Past Presidents
| 1919-1922 | Annibale Riccó | Italy |
| 1922-1927 | Alfred Lacroix | France |
| 1927-1933 | Alessandro Malladra | Italy |
| 1933-1936 | Constantine A. Ktenas | Greece |
| 1936-1948 | Auguste Michel-Levy | France |
| 1948-1954 | Berend G. Escher | Netherlands |
| 1954-1963 | Alfred Rittmann | Switzerland/Italy |
| 1963-1967 | Hisashi Kuno | Japan |
| 1967-1971 | Gordon A. MacDonald | U.S.A. |
| 1971-1975 | Georgii S. Gorshkov | U.S.S.R. |
| 1975-1979 | Robert W. Decker | U.S.A. |
| 1979-1983 | Sergei A. Fedotov | U.S.S.R. |
| 1983-1987 | Ian G. Gass | U.K. |
| 1987-1991 | Shigeo Aramaki | Japan |
| 1991-1995 | Paolo Gasparini | Italy |
| 1995-1999 | Grant Heiken | U.S.A. |
| 1999-2003 | Steve J. Sparks | U.K. |
| 2003-2007 | Oded Navon | Israel |
| 2007-2011 | Setsuya Nakada | Japan |
| 2011-2015 | Ray Cas | Australia |
| 2015-2019 | Donald B. Dingwell | Germany |
| 2019-2023 | Patrick Allard | France |
Secretary General
| 1919-1936 | Alessandro Malladra | Italy |
| 1936-1960 | Francesco Signore | Italy |
| 1960-1967 | Francesco Penta | Italy |
| 1967-1975 | Pierre Evrard | Belgium |
| 1975-1983 | Peter E. Baker | U.K. |
| 1983-1991 | Hans-Ulrich Schmincke | F.R. Germany |
| 1991-1999 | R.Wally Johnson | Australia |
| 1999-2007 | Steve R. McNutt | U.S.A. |
| 2007-2015 | Joan Marti | Spain |
| 2015-2023 | Roberto Sulpizio | Italy |
Past IAVCEI Vice presidents
| 1919 – 1922 | Alfred Lacroix (France); Henry Washington (USA) |
| 1922 – 1927 | L.F. Navarro (Spain); Henry S. Washington (USA) |
| 1927 – 1933 | No data |
| 1933 – 1936 | Auguste Michel-Lévy (France); Hidezo Tanakadate (Japan) |
| 1936 – 1948 | Berend G. Escher (Netherlands); Thomas Jaggar (USA); J.E. Richey (UK) |
| 1948 – 1954 | L. Glangeaud (France); A.G. MacGregor (UK); N. Nielsen (Denmark); H. Williams (USA) |
| 1954 – 1967 | No data |
| 1967 – 1971 | Georgii Gorshkov (Russia); E.A. Vincent (UK) |
| 1971 – 1975 | Takeshi Minakami (Japan) |
| 1975 – 1979 | Sergei Fedotov (Russia), Ian McDougall (Australia) |
| 1979 – 1983 | Ian McDougall (Australia); I. Yokoyama (Japan) |
| 1983 – 1987 | D. Shimozuru (Japan); L.C. Villari (Italy) |
| 1987 – 1991 | Paolo Gasparini (Italy); Peter Lipman (USA) |
| 1991 – 1995 | J.L. Cheminée (France); Robert Tilling (USA) |
| 1995 – 1999 | Franco Barberi (Italy); Andy Duncan (South Africa) |
| 1999 – 2003 | Joerg Keller (Germany); Tadahide Ui (Japan) |
| 2003 – 2007 | Toshitsugu Fujii (Japan); Jocelyn McPhie (Australia) |
| 2007 – 2011 | Anita Grunder (USA); Hugo Moreno-Roa (Chile) |
| 2011 – 2015 | Hugo Delgado (Mexico); Stephen Self (USA) |
| 2015 – 2019 | Patrick Allard (France); Shanaka de Silva (USA) |
| 2019 – 2023 | Masato Iguchi (Japan); Jan Lindsay (New Zealand) |