Honoured Guests
Honoured Guests at WMA Statutory Meetings
| Year | Venues of Assemblies held | Eminent persons |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Paris, France | |
| 1948 | Geneva, Switzerland | Federal Health Minister Mayor of Geneva |
| 1949 | London, England | Federal Health Minister Mayor of London |
| 1950 | New York City, USA | Medical Directors of the Federal Staff Mayor of New York |
| 1951 | Stockholm, Sweden | Prime Minister Health Minister |
| 1952 | Athens, Greece | Prime Minister Health Minister The King welcomed the members of the council at Maya |
| 1953 | The Hague, Netherlands | Prime Minister Health Minister Queen Juliana welcomed the members of the council in her summer palace |
| 1954 | Roma, Italy | Prime Minister Health Minister City Mayor Pope Pius XII addressed to the Assembly at his summer residence |
| 1955 | Vienna, Austria | Prime Minister Health and Welfare Minister City Mayor |
| 1956 | Havana, Cuba | Health Minister City Mayor |
| 1957 | Istanbul, Turkey | President and Health Minister should have come but they did not because of an urgent meeting at the Parliament. City Mayor Assistant to the Health Minister |
| 1958 | Copenhagen, Denmark | King Frederic IX Health Minister |
| 1959 | Montreal, Canada | This meeting was convened under the auspices of the Prince Philippe, Duke of Edinburgh but he did not intend City Mayor Prime Minister Health Minister |
| 1960 | Berlin, Germany | President, O. Lubke Federal Chancellor, K. Adenauer City Mayor, W. Brant Health Minister Welfare Minister |
| 1961 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Health and Welfare Minister |
| 1962 | New Delhi, India | President Prime Minister Jawaharial Nehru Health and Welfare Minister |
| 1963 | New York City, USA | Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson City Mayor |
| 1964 | Helsinki, Finland | President, Dr Uhro Kekkonen Prime Minister Minister of the Social Welfare |
| 1965 | London, England | HRH. Princess Margareth |
| 1966 | Manila, Philippines | President, Ferdinand Marcos and Mrs Imelda Marcos Health Minister |
| 1967 | Madrid, Spain | Health Minister |
| 1968 | Sydney, Australia | Health Minister |
| 1969 | Paris, France | Foreign Minister, Mr. Maurice Schumann |
| 1970 | Oslo, Norway | King Olav V. |
| 1971 | Ottawa, Canada | Health Minister |
| 1972 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Queen Juliana |
| 1972 | Copenhague, Danemark Conférence sur l’Enseignement Médical | Queen Margrethe |
| 1973 | Munich, Germany | Chancellor Willy Brant |
| 1974 | Stockholm, Sweden | King Carl XVI Gustav |
| 1975 | Tokyo, Japan | Health Minister |
| 1976 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Health Minister |
| 1977 | Dublin, Ireland | President, Dr Patrick Hillary |
| 1978 | Manila, Philippines | President and Mrs. Ferdinand Marcos |
| 1979 | Caracas, Venezuela | Health Minister |
| 1981 | Lisbon, Portugal | President, Health Minister |
| 1983 | Venice, Italy | Dr M. A. Giuliano, President of the Venetian Order of Physicians Prof. T. Berti, Pro-rector of the Univ. of Padua Dr F. Guidolin, Minister of Health for the Venetian Region |
| 1984 | Singapore | Mr Wan Hussin Zoohri, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health and Culture Dr Foon Bee Kwa, Permanent Secretary (Health), Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Health |
| 1986 | Rancho Mirage, USA | Video Message by President R. Reagan |
| 1987 | Madrid, Spain | Dr Antonio Pedrol Rius, President Spanish Association of Liberal Professions |
| 1988 | Vienna, Austria | Mr Kurt Waldheim, President Republic of Austria |
| 1989 | Hong Kong | Sir David Wilson, Governor of Hong Kong |
| 1990 | Rancho Mirage, USA |
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| 1991 | St. Julians, Malta | Dr Censu Tabone, President of Malta Dr Louis Galea, Minister for Social Policy |
| 1992 | Marbella, Spain | Mayor of Marbella |
| 1993 | Budapest, Hungary | Arpád Göncz, President of Hungary |
| 1994 | Stockholm, Sweden | Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia Mr Bo Könberg, Minister of Health |
| 1995 | Bali, Indonesia | Vice-President of Indonesia Dr Sujudi, Minister of Health |
| 1996 | Somerset West, South Africa | Vice President of South Africa |
| 1997 | Hamburg, Germany | President of Germany |
| 1998 | Ottawa, Canada | Parliamentary Secretary of the Minister of Health, Mrs Eleanor Caplan |
| 1999 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Shuki Shemer |
| 2000 | Edinburgh, Scotland | First Minister of Scotland, Donald Dewar |
| 2002 | Washington, DC, USA | Dr. Carmona, the Surgeon general of the United States of America |
| 2003 | Helsinki, Finland | President of the Republic, Mrs. Tarja Halonen |
| 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | Empress and Emperor of Japan, His Imperial Majesty Akihito Her Imperial Majesty, Michiko |
| 2006 | Pilanesberg, South Africa | Premier of the North West Province, Honourable Mrs. Edna Molewa |
| 2008 | Seoul, Korea | President of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Myung Bak Lee Prime Minister, Mr. Seung Soo Hahn |
| 2009 | New Delhi, India | President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil |
| 2010 | Vancouver, Canada | The Honorable Steven Point, The Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Canada |
| 2011 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Health Minsiter Dr. Jorge Venegas Vice-minister for Health Dr. Leonel Briozzo His Excellency João Carlos de Souza-Gomes, Ambassador of Brazil to Uruguay |
| 2012 | Bangkok, Thailand | Royal Privy Council, Prof. Dr. Kasem Wattanakul |
| 2013 | Fortaleza, Brazil | Health Secretary of the State of Ceará, Dr. Ciro Ferreira Gomes, Former Governor of Ceará State, Former of Minister of National Integration during the Presidency of Lula da Silva, and Former Mayor of Fortaleza |
| 2014 Council SessionGeneral Assembly | Tokyo, JapanDurban, South Africa | Prime minister Shinzō Abe, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Norihisa Tamura Minister of Health Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi |
| 2015 | Moscow, Russia | Duputy Minister of Health Dr. Tatiana Vladimirovna Yakovleva |
| 2016 | Taipei, Taiwan | Her Excellency President Tsai, Ing-Wen |
| 2017 | Chicago, USA | |
| 2018 | Reykjavik, Iceland | President of Iceland,Gudni Th. Jóhannesson |
| 2019 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Dr Ilia Nakashidze |
| 2020 | Cordoba, Spain | Prime Minister, Mr. Pedro Sánchez |
| 2021 | London, United Kingdom | Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty |
| 2022 | Berlin, Germany | President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| 2023 | Kigali, Rwanda | Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, Minister of Health |
| 2024 | Helsinki, Finland | President of Finland, Mr. Alexander Stubb |