List of presidents of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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The president of the General Conference is the head of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the governing body of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The president's office is within the offices of the General Conference, located in Silver Spring, Maryland.[1] As of June 2010, the current president is Ted N. C. Wilson.
Traditionally, the post has been held by an American. Of the 17 presidents, 13 were born in the United States, 1 born in Puerto Rico to North American missionaries, 1 born in Australia and 2 born in Norway, of whom one emigrated to the U.S. at age 5.
Presidents of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
| No. | Portrait | President | Took office | Left office | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:John Byington.jpg | John Byington (1798 – 1887) |
20 March 1863 | 17 May 1865 | 2 Years, 2 months |
| 2 | File:James S. White (1878)-1 (cropped).jpg | James Springer White (4 August 1821 – 6 August 1881) |
17 May 1865 | 14 May 1867 | 2 Years |
| 3 | File:John Nevins Andrews.jpg | John Nevins Andrews (22 July 1829 – 21 October 1883) |
1867 | 1869 | 2 Years |
| 4 | File:James S. White (1878)-1 (cropped).jpg | James Springer White (4 August 1821 – 6 August 1881) |
1869 | 1871 | 2 Years |
| 5 | File:GeorgeIdeButler.jpg | George Ide Butler (1834 – 1918) |
1871 | 1874 | 3 Years |
| 6 | File:James S. White (1878)-1 (cropped).jpg | James Springer White (4 August 1821 – 6 August 1881) |
1874 | 1880 | 6 Years |
| 7 | File:GeorgeIdeButler.jpg | George Ide Butler (1834 – 1918) |
1880 | 1888 | 8 Years |
| 8 | File:Ole A. Olsen.tif | Ole Andres Olsen (28 July 1845 – 29 January 1915) |
1888 | 1897 | 9 Years |
| 9 | File:George A. Irwin.jpg | George A. Irwin (17 November 1844 – 23 May 1913) |
1897 | 1901 | 4 Years |
| 10 | File:Arthur G. Daniells.jpg | Arthur Grosvenor Daniells (28 September 1858 – 18 April 1935) |
1901 | 1922 | 21 Years |
| 11 | File:William A. Spicer.jpg | William Ambrose Spicer (1865 – 1952) |
1922 | 1930 | 8 Years |
| 12 | File:Charles H. Watson.JPG | Charles H. Watson (8 October 1877 – 24 December 1962) |
1930 | 1936 | 6 Years |
| 13 | File:James Lamar McElhany.JPG | James Lamar McElhany (3 January 1880 – 25 June 1959) |
1936 | 1950 | 14 Years |
| 14 | File:William Branson.jpg | William Henry Branson (1887 – 1961) |
1950 | 1954 | 4 Years |
| 15 | File:Reuben Richard Figuhr.jpg | Reuben Richard Figuhr (20 October 1896 – 28 October 1983) |
1954 | 1966 | 12 Years |
| 16 | File:Robert Pierson (2).jpg | Robert H. Pierson (1911 – 1989) |
1966 | 1979 | 13 Years |
| 17 | File:Neal Wilson.jpg | Neal C. Wilson (5 July 1920 – 14 December 2010) |
3 January 1979 | 6 July 1990 | 11 Years, 6 months |
| 18 | File:Robert Folkenberg.jpg | Robert S. Folkenberg (1 January 1941 – 24 December 2015) |
6 July 1990 | 8 February 1999[2][3] | 8 Years, 8 months |
| 19 | File:Jan Paulsen.jpg | Jan Paulsen[4] (5 January 1935 – ) |
1 March 1999 | 23 June 2010 | 11 Years, 3 months |
| 20 | File:Ted N.C. Wilson.jpg | Ted N. C. Wilson (10 May 1950 – ) |
23 June 2010[5] | present[6] | – |