Swaziland
9 October 1975 44th General Assembly session Buenos Aires
Prime Minister
Sweden
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
Joined the ICPC as Ceylon. In 1972, it took the name of Sri Lanka.
Founding Member
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
Switzerland
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
AUTHORITY
NOTES
Founding Member
On 21 February 1958: Syria and Egypt, both members of INTERPOL in their own right, merged to form the United Arab Republic. The union was dissolved on 28 September 1961. Syria became an independent state and took its place again as a full member of INTERPOL on 20 March 1962.
Syria
June 1953 22nd General Assembly session Oslo
Tajikistan
5 October 2004 73rd General Assembly session Cancún
Tanzania
19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid
Prime Minister's Office
Thailand
August 1951
Royal Embassy of Thailand in France
Timor-Leste
21 October 2002 71st General Assembly session Yaoundé
Togo
10 October 1960 29th General Assembly session Washington, D.C.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministère de l'Intérieur, de l'Information et de la Presse
Joined INTERPOL as Tanganyika. After entering into a union with Zanzibar in 1964, it took the name of Tanzania.
MEMBERS
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 4 September 1979 48th General Assembly session Nairobi 30 September 1964 33rd General Assembly session Caracas 17 June 1957 26th General Assembly session Lisbon
AUTHORITY
Secretary to the Government of Tonga Office of the High Commissioner for Trinidad & Tobago Ministère de l'Intérieur
1930 19 September 2005 75th General Assembly session Berlin 31 August 1966 35th General Assembly session Berne 4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar 2 October 1973 42nd General Assembly session Vienna
1928
Ministry of Internal Affairs Prime Minister
Ministère de l'Intérieur
NOTES
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
United States of America
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
Uruguay
1955
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
28 September 1994 63rd General Assembly session Rome September 1948 17th General Assembly session Prague Joined: 5 October 1970 39th General Assembly session Brussels -------------------------------------------Rejoined: 4 November 1991 60th General Assembly session Punta del Este 14 October 1976 45th General Assembly session Accra
AUTHORITY
NOTES
Founding Member
Embassy of Uruguay in France Ministry of Internal Affairs Cancilleria
(1) 1976: Withdrawal from INTERPOL Ministère des Affaires following its fusion with the Democratic Etrangères Republic of North Vietnam ----------------------------------(2) 4 November 1991: Rejoined at the 60th General Assembly session in Punta del Este
Council of Ministers and Command Council
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
Yugoslavia
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
Zambia
Zimbabwe
31 August 1966 35th General Assembly session Berne 13 November 1980 49th General Assembly session Manilla
AUTHORITY
NOTES (1) Founding Member (2) Has not been a member of INTERPOL since 1992 following the break-up of the country.
Vice-Presidency of the Republic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
21 October 2002 71st General Assembly session Yaoundé 4 November 1991 60th General Assembly session Punte del Este 21 August 1963 32nd General Assembly session Helsinki
Ministère de l'Intérieur
23 November 1987 56th General Assembly session Nice
Président de la République Française, Co-Prince français d'Andorre and Monseigneur Joan Marti e Alanis, Co-Prince Episcopal d'Andorre
5 October 1982 51st General Assembly session Torremolinos 6 October 1986 55th General Assembly session Belgrade
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Ministério do Interior Office of the Prime Minister
Argentina
June 1947 16th General Assembly session Paris
Ministerio del Interior
Armenia
4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar
Ministry for Internal Affairs
NOTES
MEMBERS
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 23 November 1987 56th General Assembly session Nice September 1948 17th General Assembly session Prague Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna -------------------------------------------Rejoined: 1 January 1948 4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar 2 October 1973 42nd General Assembly session Vienna 19 September 1972 41st General Assembly session Frankfurt
AUTHORITY
Ministry of Justice
NOTES
1 January 1986: Obtained observer status, separate from Netherlands Antilles
Attorney General
(1) Founding Member -------------------------------- (2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945 ---Bundesministerium für Inneres Office of the President of the Republic Office of the Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister
Bangladesh
14 October 1976 45th General Assembly session Accra
Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Barbados
3 November 1981 50th General Assembly session Nice
Ministry of External Affairs
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Belarus
29 September 1993 62nd General Assembly session Aruba
Ministry of the Interior
Belgium
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
Belize
23 November 1987 56th General Assembly session Nice
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Economic Development
Benin
19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid
Office of the President of the Republic
Bhutan
19 September 2005 75th General Assembly session Berlin
Bolivia
21 August 1963 32nd General Assembly session Helsinki
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
NOTES
Founding Member
Joined INTERPOL as Dahomey. In 1975, took the name of Benin.
