Chairs and Presidents

Takeshi Watanabe

1987 – 1993

Takeshi Watanabe, ADB’s first president (1966–1972), was elected as AFE’s first president at AFE’s first Annual General Meeting, held in Osaka, Japan, in April 1987. He served for two terms, each of 3 years. During that period,

• work began on preparing by-laws to streamline AFE’s operations;
• ADB provided an office to AFE in the special facilities block of the new headquarters building;
• AFE published its first newsletter in April 1991; and
• AFE’s membership grew from 30 in 1985 to over 1,000 in 1993.