Organisation

General Assembly

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The General Assembly is the supreme authority of the ISSF. It is either the ordinary General Assembly to be held every two years or an extraordinary General Assembly upon decision of the Council or a written request of at least one-third (1/3) of the Member Federations having voting rights.

The General Assembly consists of two (2) delegates per Member Federation. If two member Federations represent one country, only one delegate per Member Federation is admissible. 

Only the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary General, the Executive Director or Executive Committee/ Board members can represent their Member Federation at a General Assembly.

The General Assembly has the powers assigned to it by article 6.7 ISSF Constitution. In particular, to adopt and modify the Constitution, to elect the ISSF President, the Vice-Presidents, five (5) members of the Executive Committee, and the Chairmen of the Committees with the exception of the Chairman of the Athletes Committee, to approve the membership fees, to declare the dissolution of the ISSF.    


1907 ISSF Founding and 1st General Assembly

Actions taken at the 1st ISSF General Assembly in Zurich began with the approval of the Constitution drafted by Daniel Mérillon, the first ISSF President. This formally established the L’Union Internationale des Fédérations et Associations nationals de Tir (International Union of National Shooting Federations and Associations).

ISSF General Assemblies, 1907-2008

The ISSF, 1907-1915

No. Year Location Occasion ISSF President ISSF Secretary General
1 1907 Zurich, SUI ISSF Founding and 11th Int. Matches Daniel Mérillon Florimond Lermusiaux
2 1908 Vienna, AUT 12th Int. Matches Daniel Mérillon Florimond Lermusiaux
3 1909 Brussels, BEL 13th Int. Matches Daniel Mérillon Florimond Lermusiaux
4 1909 Paris, FRA Extraordinary Assembly Daniel Mérillon Florimond Lermusiaux
5 1910 Loosduinen, HOL 14th Int. Matches Daniel Mérillon Florimond Lermusiaux
6 1911 Rome, ITA 15th Int. Matches Daniel Mérillon Florimond Lermusiaux
7 1912 Biarritz, SUI 16th Int. Matches Daniel Mérillon Georges Léfèvre
8 1913 Camp Perry, USA 17th Int. Matches Daniel Mérillon Georges Léfèvre
9 1914 Viborg, DEN 18th Int. Matches Daniel Mérillon Georges Léfèvre

1907 The meeting in Zurich where the ISSF was founded is recognized as the 1st ISSF General Assembly because the delegates agreed to form a union, adopted a Constitution, approved shooting regulations and elected a President.

Reestablishing The ISSF, 1921-1939

No. Year Location Occasion ISSF President ISSF Secretary General
10 1920 Paris, FRA Special Assembly Daniel Mérillon Paul Colas
11 1921 Lyon, FRA 19th World Championships Daniel Mérillon Paul Colas
12 1922 Milan, ITA 20th World Championships Daniel Mérillon Paul Colas
13 1923 Camp Perry, USA 21st World Championships Daniel Mérillon Florimond Lermusiaux
14 1924 Riems, FRA 22nd World Championships Daniel Mérillon Florimond Lermusiaux
15 1925 St. Gall, SUI 23rd World Championships Jean Carnot Florimond Lermusiaux
16 1927 Rome, ITA 24th World Championships Jean Carnot Florimond Lermusiaux
17 1928 Loosduinen, HOL 25th World Championships Jean Carnot Dr. Jean Macaigne
18 1929 Stockholm, SWE 26th World Championships Jean Carnot Dr. Jean Macaigne
19 1930 Antwerp, BEL 27th World Championships Jean Carnot André Parmentier
20 1931 Lwow, POL 28th World Championships Jean Carnot André Parmentier
21 1933 Granada, ESP 29th World Championships Jean Carnot André Parmentier
22 1935 Rome, ITA 30th World Championships Jean Carnot André Parmentier
23 1937 Helsinki, FIN 31st World Championships Jean Carnot André Parmentier
24 1939 Lucerne, SUI 32nd World Championships Jean Carnot André Parmentier
Interim between General Assemblies Eduard Jung, FRA

