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node--view-mode-full clearfix"> <header> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The President and Vice-President are elected by the Members of the Court every three years by secret ballot. The election is held on the date on which Members of the Court elected at a triennial election begin their terms of office or shortly thereafter. An absolute majority is required and there are no conditions of nationality. The President and Vice-President may be re-elected.</p><p>The President presides at all meetings of the Court; he/she directs its work and supervises its administration, with the assistance of a Budgetary and Administrative Committee and various other committees, all composed of Members of the Court. During judicial deliberations, the President has a casting vote in the event of votes being equally tied.</p><p>In The Hague, where he/she is obliged to reside, the President of the Court takes precedence over the doyen of the diplomatic corps.</p><p>The President receives a special supplementary allowance of US$25,000 per annum, in addition to his/her annual salary.</p><p>The Vice-President replaces the President in his/her absence, in the event of his/her inability to perform his/her duties, or in the event of a vacancy in the presidency. He/she receives a daily allowance for doing so. In the absence of the Vice-President, this role falls to the senior judge.</p><p>On 6 February 2024, the Court elected Judge Nawaf Salam (Lebanon) as President and Judge Julia Sebutinde (Uganda) as Vice-President.</p><p>The following judges have previously served as President or Vice-President:</p><h5 class="seo-h4">Guerrero and Basdevant<br><small>1946-1949</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Basdevant and Guerrero<br><small>1949-1952</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Sir Arnold McNair and Guerrero<br><small>1952-1955</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Hackworth and Badawi<br><small>1955-1958</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Klaestad and Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan<br><small>1958-1961</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Winiarski and Alfaro<br><small>1961-1964</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Sir Percy Spender and Wellington Koo<br><small>1964-1967</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Bustamante y Rivero and Koretsky<br><small>1967-1970</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan and Ammoun<br><small>1970-1973</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Lachs and Ammoun<br><small>1973-1976</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Jiménez de Aréchaga and Nagendra Singh<br><small>1976-1979</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Sir Humphrey Waldock and Elias<br><small>1979-1982</small> <small>(Sir Humphrey Waldock died on 15 August 1981. The functions of the Presidency were thereafter exercised by Judge Elias as Acting President, by virtue of Articles 13 and 14 of the 1978 Rules of Court.)</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Elias and Sette-Camara<br><small>1982-1985</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Nagendra Singh and Ladreit de Lacharrière<br><small>1985-1988</small> <small>(Judge Ladreit de Lacharrière died on 10 March 1987. On 6 May 1987 the Court elected Judge Mbaye to be its Vice-President for the remainder of his predecessor’s term.)</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">J. M. Ruda and Mbaye<br><small>1988-1991</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Sir Robert Jennings and Oda<br><small>1991-1994</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Bedjaoui and Schwebel<br><small>1994-1997</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Schwebel and Weeramantry<br><small>1997-2000</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Guillaume and Shi<br><small>2000-2003</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Shi and Ranjeva<br><small>2003-2006</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Higgins and Al-Khasawneh<br><small>2006-2009</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Owada and Tomka<br><small>2009-2012</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Tomka and Sepúlveda-Amor<br><small>2012-2015</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Abraham and Yusuf<br><small>2015-2018</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Yusuf and Xue<br><small>2018-2021</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Donoghue and Gevorgian<br><small>2021-2024</small></h5><h5 class="seo-h4">Salam and Sebutinde<br><small>2024-2025</small></h5></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </section> </main> <div class="sidebar_second 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