Conventions
34 signed Conventions
29 Conventions entered into force
States
25 concerned States
The International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS), an international intergovernmental organisation, was founded in Amsterdam in September 1948 and recognised in December 1949 by an exchange of letters between Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Wishing to define the terms of the exchange of documentation carried out by way of this Commission, the High Contracting Parties signed a Protocol in Bern on 25 September 1950. An additional Protocol signed in Luxembourg on 25 September 1952 then defined the terms for other States to become members of the ICCS.
Former Secretaries General
Mr. Van Praag
Term of Office : 1948 - 1965
Ms. Bosch Van Rosenthal
Term of Office : 1965 - 1966
Mr. Spiros Simitis
Term of Office : 1967 - 1981
Mr. Jean-Marc Bischoff
Term of Office : 1981 - 1993
Mr. Jacques Massip
Term of Office : 1994 - 1999
Mr. Paul Lagarde
Term of Office : 2000 - 2008
Ms. Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski
Term of Office : 2009 - 2011
Mr. Walter Pintens
Term of Office : 2012 - 07.11.2014
Ms. Chantal Nast
Term of Office : 07.11.2014 - 17.03.2015 (interim)
Ms. Frédérique Granet
Term of Office : 17.03.2015 - 08.06.2020
Former Presidents
Mr. Stampa
Term of Office : 1948 - 1952
Mr. Standaert
Term of Office : 1952 - 1955
Mr. Deltel
Term of Office : 1955 - 1958
Mr. Delvaux
Term of Office : 1958 - 1961
Mr. Van Sasse
Term of Office : 1961 - 1964
Mr. Götz
Term of Office : 1964 - 1967
Mr. Oguzoglu
Term of Office : 1967 - 1970
Mr. Ferid
Term of Office : 1970 - 1973
Mr. Monaco
Term of Office : 1973 - 1975
Mr. Schwind
Term of Office : 1975 - 1977
Mr. Koumantos
Term of Office : 1978 - 1980
Mr. Pinheiro Farinha
Term of Office : 1980 - 1982
Mr. Ferid
Term of Office : 1970 - 1973
Mr. Van Langenaeken
Term of Office : 1982 - 1984
Mr. Massip
Term of Office : 1984 - 1985
Mr. Espin Cánovas
Term of Office : 1986 - 1987
Mr. Delvaux
Term of Office : 1988 - 1989
Mr. Breukelaar
Term of Office : 1990 - 1991
Mr. Jäger
Term of Office : 1992 - 1993
Mr. Gökalp
Term of Office : 1994 - 1995
Mr. Dainotto
Term of Office : 1996 - 1997
Mr. Frank
Term of Office : 1998 - 1999
Ms. Verschraegen
Term of Office : 2000 - 2001
Mr. Koumantos
Term of Office : 2002 - 2003
Mr. Teixeira de Sousa
Term of Office : 2004 - 2005
Ms. Demoustier
Term of Office : 2006 - 2007
Mr. Mazars
Term of Office : 2008 - 2009
Mr. Lasarte Alvarez
Term of Office : 2010
Ms. Guzmán Zapater
Term of Office : 2011
Mr. Macniven
Term of Office : 2012 - 2013
Ms. Kappweiler
Term of Office : 2014 - 2015
Mr. Nawrocki
Term of Office : 2016 - 2017
Mr. Massa
Term of Office : 2018
Mr. Tacq
Term of Office : 2019 - 2020
Ms. Dennewald
Term of Office : 2021 - 2022
Mr. Şefik Aygöl
Term of Office : 2023 - 2024