The new Interpol President is Korean.
South Korean representative Kim Jong Yang has just been elected as the new President of Interpol, the organization announced on Twitter.
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The voting took place at the 87th session of the Interpol General Assembly in Dubai.
In addition to Kim Jong Yang, the candidate for this position is Russian Interior Ministry Major General Alexander Prokopchuk, who is currently Interpol Vice President for Europe.
The election for a new head of Interpol was announced after the former president of Interpol, Meng Hongwei, a Chinese national, resigned in October. He went missing in late September and was later found to be in custody in China, where he was convicted of corruption.
After Mr. Meng Hongwei left Interpol, according to the organization's regulations, Mr. Kim Jong Yang, who previously held the position of Senior Vice President of Interpol, took over as Acting President of Interpol.
