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21 October 2002
Afghanistan 71st General Assembly session
Yaoundé
4 November 1991
Albania 60th General Assembly session Ministère de l'Intérieur
Punte del Este
21 August 1963
Ministère des Affaires
Algeria 32nd General Assembly session
Etrangères
Helsinki
Président de la
République Française,
23 November 1987 Co-Prince français
Andorra 56th General Assembly session d'Andorre and
Nice Monseigneur Joan Marti e
Alanis, Co-Prince
Episcopal d'Andorre
5 October 1982
Angola 51st General Assembly session Ministério do Interior
Torremolinos
6 October 1986
Office of the Prime
Antigua and Barbuda 55th General Assembly session
Minister
Belgrade
June 1947
Argentina 16th General Assembly session Ministerio del Interior
Paris
4 November 1992
Ministry for Internal
Armenia 61st General Assembly session
Affairs
Dakar
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
23 November 1987
1 January 1986: Obtained observer status,
Aruba 56th General Assembly session Ministry of Justice
separate from Netherlands Antilles
Nice
September 1948
Australia 17th General Assembly session Attorney General
Prague
29 September 1993
Belarus 62nd General Assembly session Ministry of the Interior
Aruba
7 September 1923
2nd International Police
Belgium Founding Member
Congress
Vienna
13 November 1980
Botswana 49th General Assembly session Office of the President
Manilla
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
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Bulgaria ------ ---- 30 May 1951: Withdrawal from ICPC
Rejoined: 27 November 1989 Ministère des Affaires
58th General Assembly session Etrangères
Lyon
4 September 1961
Office of the President of Joined INTERPOL as Upper Volta. In 1984,
Burkina Faso 30th General Assembly session
the Republic took the name of Burkina Faso.
Copenhagen
5 October 1970
Burundi 39th General Assembly session Ministère de la Justice
Brussels
4 September 1961
Ministère des Affaires
Cameroon 30th General Assembly session
Etrangères
Copenhagen
October 1949
Canada 18th General Assembly session Ministry of Justice
Berne
27 November 1989
Ministério das Forças
Cape Verde 58th General Assembly session
Armadas e da Segurança
Lyon
16 June 1965
Central African Republic 34th General Assembly session Ministère de l'Intérieur
Rio de Janeiro
19 September 1962
Présidence du
Chad 31st General Assembly session
Gouvernement
Madrid
Chile 1930
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Presidencia de la
Colombia 1954
República
22 October 1998
Comoros 67th General Assembly session Ministère de l'Intérieur
Cairo
4 September 1961
Office of the President of
Congo 30th General Assembly session
the Republic
Copenhagen
21 August 1963
Congo (Democratic Rep.) 32nd General Assembly session Ministère de la Justice
Helsinki
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Dirección General de
Costa Rica 1954
Detectives
4 September 1961
Côte d'Ivoire 30th General Assembly session Ministère de l'Intérieur
Copenhagen
Croatia was one of the states comprising the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
4 November 1992
Ministère des Affaires which was dissolved in 1991.
Croatia 61st General Assembly session
Etrangères
Dakar
It seceded and became officially independent
on 15 June 1992.
19 September 1962
Cyprus 31st General Assembly session Ministry of the Interior
Madrid
29 September 1993
Ministry of Foreign Successor to Czechoslovakia, which was a
Czech Republic 62nd General Assembly session
Affairs member of INTERPOL from 1923 to 1992.
