Presidents & Secretaries-General

2026 Martin Gelin, Freelance, Cathy Nolan

2025 Shellie Karabell, Freelance, Cathy Nolan

2024 Shellie Karabell, Freelance, Catherine Nolan

2023 Shellie Karabell, Freelance, Catherine Nolan

2022 Shellie Karabell, Freelance, Catherine Nolan

2021 Rory Mulholland, The Telegraph, Catherine Nolan

2020 Rory Mulholland, The Telegraph, Catherine Nolan

2019 Rory Mulholland, The Telegraph, Catherine Nolan

2018 Rory Mulholland, The Telegraph, Catherine Nolan

2017 David Pearson, Freelance, Nelson Graves

2016 David Pearson, Freelance, Nelson Graves

2015 David Pearson, Freelance, Sara Miller Llana

2014 John Keating, Kuwait News Agency, David Pearson

2013 John Keating, Kuwait News Agency, Axel Krause

2012 John Keating, Kuwait News Agency, Axel Krause

2011 John Keating, Kuwait News Agency, Axel Krause

2010 Virginia Power, Newsweek, Axel Krause

2009 Virginia Power, Newsweek, Axel Krause

2008 Georgina Oliver, Citizen K International, Axel Krause

2007 Joseph Schmid, AFX News, Axel Krause

2006 James Graff, Time, Axel Krause

2005 Georgina Oliver, Paris Voice, Axel Krause

2004 David Pearson, Dow Jones Newswires, Axel Krause

2003 Charles Bremner, The Times, Axel Krause

2002 Adrian Dearnell, Bloomberg News, Axel Krause

2001 Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor, Axel Krause

2000 David Pearson, Dow Jones Newswires, Axel Krause

1999 Anne Swardson, The Washington Post, Axel Krause

1998 Craig Whitney, The New York Times, Axel Krause

1997 Mary Follain, Axel Krause

1996 Barry James, The International Herald Tribune, Axel Krause

1995 Tom Sancton, Time, Axel Krause

1994 Julian Nundy, The Independent, Axel Krause

1993 Laurie Kassman, The Voice of America, Axel Krause

1992 Suzanne Lowry, The Daily Telegraph, Pierre Legros

1991 Ronald Koven, The Boston Globe, Pierre Legros

1990 Richard Wallis, Reuters, Pierre Legros

1989 John Flint, Reader’s Digest, Pierre Legros

1988 Diana Geddes, The Spectator, Pierre Legros

1987 Jordan Bonfante, Time, Pierre Legros

1986 Philip Short, BBC, Pierre Legros

1985 Harry Dunphy, The Associated Press, Pierre Legros

1984 Robert Evans, Reuters, Pierre Legros

1983 Axel Krause, The International Herald Tribune, Pierre Legros

1982 John Templeman, Business week, Pierre Legros

1981 Scott Sullivan, Newsweek, Pierre Legros

1980 Lionel Walsh, Reuters, Francis Schell

1979 Bernard Valéry, The New York Daily News, Paul Lewis

1978 Robert Mauthner, The Financial Times, David Curry

1977 Arthur Higbee, United Press International, Anne Sington

1976 Michael Field, Bernard Redmont

1975 Milton Freudenheim, The Chicago Daily News, Bernard Redmont

1974 Peter Stephens, The Daily Mirror, Bernard Redmont

1973 Morris W. Rosenberg, The Associated Press, Morrill Cody

1972 Anthony Mann, The Daily Telegraph, Morrill Cody

1971 Frederick Painton, U.S. News and World Report, Morrill Cody

1970 Peter Stephens, The Daily Mirror, Morrill Cody

1969 Bernard Valéry, The New York Daily News, Morrill Cody

1968 Charles Hargrove, The Times, Eric Hawkins

1967 Waverley Root, The Washington Post, Eric Hawkins

