INTERPOL Members
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MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Afghanistan 21 October 2002
71st General Assembly session Yaoundé
Albania 4 November 1991
60th General Assembly session Punte del Este
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Algeria 21 August 1963
32nd General Assembly session Helsinki
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Andorra 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
Angola 5 October 1982
51st General Assembly session Torremolinos
Ministério do Interior
Antigua and Barbuda 6 October 1986
55th General Assembly session Belgrade
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
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Aruba 23 November 1987
56th General Assembly session Nice
Ministry of Justice 1 January 1986: Obtained observer status, separate from Netherlands Antilles
Australia September 1948
17th General Assembly session Prague
Attorney General
Austria
Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
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Rejoined: 1 January 1948
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Bundesministerium für Inneres
(1) Founding Member (2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945
Azerbaijan 4 November 1992
61st General Assembly session Dakar
Office of the President of the Republic
Bahamas 2 October 1973
42nd General Assembly session Vienna
Office of the Prime Minister
Bahrain 19 September 1972
41st General Assembly session Frankfurt
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 NOTES
Belarus 29 September 1993
62nd General Assembly sessionAruba
Ministry of the Interior
Belgium
7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
Founding Member
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
Joined INTERPOL as Dahomey. In 1975, took the name of Benin.
Bhutan 19 September 2005
75th General Assembly session Berlin
Bolivia 21 August 1963
32nd General Assembly sessionHelsinki
Ministerio de Gobierno, Justicia é Inmigración
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 November 1992
61st General Assembly session Dakar
Ministry of Internal Affairs
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.
Botswana 13 November 1980
49th General Assembly session Manilla
Office of the President
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Brazil
Joined: June 1953
22nd General Assembly sessionOslo
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55th General Assembly session Belgrade
Secretaria de Estado dos Negócios Estrangeiros da
Segurança Pública --------------------------------
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Ministério da Justiça
(1) February 1980: Withdrawal from INTERPOL (2) 6 October 1986: Rejoined at the 55th General Assembly session (Belgrade)
Brunei Darussalam 4 September 1984
53rd General Assembly sessionLuxembourg
Office of the Prime Minister
Bulgaria
Joined: 1925
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Rejoined: 27 November 1989 58th General Assembly session
Lyon
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---- Ministère des Affaires
Etrangères
30 May 1951: Withdrawal from ICPC
Burkina Faso 4 September 1961
30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Office of the President of the Republic
Joined INTERPOL as Upper Volta. In 1984, took the name of Burkina Faso.
Burundi 5 October 1970
39th General Assembly session Brussels
Ministère de la Justice
Cambodia 1 April 1956 Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Cameroon 4 September 1961
30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Canada October 1949
18th General Assembly session Berne
Ministry of Justice
Cape Verde 27 November 1989
58th General Assembly session Lyon
Ministério das Forças Armadas e da Segurança
Central African Republic 16 June 1965
34th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Chad 19 September 1962
31st General Assembly session Madrid
Présidence du Gouvernement
Chile 1930
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
China
Joined: (China) 7 September 1923
2nd International Police Congress Vienna
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Rejoined: (Republic of China, Taiwan)
4 September 1961 30th General Assembly session
Copenhagen ---------------------------------------
---- Rejoined: (China) 5 September
1984 53rd General Assembly session
Luxembourg
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Ministry of the Interior of
the Republic of China, Taipei
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Ministry of Public
Security
(1) Founding Member (2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945 (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.
Colombia 1954 Presidencia de la República
Comoros 22 October 1998
67th General Assembly session Cairo
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Congo 4 September 1961
30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Office of the President of the Republic
Congo (Democratic Rep.) 21 August 1963
32nd General Assembly session Helsinki
Ministère de la Justice
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Costa Rica 1954 Dirección General de Detectives
Côte d'Ivoire 4 September 1961
30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Croatia 4 November 1992
61st General Assembly session Dakar
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
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.
Cuba 6 June 1952
Cyprus 19 September 1962
31st General Assembly session Madrid
Ministry of the Interior
Czech Republic 29 September 1993
62nd General Assembly sessionAruba
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Successor to Czechoslovakia, which was a member of INTERPOL from 1923 to 1992.
Czechoslovakia
Joined: 1923
Rejoined: 27 September 1990 59th General Assembly session
Ottawa
(1) 22 December 1951: Withdrawal from ICPC (2) Following the dissolution of the country, it ceased to be a member of INTERPOL in 1992.
Denmark Autumn 1923
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Djibouti 13 November 1980
49th General Assembly session Manilla
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Dominica 3 November 1981
50th General Assembly session Nice
Ministry of External Affairs
Dominican Republic June 1953
22nd General Assembly sessionOslo
Secretaría de Estado de Relaciones Exteriores y
Culto
Ecuador 19 September 1962
31st General Assembly session Madrid
Ministerio de Gobierno y Oriente
Egypt
7 September 1923
2nd International Police Congress Vienna
(1) Founding Member (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 DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
El Salvador 8 December 1959
28th General Assembly session Paris
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
(1) Withdrawal from INTERPOL at the General Assembly session in 1984, Luxembourg. (2) 29 September 1993: Rejoined at the 62nd General Assembly session (Aruba).
