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AIESEC History

  • End of World War II

    The widest and most destructive armed conflict in history ended.
  • Creation of AIESE

    Bertil Hedberg (official at the Stockholm School of Economics) and the two students Jaroslav Zich of Czechoslovakia and Stanislas Callens of Belgium founded AIESE, the predecessor of AIESEC
  • Creation of AIESEC

    Students for 9 university and 7 countries met in LIEGES, (Belgium) to create AIESEC, with the intention of fostering international cooperation.
  • "Stockholm Congress"

    89 students particpated on the first of many exchange program
  • AIESEC expand in 14 countries

  • AIESEC in Turkey and Israel

    Aiesec takes itself outside the Europe's confines.
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    AIESEC EXPANSION I

    AIESEC expands to South America, Asia and South Africa as first member of Africa debates over diversity rampant in Aiesec
  • First AIESEC Congress Outise Europe

    The president United States of America J.F. Kennedy attends AIESEC International Congress organized first time outside Europe (USA)
  • AIESEC delegates visit the Pope

    The delegates of 16th International Congress in Rome visit Pope John Paul IX
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    AIESEC EXPANSION II

    4742 trainees are exchanged. More holes are pierced in the communist countries as Poland and Hungary join AIESEC. AIESEC start encouraging the membership of the so-called "developping countries".
  • First AIESEC congress in Asia

    The first AIESEC International Congress in Asia (Tokyo, Japan).
  • Leadership Development Seminars

    AIESEC starts to organize “Leadership Development Seminars” in the network.
  • AIESEC AFRICA

    The region of Africa is officially established.
  • AIESEC uses computers

    AIESEC International enters the information age. With the help of Citibank it starts to use computers.
  • AIESEC EXPANSION III

    7029 international internship realized.
  • AIESEC LOGO

    AIESEC gets its official logo
  • AIESEC joins the UN conferences

    AIESEC attends all the United Nations conferences as a global youth representative.
  • Stategic plan creation

    “AIESEC 2010″ strategic plan is created.
  • AIESEC EXPANSION IV

    We unite active youth in 107 countries.
  • AIESEC EXPANSION V

    We realize 10000 international internships