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When did Annie Besant become president of the international Theosophical Society?

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Annie Besant and Jiddu Krishnamurti stand side by side in formal attire, Besant holding papers, in a black and white photograph from 1933. — theosophy Annie Besant and Jiddu Krishnamurti, 1926.

Annie Besant was elected international president of the Theosophical Society in 1907. She succeeded Henry Steel Olcott following his death that same year and held the office until her own death in 1933.123