1966 Robin Smyth, The Daily Mail, Eric Hawkins

1965 Joseph W. Grigg, United Press International, Eric Hawkins

1964 Robert Cooper, The Times, Eric Hawkins

1963 Crosby S. Noyes, The Washington Star, Eric Hawkins

1962 Sam White, The Evening Standard, Eric Hawkins

1961 Bernard Redmont, Westinghouse Broadcasting, Eric Hawkins

1960 Darsie Gillie, The Guardian, Eric Hawkins

1959 David Schoenbrun, CBS, Eric Hawkins

1958 Geoffrey Myers, The Daily Telegraph, Eric Hawkins

1957 Harold Callender, The New York Times, Eric Hawkins

1956 Geoffrey Hoare, The News Chronicle, Eric Hawkins

1955 Paul Archinard, NBC, Eric Hawkins

1954 Virginia Vernon, The Daily Mirror, Eric Hawkins

1953 J. Kingsbury Smith, International News Services, Eric Hawkins

1952 John Wallis, The Daily Telegraph, Eric Hawkins

1951 Preston Grover, The Associated Press, Eric Hawkins

1950 Ronald Matthews, The Daily Herald, Eric Hawkins

1949 Geoffrey Parsons Jr., The New York Herald Tribune, Eric Hawkins

1948 George Slocombe, The Toronto Star, Eric Hawkins

1947 Henry Cassidy, NBC, Eric Hawkins

1946 Harold King, Reuters, William Bird

1945 Paul Scott Mowrer, The New York Post, William Bird

1940 John Lloyd, The Associated Press, William Bird

1939 Eric Hawkins, The New York Herald Tribune, G. Langelaan

1938 B.J. Perkins, Fairchild Publications, Dermot MacDermot / Mallory Browne

1937 P.J. Philip David Scott,The New York Times

1936 Edmond Taylor, The Chicago Tribune, Percy J. Philip

1935 Dermot MacDermot, The Western Mail, Percy J. Philip

1934 Leland Stowe, The New York Herald Tribune, Dermot MacDermot

1933 David Scott, The Times, Dermot MacDermot

1932 Ralph Heinzen, United Press, Dermot MacDermot

1931 John Pollock, The Morning Post, Lansing Warren

1930 Henry Wales, The Chicago Tribune, Smith Reavis

1929 William T. Ingram, The Canadian Express, Elmer Roberts

1928 William Bird, The New York Sun, Elmer Roberts

1927 George Slocombe, The Daily Herald, H. Noble Hall

1926 Wilbur S. Forrest, The New York Herald Tribune, H. Noble Hall

1925 H.W. Smith, The Daily News, Guy Hickok

1924 Paul Scott Mowrer, The Chicago Daily News, Sisley Huddleston

1923 Sisley Huddleston, The Times, Eliot F. Sheppard

1922 Wythe Williams, The Philadelphia Public Ledger, Eliot F. Sheppard

1921 John Bell Eliot, The Daily Telegraph, F. Sheppard

1920 Stoddard Dewey, The New York Evening Post, Eliot F. Sheppard

1919 Gordon D. Knox, The Morning Post, Eliot F. Sheppard

1918 Elmer Roberts, The Associated Press, F.B. Grundy

1917 George Adam, The Times, F.B. Pitney

1916 Philip Simms, United Press, André Glarner

1915 Sommerville Story, The Paris Daily Mail, André Glarner

1914 F.B. Grundy, The New York Sun, Paul Scott Mowrer

1913 Joseph Watson, Reuters, R. F.Tate

1912 Joseph L. Sharkey, The Associated Press, R. F Tate

1911 Martin Donohoe, The Daily Chronicle, Joseph Watson

1910 Martin Donohoe, The Daily Chronicle, Joseph Watson

1909 Howard Thompson, The Associated Press, Joseph Watson

1908 James W. Ozanne, The Daily Telegraph, R. Franklin Tate

1907 James W. Ozanne, The Daily Telegraph, G.A. Raper