Chairpersons of the ESR Board of Directors
| Regina Beets-Tan | Amsterdam/NL | (July 2022 – July 2023) |
| Michael Fuchsjäger | Graz/AT | (March 2021 – July 2022) |
| Boris Brkljacic | Zagreb/HR | (March 2020 – March 2021) |
| Lorenzo E. Derchi | Genoa/IT | (March 2019 – March 2020) |
| Bernd Hamm | Berlin/DE | (March 2018 – March 2019) |
| Paul M. Parizel | Antwerp/BE | (March 2017 – March 2018) |
| Katrine Riklund | Umeå/SE | (March 2016 – March 2017) |
ESR Presidents
| Luis Donoso | Barcelona/ES | (March 2015 – March 2016) |
| Lorenzo Bonomo | Rome/IT | (March 2014 – March 2015) |
| Guy Frija | Paris/FR | (March 2013 – March 2014) |
| Gabriel P. Krestin | Rotterdam/NL | (March 2012 – March 2013) |
| András Palkó | Szeged/HU | (March 2011 – March 2012) |
| Maximilian F. Reiser | Munich/DE | (March 2010 – March 2011) |
| Christian J. Herold | Vienna/AT | (March 2009 – March 2010) |
| Iain W. McCall | Oswestry/UK | (March 2008 – March 2009) |
| Andreas Adam | London/UK | (March 2007 – March 2008) |
| Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis | Iraklion/GR | (December 2005 – March 2007) |
ESR President and ECR PPC Chair
|
2019 |
Lorenzo E. Derchi | Genoa/IT |
| 2018 | Bernd Hamm | Berlin/DE |
| 2017 | Paul M. Parizel | Antwerp/BE |
ECR Presidents
| 2016 | Katrine Riklund | Umea/SE |
| 2015 | Bernd Hamm | Berlin/DE |
| 2014 | Valentin Sinitsyn | Moscow/RU |
| 2013 | José Ignacio Bilbao | Pamplona/ES | |
| 2012 | Lorenzo Bonomo | Rome/IT | |
| 2011 | Yves Menu | Paris/FR | |
| 2010 | Małgorzata Szczerbo-Trojanowska | Lublin/PL | |
| 2009 | Borut Marincek | Zurich/CH | |
| 2008 | Maximilian F. Reiser | Munich/DE | |
| 2007 | Christian J. Herold | Vienna/AT | |
| 2006 | Andy Adam | London/UK | |
| 2005 | Antonio Chiesa | Brescia/IT | † 2009 |
| 2004 | Helen M.L. Carty | Liverpool/UK | † 2017 |
| 2003 | Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis | Iraklion/GR | |
| 2002 | Philippe A. Grenier | Paris/FR | |
| 2001 | Holger Pettersson | Lund/SE | † 2011 |
| 2000 | Rolf W. Günther | Aachen/DE | |
| 1999 | Roberto Passariello | Rome/IT | † 2013 |
| 1997 | Hans G. Ringertz | Stockholm/SE | |
| 1995 | Albert L. Baert | Leuven/BE | |
| 1993 | Albert L. Baert | Leuven/BE | |
| 1991 | Josef Lissner | Munich/DE | † 2006 |
| 1987 | Maria Emilia Silvestre | Lisbon/PT | |
| 1983 | Guy Delorme | Pessac/FR | † 2010 |
| 1979 | Walter Frommhold | Tübingen/DE | † 2011 |
| 1975 | E. Samuel | Johannesburg/ZA | † 1997 |
| 1971 | Johann R. Von Ronnen | The Hague/NL | † 1995 |
| 1967 | F. Galvez-Armengaud | Barcelona/ES | † 1975 |