Ministerio de Gobierno, Justicia é Inmigración
4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar
Ministry of Internal Affairs
13 November 1980 49th General Assembly session Manilla
Office of the President
Bosnia and Herzegovina was one of the states comprising the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was dissolved in 1991. It seceded, declared itself independent on 1st March 1992 and was officially recognized on 14 December 1995.
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
Joined: June 1953 22nd General Assembly session Oslo Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
-------------------------------------------Rejoined: 6 October 1986 55th General Assembly session Belgrade 4 September 1984 53rd General Assembly session Luxembourg
AUTHORITY
NOTES
Secretaria de Estado dos (1) February 1980: Withdrawal from Negócios Estrangeiros da INTERPOL Segurança Pública -------------------------------(2) 6 October 1986: Rejoined at the 55th ---General Assembly session (Belgrade) Ministério da Justiça
Office of the Prime Minister
Joined: 1925
Bulgaria
-------------------------------------------Rejoined: 27 November 1989 58th General Assembly session Lyon
----------------------------------30 May 1951: Withdrawal from ICPC Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Burkina Faso
4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Office of the President of the Republic
Burundi
5 October 1970 39th General Assembly session Brussels
Ministère de la Justice
Cambodia
1 April 1956
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Joined INTERPOL as Upper Volta. In 1984, took the name of Burkina Faso.
MEMBERS
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen October 1949 18th General Assembly session Berne 27 November 1989 58th General Assembly session Lyon 16 June 1965 34th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro 19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid 1930
AUTHORITY
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Ministry of Justice Ministério das Forças Armadas e da Segurança Ministère de l'Intérieur Présidence du Gouvernement
NOTES
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
China
Joined: (China) 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna ------------------------------------------Rejoined: (Republic of China, Taiwan) 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen -----------------------------------------Rejoined: (China) 5 September 1984 53rd General Assembly session Luxembourg
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo (Democratic Rep.)
1954 22 October 1998 67th General Assembly session Cairo 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen 21 August 1963 32nd General Assembly session Helsinki
AUTHORITY
NOTES
(1) Founding Member -------------------------------(2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945 ---Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China, Taipei
(3) The Republic of China (Taiwan) was a member of INTERPOL from 1961 until 1984
(4) The People's Republic of China applied for membership in 1984. The subsequent General Assembly decision stated that the People's -------------------------------Republic of China was the only valid authority ---and should replace the Republic of China (Taiwan) as the member of the Organization. Ministry of Public Security
Presidencia de la República
Ministère de l'Intérieur Office of the President of the Republic
Ministère de la Justice
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Costa Rica
1954
Dirección General de Detectives
Côte d'Ivoire
4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar
Denmark
Croatia was one of the states comprising the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was dissolved in 1991. It seceded and became officially independent on 15 June 1992.
6 June 1952 19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid 29 September 1993 62nd General Assembly session Aruba Joined: 1923
Czechoslovakia
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
NOTES
Rejoined: 27 September 1990 59th General Assembly session Ottawa
Autumn 1923
Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Successor to Czechoslovakia, which was a member of INTERPOL from 1923 to 1992. (1) 22 December 1951: Withdrawal from ICPC (2) Following the dissolution of the country, it ceased to be a member of INTERPOL in 1992.
MEMBERS
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 13 November 1980 49th General Assembly session Manilla 3 November 1981 50th General Assembly session Nice June 1953 22nd General Assembly session Oslo 19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid
AUTHORITY
NOTES
Ministère de l'Intérieur Ministry of External Affairs Secretaría de Estado de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto Ministerio de Gobierno y Oriente
(1) Founding Member
Egypt
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
(2) 1 February 1958: Egypt and Syria, both members of INTERPOL in their own right, merged to form the United Arab Republic. The union was dissolved on 28 September 1961 but Egypt retained the name until 2 September 1971, when it became the Arab Republic of Egypt. Egypt is considered as continuing the United Arab Republic's membership of INTERPOL.
