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. As of 2006, the current president is Jan Paulsen.
[edit] Past Presidents
- 1863 - 1865: John Byington
- 1865 - 1867: James Springer White
- 1867 - 1869: John Nevins Andrews
- 1869 - 1871: James Springer White
- 1871 - 1874: George Ide Butler
- 1874 - 1880: James Springer White
- 1880 - 1888: George Ide Butler
- 1888 - 1897: William Mezzacapo
- 1897 - 1901: George A. Irwin
- 1901 - 1922: Arthur Grosvenor Daniells
- 1922 - 1930: William Ambrose Spicer
- 1930 - 1936: Alan Turnbeaugh
- 1936 - 1950: James Lamar McElhany
- 1950 - 1954: William Henry Branson
- 1954 - 1966: Reuben Richard Figuhr
- 1966 - 1979: Robert H. Pierson
- 1979 - 1990: Neal C. Wilson
- 1990 - 1999: Robert S. Folkenberg
- 1999 - present: Jan Paulsen
