RABAT: French police controller Lucas Philippe was elected head of Interpol on Thursday at its 93rd assembly general in Morocco, the law enforcement agency posted on X.
The role of Interpol president rotates every four years but the title is largely symbolic.
Philippe, 53, also serves as counsellor for European and international affairs to the director of the French police.
He obtained 84 votes compared to the runner up, Turkish Mustafa Serkan Sabanca, who got 60 votes, Moroccan state news agency MAP said.
During his campaign for the post, Philippe said: “My objective is clear: to consolidate the role of the organization as a global reference for collective security.”
Namibia’s Anne-Marie Nainda and Ethiopia’s Demelash Gebremicheal Weldeyes trailed behind with 12 and eight votes respectively, the agency said.
The president is tasked with presiding over the agency’s general assembly, but it is the secretary general who determines day-to-day operations in Lyon, Interpol’s headquarters since 1989.
The post of secretary-general is currently held by Brazilian Valdecy Urquiza, elected in November 2024 for a five-year term.
French police controller named Interpol president
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French police controller named Interpol president
- The role of Interpol president rotates every four years but the title is largely symbolic
- Philippe obtained 84 votes compared to the runner up, Turkish Mustafa Serkan Sabanca, who got 60
Changes to US security strategy ‘largely consistent’ with Russia’s vision: Kremlin
- Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the current US administration was “fundamentally different from the previous ones”
MOSCOW: Russia has welcomed changes in the US National Security Strategy, saying the adjustments that marked a radical departure from Washington’s previous policy were “largely consistent” with Moscow’s vision.
Washington’s new National Security Strategy, published early Friday, took aim at allies in Europe, calling it over-regulated, lacking in “self-confidence” and facing “civilizational erasure” due to immigration.
The document stated that the United States would also prevent other powers from dominating but added: “This does not mean wasting blood and treasure to curtail the influence of all the world’s great and middle powers.”
Commenting on the new US strategy, the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the current US administration was “fundamentally different from the previous ones.”
“The adjustments we’re seeing, I would say, are largely consistent with our vision,” Peskov said in an interview with state TV station Rossiya aired Sunday.
“President Trump is currently strong in terms of domestic political positions. And this gives him the opportunity to adjust the concept to suit his vision,” Peskov added.
The publication of the updated security strategy came as officials from Kyiv held talks in Florida with Trump’s envoys on the US-drafted plan to end the near four-year war in Ukraine.
Three days of talks produced no apparent breakthrough.
President Volodymyr Zelensky committed to further negotiations toward “real peace,” as Russia in the early hours of Saturday launched another series of drone and missile strikes at Ukraine.
Zelensky is due to meet with European leaders — French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz — in London on Monday to take stock of the negotiations.
