Previous Directors-General
Directors of the European Office of the United Nations
| Wlodzimierz MODEROW | Poland | 1946-1952 |
| Adrian PELT | Netherlands | 1952-1957 |
From 1 January 1966, the Director of the European Office of the United Nations was renamed Director-General.
On 1 February 1966, the European Office of the United Nations became the United Nations Office at Geneva. For more information on the history of the Office, see under
history.
Directors-General of the United Nations at Geneva
| Pier Pasquale SPINELLI | Italy | 1957-1968 |
| Vittorio WINSPEARE-GUICCIARDI | Italy | 1968-1978 |
| Luigi COTTAFAVI | Italy | 1978-1983 |
| Erik SUY | Belgium | 1983-1987 |
| Jan MARTENSON | Sweden | 1987-1992 |
| Antoine BLANCA | France | 1992-1993 |
| Vladimir PETROVSKY | Russia | 1993-2002 |
| Sergei ORDZHONIKIDZE | Russia | 2002-2011 |