<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
who was the only indian to be elected as president of the united nations general assembly
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit