SDARM General Conference


SDARM General Conference is the governing authority for the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement denomination. Officers of the General Conference are elected at a delegation session composed of delegates from the various international units and serve for a four-year term. The last delegation session was held August 25 to September 8, 2015 in Roanoke, Virginia, United States.

Officers

President
TermPresidentNationality
1925 - 1934Otto WelpGermany
1934 - 1942Willi MaasGermany
1942 - 1948Albert MuellerGermany
1948 - 1951Carlos KozelArgentina
1951 - 1959Dumitru NicoliciRomania
1959 - 1963Andre LavrikBrazil
1963 - 1967Clyde T. StewartAustralia
1967 - 1979Francisco DevaiBrazil
1979 - 1983Wilhelm VolppGermany
1983 - 1991João MorenoGermany
1991 - 1995Neville S. BrittainAustralia
1995 - 2003Alfredo Carlos SasBrazil
2003 - 2011Duraisamy SureshkumarIndia
2011–2019Davi Paes SilvaBrazil
2019-2024Eli TenorioBrazil

1st Vice-President
TermVice-PresidentNationality
1928 - 1931Wilhelm MaasGermany
1931 - 1948vacant
1948 - 1951Albert MuellerGermany
1951 - 1959Andre LavrikBrazil
1959 - 1963Dumitru NicoliciUnited States
1963 - 1967Emmerich Kanyo BenedekBrazil
1967 - 1971Ivan W. SmithAustralia
1971 - 1979Wilhelm VolppGermany
1979 - 1987Francisco Devai LucacinUnited States
1987 - 1995Daniel DumitruUnited States
1995 - 1997Neville S. BrittainAustralia
1997 - 1999vacant
1999 - 2003Duraisamy SureshkumarIndia
2003 - 2011Davi Paes SilvaBrazil
2011–2015Duraisamy SureshkumarIndia
2015–2019Peter LausevicUnited States
2019–2024Rolly DumaguitPhilippines

Secretary
TermSecretaryNationality
1925 - 1934Willi MaasGermany
1934 - 1948A. RieckGermany
1948 - 1951Dumitru NicoliciRomania
1951 - 1955Clyde T. StewartAustralia
1955 - 1963Ivan W. SmithUnited States
1963 - 1967Alfons BalbachBrazil
1967 - 1971Alex Norman MacdonaldUnited States
1971 - 1980Alfons BalbachBrazil
1980 - 1987Alex Norman MacdonaldUnited States
1987 - 1995Alfredo Carlos SasBrazil
1995 - 1999Davi Paes SilvaBrazil
1999 - 2001John GarbiUnited States
2001 - 2003Benjamin BurecUnited States
2003 - 2007David ZicCanada
2007 - 2011Paul BalbachUnited States
2011 – 2019Eli TenorioBrazil

Treasurer
TermTreasurerNationality
1925 - 1928Albert KraheGermany
1928 - 1934Wilhelm MaasGermany
1934 - 1948Otto WelpGermany
1948 - 1951Carlos KozelArgentina
1951 - 1955LaVeta EhrlichUnited States
1955 - 1959Ivan W. SmithAustralia
1959 - 1963Helen RogelUnited States
1963 - 1967Edith LavrikUnited States
1967 - 1971Alex Norman MacdonaldUnited States
1971 - 1975John BaerCanada
1975 - 1979Benjamin BurecUnited States
1979 - 1991John GarbiUnited States
1991 - 1999Ruffo Lopez TrivinoEcuador
1999 - 2011Roberto Martins DuarteBrazil
2011–presentRudolfo GessnerBrazil