Institutional history
Past Presidents
Since 1925, generations of consular representatives have served the Society as President. This archive honors their leadership and preserves a record of the countries, regions, and years represented across the Society’s history.
A record of service from 1925 to the present
Browse the archive by name, country, or period. Service years and historical country names are shown according to the Society’s available records.
85 past presidents
- 2025–2026Hon. Maia BartaiaGeorgia
- 2024–2025Hon. Amir Farid Abu HasanMalaysia
- 2023–2024H.E. Amna Binzaal AlmheiriUnited Arab Emirates
- 2022–2023Hon. Marita LandaveriPeru
- 2020–2022Hon. Maya HristovaBulgaria
- 2019–2020Hon. Maciej GolubiewskiPoland
- 2018–2019Hon. Diana ZhgentiGeorgia
- 2017–2018Hon. Khaled M. AlsharifSaudi Arabia
- 2017Hon. Raushan YesbulatovaKazakhstan
- 2016–2017H.E. Maria Isabel NietoColombia
- 2016Hon. Brentnol EvansGuyana
- 2015Hon. Jana TrnovcovaSlovak Republic
- 2014H.E. Habib Baba Habu, OONNigeria
- 2014Hon. George MonyemangeneSouth Africa
- 2013Hon. Mario L. De Leon, Jr.The Philippines
- 2013Hon. Phillip ScanlanAustralia
- 2012Hon. Lennox O. PriceBarbados
- 2011Hon. Koula SophianouCyprus
- 2010Hon. Raushan YesbulatovaKazakhstan
- 2009H.E. Christoph BubbSwitzerland
- 2008Hon. Trie Edi MulyaniIndonesia
- 2007Hon. Fikile S. MagubaneSouth Africa
- 2006Hon. Maguy Maccario DoyleMonaco
- 2005Hon. Jessica C. Odle J.P.Barbados
- 2004Hon. Mindaugas ButkusLithuania
- 2003Hon. Pramathesh RathIndia
- 2001–02Hon. Salvador Beltran del RioMexico
- 2000–01Hon. Michael BaumeAustralia
- 2000Hon. Paul Bruckner B.Bolivia
- 1999Hon. Maija LähteenmäkiFinland
- 1997–98H.E. Mrs. Kay A.A. Baxter-Collins, O.D.Jamaica
- 1996H.E. Mrs. Soheir S. ZakiEgypt
- 1995H.E. Mr. M.A.K. TalukdarBangladesh
- 1994Hon. Ahmed Moktar SelatMalaysia
- 1993H.E. Mr. Michel L. DoomsBelgium
- 1992H.E. Mr. Diego ValenzuelaChile
- 1991H.E. Mr. Carlos O. Keller SarmientoArgentina
- 1990Hon. Seward Kannah BoonsLiberia
- 1989Hon. Abdullah J. ShakerBahrain
- 1988Hon. Pascal Alan NazarethIndia
- 1988Hon. Sallehuddin AbdullahMalaysia
- 1986Hon. Lorrell S. BruceJamaica
- 1985Hon. B.O. AwokoyaNigeria
- 1984H.E. Mr. Mohamed A. ShewaihySaudi Arabia
- 1983Hon. Se Jin KimKorea
- 1982Hon. Jonkheer Leopold Quarles Van UffordNetherlands
- 1981Hon. Guillermo Espinosa-FernandezVenezuela
- 1980Hon. Kwabena O. KumiGhana
- 1980Hon. Arthur B. Cassell, Sr.Liberia
- 1979H.E. Mr. Ernesto C. PinedaPhilippines
- 1978Hon. Ivar GudmundssonIceland
- 1977Hon. Humberto Goyen-AlvesUruguay
- 1975–1976Hon. Dr. Abdel Hadi Hasaneen MakhloufEgypt
- 1974–1975Hon. A.K. RayIndia
- 1973–1974Hon. Count Harald von Posadowsky-WehnerGermany
- 1972–1973H.E. Mr. Alejandro Remon C.Panama
- 1971–1972Hon. Eugenia A. StevensonLiberia
- 1970–1971Hon. Kuo Ping UyChina
- 1969–1970Hon. Vieri TraxlerItaly
- 1968–1969Hon. Eugenio V. PesqueiraMexico
- 1967–1968Hon. David M. ThomasLiberia
- 1966–1967Hon. Bartolome A. UmavamPhilippines
- 1965–1966Hon. Michel LegendreFrance
- 1964–1965Hon. Dora Alencar De. VasconcellosBrazil
- 1963–1964Hon. David M. ThomasLiberia
- 1962–1963Hon. Masahide KanayamaJapan
- 1961–1962Hon. Carlos Van BellinghenBelgium
- 1960–1961Hon. Ramon CasanovaArgentina
- 1959Hon. Dr. George J. TomehU.A.R.
- 1958Hon. M. Gopala MenonIndia
- 1957Hon. Baron Carol De Ferrariis SalzanoItaly
- 1955–1956Hon. Delfin Enrique PaezVenezuela
- 1954Hon. Jacques D. ThierBelgium
- 1953Hon. Julio Fernandez DavilaPeru
- 1948–1952Hon. Alfonso GrezChile
- 1946–1948Hon. Sir Francis EvansGreat Britain
- 1943–1945Hon. Oscar CorreiaBrazil
- 1938–1940Hon. Count Charles De Ferry De FountnouvelleFrance
- 1935–1938Hon. Sir Gerald CampbellGreat Britain
- 1933–1934Hon. Georg BechDenmark
- 1933–1934Hon. Serastiao SampaioBrazil
- 1932–1933Hon. Jaroslav NovakCzechoslovakia
- 1932Hon. Alejandgo T. BolliniArgentina
- 1931–1932Hon. Comm. Emanuelle GrazziItaly
- 1925–1930Hon. Sir Harry Gloster ArmstrongGreat Britain