interpol members

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


Aruba 23 November 1987


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


Office of the President of the Republic

Bahamas 2 October 1973

42nd General Assembly session Vienna


Bahrain 19 September 1972

41st General Assembly session Frankfurt


Bangladesh 14 October 1976

45th General Assembly session Accra

Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Foreign

Affairs

Barbados 3 November 1981


Ministry of External Affairs


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


Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Economic

Development

Benin 19 September 1962

31st General Assembly session Madrid


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


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


Brazil

Joined: June 1953

22nd General Assembly sessionOslo

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------ Rejoined: 6 October 1986


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


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


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


Cameroon 4 September 1961



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


Chad 19 September 1962


Présidence du Gouvernement

Chile 1930


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


Congo 4 September 1961



Congo (Democratic Rep.) 21 August 1963

32nd General Assembly session Helsinki

Ministère de la Justice


Costa Rica 1954 Dirección General de Detectives

Côte d'Ivoire 4 September 1961



Croatia 4 November 1992



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



Czech Republic 29 September 1993


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


Djibouti 13 November 1980



Dominica 3 November 1981



Dominican Republic June 1953


Secretaría de Estado de Relaciones Exteriores y

Culto

Ecuador 19 September 1962


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.


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


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



Ethiopia 15 September 1958

27th General Assembly session London


Fiji 6 September 1971

40th General Assembly session Ottawa

Prime Minister & Minister for Foreign

Affairs

Finland 1928


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


Congress Vienna

Founding Member

Gabon 4 September 1961


Présidence du Gouvernement

Gambia 6 October 1986



Georgia 29 September 1993



Germany


Congress Vienna

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Rejoined: June 1952 21st General Assembly session

Stockholm

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Diplomatische Vertretung der Bundesrepublik

Deutschland



Ghana 15 September 1958



Greece


Congress Vienna

Founding Member

Grenada 6 October 1986



Guatemala October 1949


Ministerio de Gobernación

Guinea 4 September 1961



Guinea-Bissau 4 November 1992


Ministério da Justiça

Guyana 1 October 1968

37th General Assembly session Tehran


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


Hungary


Congress Vienna

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Nice

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(1) Founding Member (2) 10 September 1952: Withdrawal from ICPC

Iceland 6 September 1971


Minister for Foreign Affairs

India October 1949


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


Minister for Foreign Affairs


Italy


Congress Vienna

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Rejoined: June 1947 16th General Assembly session

Paris

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Ministero dell' Interno


Jamaica 21 August 1963

32nd General Assembly sessionHelsinki

Prime Minister & Minister of External

Affairs

Japan June 1953


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



Kenya 1 October 1968

37th General Assembly session Teheran


Kuwait 16 June 1965




Kyrgyzstan 23 October 1996

65th General Assembly session Antalya


Laos 17 June 1957



Latvia 4 November 1992



Lebanon October 1949


Legation of Lebanon in France

Lesotho 6 September 1971



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


Vice-Prime Minister

Luxembourg 14 May 1937 Procureur Général d'Etat


Madagascar 4 September 1961



Malawi 31 August 1966


Prime Minister & Minister for External

Affairs

Malaysia 4 September 1961


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


Prime Minister & Minister of

Commonwealth and Foreign Affairs

Marshall Islands 27 September 1990


Ministry of Justice

Mauritania 19 September 1962


Présidence la République

Mauritius 13 October 1969

38th General Assembly session Mexico

Government House

Mexico 1955 Embassy of Mexico in Paris


Moldova 28 September 1994

63rd General Assembly session Rome


Monaco June 1950

19th General Assembly session The Hague

Ministère d'Etat, Service des Relations Extérieures

Mongolia 4 November 1991


Embassy of Mongolia in France

Montenegro 19 - 22 September 2006


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



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


Ministry of Home Affairs 21 March 1990: Independence of Namibia

Nauru 6 September 1971


Ministry for External Affairs


Nepal 27 September 1967

36th General Assembly session Kyoto


Netherlands


Congress Vienna

Founding Member

Netherlands Antilles 1949 Ministerie van Justitie

New Zealand 1955 Office of the Minister of External Affairs

Nicaragua 16 June 1965


Ministerio de la Gobernación y Anexos

Niger 30 September 1964

33rd General Assembly session Caracas


Nigeria 10 October 1960


Cabinet Office 1960: Independence of Nigeria

Norway 1930

Oman 19 September 1972




Pakistan May 1952 High Commissioner for Pakistan

Panama 15 September 1958



Papua New Guinea 14 October 1976


Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade

Paraguay 1 September 1977

46th General Assembly session Stockholm


Peru 19 September 1962


Embassy of Peru in Paris

Philippines 1952 Department of Justice

Poland


Congress Vienna

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Rejoined: 27 September 1990 59th General Assembly session

Ottawa

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(1) Founding Member (2) 26 February 1952: Withdrawal from ICPC


Portugal 1930

Qatar 19 September 1974

43rd General Assembly session Cannes


Republic of Korea 30 September 1964

33rd General Assembly sessionCaracas

Ministry of Home Affairs

Romania


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



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


Attorney General's Chambers


Saint Lucia 18 October 1983

52nd General Assembly session Cannes


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 October 1985


Cabinet

San Marino (Republic of) 19 - 22 September 2006


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




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


Prime Minister's Office

Singapore 1 October 1968

37th General Assembly session Tehran

Ministry of Defence

Slovakia 29 September 1993


Ministry of the Interior Successor to Czechoslovakia, which was a member of INTERPOL from 1923 to 1992.

Slovenia 4 November 1992


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.


Somalia 9 October 1975

44th General Assembly session Buenos Aires


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


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


Congress Vienna

Founding Member


Switzerland


Congress Vienna

Founding Member

Syria June 1953


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


Tanzania 19 September 1962


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


Ministère de l'Intérieur, de l'Information et de la

Presse


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



Turkey 1930

Turkmenistan 19 September 2005

75th General Assembly session Berlin

Uganda 31 August 1966



Ukraine 4 November 1992


Prime Minister

United Arab Emirates 2 October 1973

42nd General Assembly sessionVienna


United Kingdom 1928


United States of America


Congress Vienna

Founding Member

Uruguay 1955 Embassy of Uruguay in France

Uzbekistan 28 September 1994

63rd General Assembly session Rome


Venezuela September 1948

17th General Assembly session Prague

Cancilleria

Vietnam

Joined: 5 October 1970

39th General Assembly session Brussels

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Punta del Este


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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


Council of Ministers and Command Council


Yugoslavia


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


Vice-Presidency of the Republic

Zimbabwe 13 November 1980


Ministry for Foreign Affairs

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