Aruba
Denmark
Autumn 1923
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
13 November 1980
Djibouti 49th General Assembly session Ministère de l'Intérieur
Manilla
3 November 1981
Ministry of External
Dominica 50th General Assembly session
Affairs
Nice
June 1953 Secretaría de Estado de
Dominican Republic 22nd General Assembly session Relaciones Exteriores y
Oslo Culto
19 September 1962
Ministerio de Gobierno y
Ecuador 31st General Assembly session
Oriente
Madrid
8 November 1999
Ministry of Local
Eritrea 68th General Assembly session
Government
Seoul
4 November 1992
Ministry of Internal
Estonia 61st General Assembly session
Affairs
Dakar
15 September 1958
Ethiopia 27th General Assembly session Ministry of the Interior
London
6 September 1971 Prime Minister &
Fiji 40th General Assembly session Minister for Foreign
Ottawa Affairs
Finland 1928
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
7 September 1923
2nd International Police
France Founding Member
Congress
Vienna
4 September 1961
Présidence du
Gabon 30th General Assembly session
Gouvernement
Copenhagen
6 October 1986
Gambia 55th General Assembly session Ministry of the Interior
Belgrade
29 September 1993
Ministry of Foreign
Georgia 62nd General Assembly session
Affairs
Aruba
Joined: 7 September 1923
2nd International Police
Congress
Vienna (1) Founding Member
Germany --------------------------------------- --------------------------------
------ ---- (2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945
Rejoined: June 1952 Diplomatische Vertretung
21st General Assembly session der Bundesrepublik
Stockholm Deutschland
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
15 September 1958
Ghana 27th General Assembly session Ministry of the Interior
London
7 September 1923
2nd International Police
Greece Founding Member
Congress
Vienna
6 October 1986
Ministry of External
Grenada 55th General Assembly session
Affairs
Belgrade
October 1949
Ministerio de
Guatemala 18th General Assembly session
Gobernación
Berne
4 September 1961
Office of the President of
Guinea 30th General Assembly session
the Republic
Copenhagen
4 November 1992
Guinea-Bissau 61st General Assembly session Ministério da Justiça
Dakar
1 October 1968
Ministry of Foreign
Guyana 37th General Assembly session
Affairs
Tehran
17 June 1957 Secrétairerie d'Etat de
Haiti 26th General Assembly session l'Intérieur et de la Défense
Lisbon Nationale
19 September 1974
Secretaria de Relaciones
Honduras 43rd General Assembly session
Exteriores
Cannes
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Embassy of Indonesia in
Indonesia April 1952
Paris
27 September 1967
Embassy of the Republic
Iraq 36th General Assembly session
of Iraq in France
Kyoto
October 1949
Minister for Foreign
Israel 18th General Assembly session
Affairs
Berne
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
June 1953
General Directorate of
Japan 22nd General Assembly session
National Security
Oslo
4 November 1992
Kazakhstan 61st General Assembly session Ministry of the Interior
Dakar
1 October 1968
Ministry of Foreign
Kenya 37th General Assembly session
Affairs
Teheran
16 June 1965
Ministry of Foreign
Kuwait 34th General Assembly session
Affairs
Rio de Janeiro
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
23 October 1996
Ministry of Internal
Kyrgyzstan 65th General Assembly session
Affairs
Antalya
17 June 1957
Ministère des Affaires
Laos 26th General Assembly session
Etrangères
Lisbon
4 November 1992
Ministry of Internal
Latvia 61st General Assembly session
Affairs
Dakar
October 1949
Legation of Lebanon in
Lebanon 18th General Assembly session
France
Berne
6 September 1971
Ministry of Foreign
Lesotho 40th General Assembly session
Affairs
Ottawa
June 1956
Liberia 25th General Assembly session Secretary of State
Vienna
10 October 1960
Gouvernement de la
Liechtenstein 29th General Assembly session
Principauté
Washington, D.C.
4 November 1991
Lithuania 60th General Assembly session Vice-Prime Minister
Punte del Este
4 September 1961
Ministère des Affaires
Madagascar 30th General Assembly session
Etrangères
Copenhagen
31 August 1966 Prime Minister &
Malawi 35th General Assembly session Minister for External
Berne Affairs
4 September 1961
Embassy of the
Malaysia 30th General Assembly session
Federation of Malaya
Copenhagen
4 September 1984
Minister of Foreign
Maldives 53rd General Assembly session
Affairs
Luxembourg
13 October 1969
Ministère de la Défense et
Mali 38th General Assembly session
de la Sécurité
Mexico
Prime Minister &
19 September 1972
Minister of
Malta 41st General Assembly session
Commonwealth and
Frankfurt
Foreign Affairs
27 September 1990
Marshall Islands 59th General Assembly session Ministry of Justice
Ottawa
19 September 1962
Mauritania 31st General Assembly session Présidence la République
Madrid
13 October 1969
Mauritius 38th General Assembly session Government House
Mexico
Embassy of Mexico in
Mexico 1955
Paris
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
28 September 1994
Moldova 63rd General Assembly session Ministry of the Interior
Rome
June 1950
Ministère d'Etat, Service
Monaco 19th General Assembly session
des Relations Extérieures
The Hague
4 November 1991
Embassy of Mongolia in
Mongolia 60th General Assembly session
France
Punte del Este
Inspector-General of
Myanmar 1 January 1954
Police
4 November 1992
Namibia 61st General Assembly session Ministry of Home Affairs 21 March 1990: Independence of Namibia
Dakar
6 September 1971
Ministry for External
Nauru 40th General Assembly session
Affairs
Ottawa
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
27 September 1967
Ministry of Foreign
Nepal 36th General Assembly session
Affairs
Kyoto
7 September 1923
2nd International Police
Netherlands Founding Member
Congress
Vienna
16 June 1965
Ministerio de la
Nicaragua 34th General Assembly session
Gobernación y Anexos
Rio de Janeiro
30 September 1964
Niger 33rd General Assembly session Ministère de l'Intérieur
Caracas
10 October 1960
Nigeria 29th General Assembly session Cabinet Office 1960: Independence of Nigeria
Washington, D.C.