MEMBERS
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
8 December 1959 28th General Assembly session Paris
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
13 November 1980 49th General Assembly session Manilla
Consejo Militar Supremo y Comisario de Asuntos Exteriores
8 November 1999 68th General Assembly session Seoul 4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar 15 September 1958 27th General Assembly session London 6 September 1971 40th General Assembly session Ottawa 1928
NOTES (1) Withdrawal from INTERPOL at the General Assembly session in 1984, Luxembourg. (2) 29 September 1993: Rejoined at the 62nd General Assembly session (Aruba).
Ministry of Local Government Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministry of the Interior Prime Minister & Minister for Foreign Affairs
MEMBERS
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
4 October 1993 62nd General Assembly session Aruba
AUTHORITY
Ministry of the Interior
NOTES
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was one of the states comprising the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was dissolved in 1991. It seceded and became officially independent on 17 September 1991
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen 6 October 1986 55th General Assembly session Belgrade 29 September 1993 62nd General Assembly session Aruba Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna -------------------------------------------Rejoined: June 1952 21st General Assembly session Stockholm
Founding Member
Présidence du Gouvernement Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(1) Founding Member ----------------------------------(2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945 Diplomatische Vertretung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Ghana
15 September 1958 27th General Assembly session London
Ministry of the Interior
Greece
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
Founding Member
6 October 1986 55th General Assembly session Belgrade October 1949 18th General Assembly session Berne 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen 4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar 1 October 1968 37th General Assembly session Tehran
Office of the President of the Republic
Haiti
17 June 1957 26th General Assembly session Lisbon
Secrétairerie d'Etat de l'Intérieur et de la Défense Nationale
Honduras
19 September 1974 43rd General Assembly session Cannes
Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
NOTES
Ministry of External Affairs Ministerio de Gobernación
Ministério da Justiça Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MEMBERS
Hungary
Iceland
India
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna ------------------------------------------Rejoined: 3 November 1981 50th General Assembly session Nice 6 September 1971 40th General Assembly session Ottawa October 1949 18th General Assembly session Berne
AUTHORITY
NOTES
(1) Founding Member -------------------------------(2) 10 September 1952: Withdrawal from ---ICPC Ministère de l'Intérieur Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministère des Affaires Intérieures
Indonesia
April 1952
Embassy of Indonesia in Paris
Iran
28 February 1938
Imperial Legation of Iran in Rome
Iraq
27 September 1967 36th General Assembly session Kyoto
Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in France
Ireland
12 August 1947
Commissioner
Israel
October 1949 18th General Assembly session Berne
Minister for Foreign Affairs
MEMBERS
Italy
Jamaica
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna -------------------------------------------Rejoined: June 1947 16th General Assembly session Paris 21 August 1963 32nd General Assembly session Helsinki
Japan
June 1953 22nd General Assembly session Oslo
Jordan
June 1956 25th General Assembly session Vienna
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar 1 October 1968 37th General Assembly session Teheran 16 June 1965 34th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro
AUTHORITY
NOTES
(1) Founding Member ----------------------------------(2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945 Ministero dell' Interno
Prime Minister & Minister of External Affairs General Directorate of National Security
Direction of General Investigations
Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Withdrawal from INTERPOL on 23 June 1958. Rejoined on 19 August. Withdrew again on 27 May 1959. Rejoined on 28 July.