Equatorial Guinea 13 November 1980
49th General Assembly session Manilla
Consejo Militar Supremo y Comisario de Asuntos
Exteriores
Eritrea 8 November 1999
68th General Assembly session Seoul
Ministry of Local Government
Estonia 4 November 1992
61st General Assembly session Dakar
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Ethiopia 15 September 1958
27th General Assembly session London
Ministry of the Interior
Fiji 6 September 1971
40th General Assembly session Ottawa
Prime Minister & Minister for Foreign
Affairs
Finland 1928
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
4 October 1993 62nd General Assembly session
Aruba Ministry of the Interior
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
7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
Founding Member
Gabon 4 September 1961
30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Présidence du Gouvernement
Gambia 6 October 1986
55th General Assembly session Belgrade
Ministry of the Interior
Georgia 29 September 1993
62nd General Assembly sessionAruba
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Germany
Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
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Rejoined: June 1952 21st General Assembly session
Stockholm
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Diplomatische Vertretung der Bundesrepublik
Deutschland
(1) Founding Member (2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Ghana 15 September 1958
27th General Assembly session London
Ministry of the Interior
Greece
7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
Founding Member
Grenada 6 October 1986
55th General Assembly session Belgrade
Ministry of External Affairs
Guatemala October 1949
18th General Assembly session Berne
Ministerio de Gobernación
Guinea 4 September 1961
30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Office of the President of the Republic
Guinea-Bissau 4 November 1992
61st General Assembly session Dakar
Ministério da Justiça
Guyana 1 October 1968
37th General Assembly session Tehran
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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 sessionCannes
Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Hungary
Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
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Rejoined: 3 November 1981 50th General Assembly session
Nice
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Ministère de l'Intérieur
(1) Founding Member (2) 10 September 1952: Withdrawal from ICPC
Iceland 6 September 1971
40th General Assembly session Ottawa
Minister for Foreign Affairs
India October 1949
18th General Assembly session Berne
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 DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Italy
Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
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Rejoined: June 1947 16th General Assembly session
Paris
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Ministero dell' Interno
(1) Founding Member (2) Withdrawal from ICPC in 1945
Jamaica 21 August 1963
32nd General Assembly sessionHelsinki
Prime Minister & Minister of External
Affairs
Japan June 1953
22nd General Assembly sessionOslo
General Directorate of National Security
Jordan June 1956
25th General Assembly session Vienna
Direction of General Investigations
Withdrawal from INTERPOL on 23 June 1958. Rejoined on 19 August. Withdrew again on 27 May 1959. Rejoined on 28 July.
Kazakhstan 4 November 1992
61st General Assembly session Dakar
Ministry of the Interior
Kenya 1 October 1968
37th General Assembly session Teheran
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kuwait 16 June 1965
34th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Kyrgyzstan 23 October 1996
65th General Assembly session Antalya
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Laos 17 June 1957
26th General Assembly session Lisbon
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Latvia 4 November 1992
61st General Assembly session Dakar
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Lebanon October 1949
18th General Assembly session Berne
Legation of Lebanon in France
Lesotho 6 September 1971
40th General Assembly session Ottawa
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Liberia June 1956
25th General Assembly session Vienna
Secretary of State
Libya 1954 Office of the Prime Minister
Liechtenstein 10 October 1960
29th General Assembly session Washington, D.C.
Gouvernement de la Principauté
Lithuania 4 November 1991
60th General Assembly session Punte del Este
Vice-Prime Minister
Luxembourg 14 May 1937 Procureur Général d'Etat
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Madagascar 4 September 1961
30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Malawi 31 August 1966
35th General Assembly session Berne
Prime Minister & Minister for External
Affairs
Malaysia 4 September 1961
30th General Assembly session Copenhagen
Embassy of the Federation of Malaya
Maldives 4 September 1984
53rd General Assembly session Luxembourg
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 27 September 1990
59th General Assembly session Ottawa
Ministry of Justice
Mauritania 19 September 1962
31st General Assembly session Madrid
Présidence la République
Mauritius 13 October 1969
38th General Assembly session Mexico
Government House
Mexico 1955 Embassy of Mexico in Paris
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
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
NCB Podgorica requested on 12 December 2007 that effective 19 October 2007 the name
shall be changed from “Republic of Montenegro” into “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 4 November 1992
61st General Assembly session Dakar
Ministry of Home Affairs 21 March 1990: Independence of Namibia
Nauru 6 September 1971
40th General Assembly session Ottawa
Ministry for External Affairs
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Nepal 27 September 1967
36th General Assembly session Kyoto
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Netherlands
7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
Founding Member
Netherlands Antilles 1949 Ministerie van Justitie
New Zealand 1955 Office of the Minister of External Affairs
Nicaragua 16 June 1965
34th General Assembly session Rio de Janeiro
Ministerio de la Gobernación y Anexos
Niger 30 September 1964
33rd General Assembly session Caracas
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Nigeria 10 October 1960
29th General Assembly session Washington, D.C.
