1949 -1952
President: Maurice Sauvé ( Canada )
Secretary General: Paul Mercereau ( France )

1952 -1954
President: Guthrie Moir ( Britain )
Secretary General: Paul Mercereau ( France )

1954 -1956
President: Guthrie Moir ( Britain )
Secretary General: Helen M. Dale de Mestral ( Britain )

1956 -1958
President: Antoine Lawrence (Guinee)
Secretary General: Helen M. Dale de Mestral ( Britain )

1958 – 1962
President: Ravindra Varma ( India )
Secretary General: David Wirmark ( Sweden )

1962 -1964
President: Carlos Delgado ( Peru )
Secretary General: David Wirmark ( Sweden )

1964 – 1966
President: Romeo Naione ( Canada )
Secretary General: Carl Axel Valen ( Sweden )

1966 -1969
President: Alessandro Berti ( Italy )
Secretary General: Jyoti Shankar Singh ( India )

1969 - 1972
President: Peter Shiedex ( Austria )
Secretary General: Jyoti Shankar Singh ( India )

1972 -1975
President: Thomas Sandiford ( Guyana )
Secretary General: Carlos Antonio Carrasco ( Bolivia )

1975 -1982
President: Ole Lovig Simonsen ( Denmark )
Secretary General: John Danquah ( Ghana )

1982 -1988
President: Ole Lovig Simonsen ( Denmark )
Secretary General: Shiv Khare ( India )

1988 -1993
President: Ole Lovig Simonsen ( Denmark )
Secretary General: Shiv Khare ( India )

1993 – 2000
President: Datuk Seri Mohd Ali bin Mohd Rustam
( Malaysia )
Secretary General: Heikki Pakarinen ( Finland )

2000 – 2004
President: Datuk Seri Mohd Ali bin Mohd Rustam
( Malaysia )
Secretary General: Donald Tinotenda Charumbira
( Zimbabwe )

2004 –2007
President: Datuk Seri Mohd Ali bin Mohd Rustam
( Malaysia )
Secretary General: Donald Tinotenda Charumbira
( Zimbabwe )

2007 –2009
President: Datuk Seri Mohd Ali bin Mohd Rustam
( Malaysia )
Secretary General: Ediola Pashollari ( Albania )