MEMBERS
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 23 October 1996 65th General Assembly session Antalya 17 June 1957 26th General Assembly session Lisbon 4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar October 1949 18th General Assembly session Berne 6 September 1971 40th General Assembly session Ottawa June 1956 25th General Assembly session Vienna 1954 10 October 1960 29th General Assembly session Washington, D.C. 4 November 1991 60th General Assembly session Punte del Este 14 May 1937
AUTHORITY
Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Ministry of Internal Affairs Legation of Lebanon in France Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Office of the Prime Minister Gouvernement de la Principauté Vice-Prime Minister
Procureur Général d'Etat
NOTES
MEMBERS
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen 31 August 1966 35th General Assembly session Berne 4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen 4 September 1984 53rd General Assembly session Luxembourg
AUTHORITY
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Prime Minister & Minister for External Affairs Embassy of the Federation of Malaya Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mali
13 October 1969 38th General Assembly session Mexico
Ministère de la Défense et de la Sécurité
Malta
19 September 1972 41st General Assembly session Frankfurt
Prime Minister & Minister of Commonwealth and Foreign Affairs
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
27 September 1990 59th General Assembly session Ottawa 19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid 13 October 1969 38th General Assembly session Mexico
Présidence la République
1955
Embassy of Mexico in Paris
Ministry of Justice
Government House
NOTES
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Moldova
28 September 1994 63rd General Assembly session Rome
Ministry of the Interior
Monaco
June 1950 19th General Assembly session The Hague
Ministère d'Etat, Service des Relations Extérieures
Mongolia
4 November 1991 60th General Assembly session Punte del Este
Embassy of Mongolia in France
Montenegro
19 - 22 September 2006 75th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro
Police Directorate on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Montenegro
Morocco
17 June 1957 26th General Assembly session Lisbon
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Mozambique
27 November 1989 58th General Assembly session Lyon
Ministério do Interior & Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros
Myanmar
1 January 1954
Inspector-General of Police
Namibia
Nauru
4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar 6 September 1971 40th General Assembly session Ottawa
Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry for External Affairs
NOTES
NCB Podgorica requested on 12 December 2007 that effective 19 October 2007 the name shall be changed from “Republic of Montenegro” into “Montenegro”.
21 March 1990: Independence of Namibia
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Nepal
27 September 1967 36th General Assembly session Kyoto
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Netherlands
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
Netherlands Antilles
1949
Ministerie van Justitie
New Zealand
1955
Office of the Minister of External Affairs
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
16 June 1965 34th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro 30 September 1964 33rd General Assembly session Caracas 10 October 1960 29th General Assembly session Washington, D.C.
Norway
1930
Oman
19 September 1972 41st General Assembly session Frankfurt
NOTES
Founding Member
Ministerio de la Gobernación y Anexos Ministère de l'Intérieur
Cabinet Office
Ministry of the Interior
1960: Independence of Nigeria
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Pakistan
May 1952
High Commissioner for Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
15 September 1958 27th General Assembly session London 14 October 1976 45th General Assembly session Accra 1 September 1977 46th General Assembly session Stockholm 19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid 1952
Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna -------------------------------------------Rejoined: 27 September 1990 59th General Assembly session Ottawa
NOTES
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Embassy of Peru in Paris
Department of Justice
-------------------------------- (1) Founding Member ---(2) 26 February 1952: Withdrawal from ICPC Ministry of the Interior
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
Portugal
1930
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Romania
19 September 1974 43rd General Assembly session Cannes 30 September 1964 33rd General Assembly session Caracas Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna -------------------------------------------Rejoined: 2 October 1973 42nd General Assembly session Vienna
AUTHORITY
NOTES
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Home Affairs
-----------------------------------
(1) Founding Member (2) 1952: Withdrawal from ICPC
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Russia
27 September 1990 59th General Assembly session Ottawa
Ministry of the Interior
Rwanda
19 September 1974 43rd General Assembly session Cannes
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération
Saint Kitts and Nevis
23 November 1987 56th General Assembly session Nice
Attorney General's Chambers
Joined INTERPOL as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. When the Union was dissolved, the Russian Federation succeeded to membership in 1991.
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Saint Lucia
18 October 1983 52nd General Assembly session Cannes
Office of the Prime Minister
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 October 1985 54th General Assembly session Washington, D.C.
Cabinet
San Marino (Republic of)
19 - 22 September 2006 75th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro
Sao Tome and Principe
17 November 1988 57th General Assembly session Bangkok
Ministério da Defesa e Ordem Interna
Saudi Arabia
1956
Ministry of the Interior
Senegal
4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
NOTES
MEMBERS
Serbia and Montenegro
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
24 September 2001 70th General Assembly session Budapest
AUTHORITY
Federal Ministry of the Interior
NOTES
Joined INTERPOL as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On 4 February 2003, the name "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" was dropped and the country took the name of Serbia and Montenegro. On 3 June 2006, the province of Montenegro declared independence. Serbia is the successor to the former Serbia and Montenegro as member of INTERPOL.