Cabinet Office 1960: Independence of Nigeria
Norway 1930
Oman 19 September 1972
41st General Assembly session Frankfurt
Ministry of the Interior
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Pakistan May 1952 High Commissioner for Pakistan
Panama 15 September 1958
27th General Assembly session London
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Papua New Guinea 14 October 1976
45th General Assembly session Accra
Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Paraguay 1 September 1977
46th General Assembly session Stockholm
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Peru 19 September 1962
31st General Assembly session Madrid
Embassy of Peru in Paris
Philippines 1952 Department of Justice
Poland
Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
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Rejoined: 27 September 1990 59th General Assembly session
Ottawa
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Ministry of the Interior
(1) Founding Member (2) 26 February 1952: Withdrawal from ICPC
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Portugal 1930
Qatar 19 September 1974
43rd General Assembly session Cannes
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Korea 30 September 1964
33rd General Assembly sessionCaracas
Ministry of Home Affairs
Romania
Joined: 7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
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Rejoined: 2 October 1973
42nd General Assembly session Vienna
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Ministère des Affaires
Etrangères
(1) Founding Member (2) 1952: Withdrawal from ICPC
Russia 27 September 1990
59th General Assembly session Ottawa
Ministry of the Interior
Joined INTERPOL as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. When the Union was dissolved, the Russian Federation succeeded to membership in 1991.
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
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
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
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Serbia and Montenegro 24 September 2001
70th General Assembly session Budapest
Federal Ministry of the Interior
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 1 September 1977
46th General Assembly session Stockholm
President's Office, Department of External
Affairs
Sierra Leone 19 September 1962
31st General Assembly session Madrid
Prime Minister's Office
Singapore 1 October 1968
37th General Assembly session Tehran
Ministry of Defence
Slovakia 29 September 1993
62nd General Assembly sessionAruba
Ministry of the Interior Successor to Czechoslovakia, which was a member of INTERPOL from 1923 to 1992.
Slovenia 4 November 1992
61st General Assembly session Dakar
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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 NOTES
Somalia 9 October 1975
44th General Assembly session Buenos Aires
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
South Africa
Joined: 1 January 1948
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Rejoined: 29 September 1993 62nd General Assembly session
Aruba
1948: Secretary for External Affairs
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1993: Ministry of Law
and Order
(1) Withdrawal from ICPC on 31 December 1954 (2) Rejoined on 29 September 1993 at the 62nd General Assembly session (Aruba)
Spain June 1951
20th General Assembly session Lisbon
Ministerio de la Gobernación
Sri Lanka 18 July 1950 Ministry of External Affairs
Joined the ICPC as Ceylon. In 1972, it took the name of Sri Lanka.
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
Founding Member
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Switzerland
7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
Founding Member
Syria June 1953
22nd General Assembly sessionOslo
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.
Tajikistan 5 October 2004
73rd General Assembly sessionCancún
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tanzania 19 September 1962
31st General Assembly session Madrid
Prime Minister's Office Joined INTERPOL as Tanganyika. After entering into a union with Zanzibar in 1964, it took the name of Tanzania.
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.
Ministère de l'Intérieur, de l'Information et de la
Presse
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Tonga 4 September 1979
48th General Assembly session Nairobi
Secretary to the Government of Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago 30 September 1964
33rd General Assembly sessionCaracas
Office of the High Commissioner for
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia 17 June 1957
26th General Assembly session Lisbon
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Turkey 1930
Turkmenistan 19 September 2005
75th General Assembly session Berlin
Uganda 31 August 1966
35th General Assembly session Berne
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Ukraine 4 November 1992
61st General Assembly session Dakar
Prime Minister
United Arab Emirates 2 October 1973
42nd General Assembly sessionVienna
Ministère de l'Intérieur
United Kingdom 1928
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
United States of America
7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
Founding Member
Uruguay 1955 Embassy of Uruguay in France
Uzbekistan 28 September 1994
63rd General Assembly session Rome
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Venezuela September 1948
17th General Assembly session Prague
Cancilleria
Vietnam
Joined: 5 October 1970
39th General Assembly session Brussels
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Rejoined: 4 November 1991 60th General Assembly session
Punta del Este
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
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(1) 1976: Withdrawal from INTERPOL following its fusion with the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam (2) 4 November 1991: Rejoined at the 60th General Assembly session in Punta del Este
Yemen 14 October 1976
45th General Assembly session Accra
Council of Ministers and Command Council
MEMBERS DATE OF MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY NOTES
Yugoslavia
7 September 1923 2nd International Police
Congress Vienna
(1) Founding Member (2) Has not been a member of INTERPOL since 1992 following the break-up of the country.
Zambia 31 August 1966
35th General Assembly session Berne
Vice-Presidency of the Republic
Zimbabwe 13 November 1980
49th General Assembly session Manilla
Ministry for Foreign Affairs