Rebuilding And Expanding The ISSF, 1946-1979

No. Year Location Occasion ISSF President ISSF Secretary General
25 1946 Stockholm, SWE Refounding Meeting Erik Carlsson Karl August Larson
26 1947 Stockholm, SWE 33rd World Championships Erik Carlsson Karl August Larson
27 1948 London, GBR XIV Olympic Games Erik Carlsson Karl August Larson
28 1949 Buenos Aires, ARG 34th World Championships Erik Carlsson Karl August Larson
29 1952 Oslo, NOR & Helsinki, FIN 35th World Championships & XV Olympic Games Erik Carlsson Karl August Larson
30 1954 Caracas, VEN 36th World Championships Erik Carlsson Karl August Larson
31 1955 Bucharest, ROM Extraordinary Erik Carlsson Karl August Larson
32 1956 Melbourne, AUS XVI Olympic Games Erik Carlsson Karl August Larson
33 1958 Moscow, URS 37th World Championships Erik Carlsson Karl August Larson
34 1959 Milan, ITA Extraordinary Erik Carlsson Karl August Larson
35 1960 Rome, ITA XVII Olympic Games Dr. Kurt Hasler Ernst Zimmermann
36 1962 Cairo, EGY 38th World Championships Dr. Kurt Hasler Ernst Zimmermann
37 1964 Tokyo, JPN XVIII Olympic Games Dr. Kurt Hasler Ernst Zimmermann
38 1966 Wiesbaden, FRG 39th World Championships Dr. Kurt Hasler Ernst Zimmermann
39 1967 Bologna, ITA Extraordinary Dr. Kurt Hasler Ernst Zimmermann
40 1968 Mexico City, MEX XIX Olympic Games Dr. Kurt Hasler Ernst Zimmermann
41 1970 Montreux, SUI Extraordinary Dr. Kurt Hassler Ernst Zimmermann
42 1970 Phoenix, USA 40th World Championships Dr. Kurt Hasler Ernst Zimmermann
43 1972 Munich, FRG XX Olymic Games Dr. Kurt Hasler Ernst Zimmermann
44 1974 Thun, SUI 41st World Championships Dr. Kurt Hasler Ernst Zimmermann
45 1976 Montreal, CAN XXI Olympic Games Georges Vichos Ernst Zimmermann
46 1978 Seoul, KOR 42nd World Championships Georges Vichos Ernst Zimmermann

1946 The delegates at the post-World War II refounding meeting did not regard this as an official General Assembly since actions taken at the meeting were to be confirmed by the 1947 General Assembly.
1952 Four meetings of the General Assembly were held in 1952; they are counted as one assembly.

The Modern Era of the ISSF, since 1980

No. Year Location Occasion ISSF President ISSF Secretary General
47 1980 Mexico City, MEX XXII Olympiad Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
48 1980 Moscow, URS Extraordinary, to approve new Constitution Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
49 1982 Caracas, VEN 43rd World Championships Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
50 1984 Munich, FRG XXIII Olympiad Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
51 1986 Suhl, GDR 44th World Championships Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
52 1988 Madrid, ESP XXIV Olympiad Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
53 1990 Moscow, URS 45th World Championships Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
54 1992 Barcelona, ESP Pre-Olympic Test XXV Olympiad Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
55 1994 Milan, ITA 46th World Championships Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
56 1996 Atlanta, USA Pre-Olympic Test XXVI Olympiad Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
57 1998 Barcelona, ESP 47th World Championships Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
58 2000 Sydney, AUS Pre-Olympic Test XXVII Olympiad Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
59 2002 Lahti, FIN 48th World Championships Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
60 2004 Athens, GRE Pre-Olympic Test XXVIII Olympiad Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
61 2006 Zagreb, CRO 49th World Championships Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
62 2008 Beijing, CHN Pre-Olympic Test XXIX Olympiad Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
63 2010 Munich, GER 50th World Championships Olegario Vazquez Raña Horst G. Schreiber
64 2012 London, GBR Pre-Olympic Test XXX Olympiad Olegario Vazquez Raña Franz Schreiber
65 2014 Munich, GER Olegario Vazquez Raña Franz Schreiber
66 2016 Moscow, RUS Olegario Vazquez Raña Franz Schreiber
67 2017 Munich, GER Extraordinary Olegario Vazquez Raña Franz Schreiber
68 2018 Munich, GER
Olegario Vazquez Raña Franz Schreiber
69 2019 Munich, GER Extraordinary Vladimir Lisin Alexander Ratner
70 2022 Cairo, EGY Luciano ROSSI Willi GRILL 2023
2024 Alessandro NICOTRA DI SAN GIACOMO
 

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