New Interpol Head

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• General Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi of the United Arab Emirate (UAE) was elected as the new chief of the Interpol. Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi is an Emirati general and the inspector general of the United Arab Emirate's interior ministry. 
• He has been accused of serious human rights violations.
• India is represented by CBI in the Interpol 
• CBI SPECIAL Director Praveen Sinha was elected as a delegate for Asia on the executive committee of the Interpol.

Interpol:

• The International Criminal Police Organizationis an international organisation that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control.
• Interpol was conceived during the first International Criminal Police Congress in 1914, 
• It was founded in September 1923 as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC),
• In 1956, the ICPC adopted a new constitution and the name Interpol, derived from its telegraphic address used since 1946.
• India joined the organisation in 1949.