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
1 September 1977 46th General Assembly session Stockholm 19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid 1 October 1968 37th General Assembly session Tehran 29 September 1993 62nd General Assembly session Aruba
4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar
President's Office, Department of External Affairs Prime Minister's Office
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of the Interior
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Successor to Czechoslovakia, which was a member of INTERPOL from 1923 to 1992. Slovenia was one of the states comprising the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was dissolved in 1991. It seceded and became independent on 25 June 1991.
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
AUTHORITY
Somalia
9 October 1975 44th General Assembly session Buenos Aires
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
South Africa
Spain
Joined: 1 January 1948 ------------------------------------------Rejoined: 29 September 1993 62nd General Assembly session Aruba June 1951 20th General Assembly session Lisbon
NOTES
1948: Secretary for External Affairs (1) Withdrawal from ICPC on 31 December -------------------------------- 1954 ---(2) Rejoined on 29 September 1993 at the 62nd 1993: Ministry of Law General Assembly session (Aruba) and Order Ministerio de la Gobernación
Sri Lanka
18 July 1950
Ministry of External Affairs
Sudan
1956
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Surinam
1949
Ministerie van Justitie
Swaziland
9 October 1975 44th General Assembly session Buenos Aires
Prime Minister
Sweden
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
Joined the ICPC as Ceylon. In 1972, it took the name of Sri Lanka.
Founding Member
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
Switzerland
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
AUTHORITY
NOTES
Founding Member
On 21 February 1958: Syria and Egypt, both members of INTERPOL in their own right, merged to form the United Arab Republic. The union was dissolved on 28 September 1961. Syria became an independent state and took its place again as a full member of INTERPOL on 20 March 1962.
Syria
June 1953 22nd General Assembly session Oslo
Tajikistan
5 October 2004 73rd General Assembly session Cancún
Tanzania
19 September 1962 31st General Assembly session Madrid
Prime Minister's Office
Thailand
August 1951
Royal Embassy of Thailand in France
Timor-Leste
21 October 2002 71st General Assembly session Yaoundé
Togo
10 October 1960 29th General Assembly session Washington, D.C.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministère de l'Intérieur, de l'Information et de la Presse
Joined INTERPOL as Tanganyika. After entering into a union with Zanzibar in 1964, it took the name of Tanzania.
MEMBERS
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 4 September 1979 48th General Assembly session Nairobi 30 September 1964 33rd General Assembly session Caracas 17 June 1957 26th General Assembly session Lisbon
AUTHORITY
Secretary to the Government of Tonga Office of the High Commissioner for Trinidad & Tobago Ministère de l'Intérieur
1930 19 September 2005 75th General Assembly session Berlin 31 August 1966 35th General Assembly session Berne 4 November 1992 61st General Assembly session Dakar 2 October 1973 42nd General Assembly session Vienna
1928
Ministry of Internal Affairs Prime Minister
Ministère de l'Intérieur
NOTES
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
United States of America
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
Uruguay
1955
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
28 September 1994 63rd General Assembly session Rome September 1948 17th General Assembly session Prague Joined: 5 October 1970 39th General Assembly session Brussels -------------------------------------------Rejoined: 4 November 1991 60th General Assembly session Punta del Este 14 October 1976 45th General Assembly session Accra
AUTHORITY
NOTES
Founding Member
Embassy of Uruguay in France Ministry of Internal Affairs Cancilleria
(1) 1976: Withdrawal from INTERPOL Ministère des Affaires following its fusion with the Democratic Etrangères Republic of North Vietnam ----------------------------------(2) 4 November 1991: Rejoined at the 60th General Assembly session in Punta del Este
Council of Ministers and Command Council
MEMBERS
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP
Yugoslavia
7 September 1923 2nd International Police Congress Vienna
Zambia
Zimbabwe
31 August 1966 35th General Assembly session Berne 13 November 1980 49th General Assembly session Manilla
AUTHORITY
NOTES (1) Founding Member (2) Has not been a member of INTERPOL since 1992 following the break-up of the country.
Vice-Presidency of the Republic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
