Organisation

General Assembly

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 1^st General Assembly

Actions taken at the 1^st 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	14^th Int. Matches	Daniel Mérillon	Florimond Lermusiaux
6	1911	Rome, ITA	15^th Int. Matches	Daniel Mérillon	Florimond Lermusiaux
7	1912	Biarritz, SUI	16^th Int. Matches	Daniel Mérillon	Georges Léfèvre
8	1913	Camp Perry, USA	17^th Int. Matches	Daniel Mérillon	Georges Léfèvre
9	1914	Viborg, DEN	18^th Int. Matches	Daniel Mérillon	Georges Léfèvre

1907 The meeting in Zurich where the ISSF was founded is recognized as the 1^st 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	19^th World Championships	Daniel Mérillon	Paul Colas
12	1922	Milan, ITA	20^th World Championships	Daniel Mérillon	Paul Colas
13	1923	Camp Perry, USA	21^st World Championships	Daniel Mérillon	Florimond Lermusiaux
14	1924	Riems, FRA	22^nd World Championships	Daniel Mérillon	Florimond Lermusiaux
15	1925	St. Gall, SUI	23^rd World Championships	Jean Carnot	Florimond Lermusiaux
16	1927	Rome, ITA	24^th World Championships	Jean Carnot	Florimond Lermusiaux
17	1928	Loosduinen, HOL	25^th World Championships	Jean Carnot	Dr. Jean Macaigne
18	1929	Stockholm, SWE	26^th World Championships	Jean Carnot	Dr. Jean Macaigne
19	1930	Antwerp, BEL	27^th World Championships	Jean Carnot	André Parmentier
20	1931	Lwow, POL	28^th World Championships	Jean Carnot	André Parmentier
21	1933	Granada, ESP	29^th World Championships	Jean Carnot	André Parmentier
22	1935	Rome, ITA	30^th World Championships	Jean Carnot	André Parmentier
23	1937	Helsinki, FIN	31^st World Championships	Jean Carnot	André Parmentier
24	1939	Lucerne, SUI	32^nd 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	33^rd World Championships	Erik Carlsson	Karl August Larson
27	1948	London, GBR	XIV Olympic Games	Erik Carlsson	Karl August Larson
28	1949	Buenos Aires, ARG	34^th World Championships	Erik Carlsson	Karl August Larson
29	1952	Oslo, NOR & Helsinki, FIN	35^th World Championships & XV Olympic Games	Erik Carlsson	Karl August Larson
30	1954	Caracas, VEN	36^th 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	37^th 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	38^th World Championships	Dr. Kurt Hasler	Ernst Zimmermann
37	1964	Tokyo, JPN	XVIII Olympic Games	Dr. Kurt Hasler	Ernst Zimmermann
38	1966	Wiesbaden, FRG	39^th 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	40^th World Championships	Dr. Kurt Hasler	Ernst Zimmermann
43	1972	Munich, FRG	XX Olymic Games	Dr. Kurt Hasler	Ernst Zimmermann
44	1974	Thun, SUI	41^st World Championships	Dr. Kurt Hasler	Ernst Zimmermann
45	1976	Montreal, CAN	XXI Olympic Games	Georges Vichos	Ernst Zimmermann
46	1978	Seoul, KOR	42^nd 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	43^rd World Championships	Olegario Vazquez Raña	Horst G. Schreiber
50	1984	Munich, FRG	XXIII Olympiad	Olegario Vazquez Raña	Horst G. Schreiber
51	1986	Suhl, GDR	44^th World Championships	Olegario Vazquez Raña	Horst G. Schreiber
52	1988	Madrid, ESP	XXIV Olympiad	Olegario Vazquez Raña	Horst G. Schreiber
53	1990	Moscow, URS	45^th 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	46^th 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	47^th 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	48^th 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	49^th 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	50^th 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