Norway 1930
19 September 1972
Oman 41st General Assembly session Ministry of the Interior
Frankfurt
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
15 September 1958
Ministerio de Relaciones
Panama 27th General Assembly session
Exteriores
London
14 October 1976
Ministry for Foreign
Papua New Guinea 45th General Assembly session
Affairs and Trade
Accra
1 September 1977
Ministerio de Relaciones
Paraguay 46th General Assembly session
Exteriores
Stockholm
19 September 1962
Peru 31st General Assembly session Embassy of Peru in Paris
Madrid
Portugal 1930
19 September 1974
Ministry of Foreign
Qatar 43rd General Assembly session
Affairs
Cannes
30 September 1964
Republic of Korea 33rd General Assembly session Ministry of Home Affairs
Caracas
Joined: 7 September 1923
2nd International Police
Congress
Vienna
(1) Founding Member
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Romania
------ ----
(2) 1952: Withdrawal from ICPC
Rejoined: 2 October 1973 Ministère des Affaires
42nd General Assembly session Etrangères
Vienna
Joined INTERPOL as the Union of Soviet
27 September 1990
Socialist Republics. When the Union was
Russia 59th General Assembly session Ministry of the Interior
dissolved, the Russian Federation succeeded to
Ottawa
membership in 1991.
18 October 1983
Office of the Prime
Saint Lucia 52nd General Assembly session
Minister
Cannes
1 October 1985
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 54th General Assembly session Cabinet
Washington, D.C.
19 - 22 September 2006
San Marino (Republic of) 75th General Assembly session
Rio de Janeiro
17 November 1988
Ministério da Defesa e
Sao Tome and Principe 57th General Assembly session
Ordem Interna
Bangkok
4 September 1961
Ministère des Affaires
Senegal 30th General Assembly session
Etrangères
Copenhagen
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
9 October 1975
Ministry of Foreign
Somalia 44th General Assembly session
Affairs
Buenos Aires
1948: Secretary for
Joined: 1 January 1948 External Affairs (1) Withdrawal from ICPC on 31 December
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South Africa ----- ----
Rejoined: 29 September 1993 (2) Rejoined on 29 September 1993 at the 62nd
62nd General Assembly session 1993: Ministry of Law General Assembly session (Aruba)
Aruba and Order
June 1951
Ministerio de la
Spain 20th General Assembly session
Gobernación
Lisbon
Ministry of Foreign
Sudan 1956
Affairs
9 October 1975
Swaziland 44th General Assembly session Prime Minister
Buenos Aires
7 September 1923
2nd International Police
Sweden Founding Member
Congress
Vienna
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
7 September 1923
2nd International Police
Switzerland Founding Member
Congress
Vienna
5 October 2004
Ministry of Foreign
Tajikistan 73rd General Assembly session
Affairs
Cancún
Royal Embassy of
Thailand August 1951
Thailand in France
21 October 2002
Timor-Leste 71st General Assembly session
Yaoundé
4 September 1979
Secretary to the
Tonga 48th General Assembly session
Government of Tonga
Nairobi
30 September 1964 Office of the High
Trinidad and Tobago 33rd General Assembly session Commissioner for
Caracas Trinidad & Tobago
17 June 1957
Tunisia 26th General Assembly session Ministère de l'Intérieur
Lisbon
Turkey 1930
19 September 2005
Turkmenistan 75th General Assembly session
Berlin
31 August 1966
Ministry of Internal
Uganda 35th General Assembly session
Affairs
Berne
4 November 1992
Ukraine 61st General Assembly session Prime Minister
Dakar
2 October 1973
United Arab Emirates 42nd General Assembly session Ministère de l'Intérieur
Vienna
7 September 1923
2nd International Police
United States of America Founding Member
Congress
Vienna
Embassy of Uruguay in
Uruguay 1955
France
28 September 1994
Ministry of Internal
Uzbekistan 63rd General Assembly session
Affairs
Rome
September 1948
Venezuela 17th General Assembly session Cancilleria
Prague