Executive Committee
- President: Staffan Nyström (Sweden)
- Vice-President: Yolanda Guillermina López Franco (Mexico)
- Vice-President: Peter Jordan (Austria)
- Secretary: Tiina Laansalu (Estonia)
- Treasurer: Johanna Othén (Sweden)
- Vice-Treasurer: Daniel Solling (Sweden)
- Web Officer: Žaneta Dvořáková (Czech Republic)
Non-executive Members
- Milla Juhonen (Finland) (Postgraduate Representative)
- Fatemeh Akbari (Austria)
- Erszébet Győrffy (Hungary)
- Chrismi-Rinda Loth (South Africa)
- Márcia Sipavicius Seide (Brazil)
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Previous Boards of Directors
2021 – 2024
- President: Katalin Reszegi (Hungary)
- Vice-President: Yolanda Guillermina López Franco (Mexico)
- Vice-President: Peter Jordan (Austria)
- Secretary: Vladislav Alpatov (Russia)
- Treasurer: Alexandra Petrulevich (Sweden)
- Vice-Treasurer: Daniel Solling (Sweden)
- Web Officer: Eugen Schochenmaier (Germany)
- Brittnee Leysen (UK) (Postgraduate Representative)
- Fatemeh Akbari (Austria)
- Artur Gałkowski (Poland)
- Lasse Hämäläinen (Finland)
- Márcia Sipavicius Seide (Brazil)
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2017 – 2021
- President: Paula Sjöblom (Finland)
- Vice-President: Urszula Bijak (Poland)
- Vice-President: Adrian Koopman (South Africa)
- Secretary: Alina Bugheșiu (Romania)
- Treasurer: Emilia Aldrin (Sweden, until 31.08.20) / Alexandra Petrulevich (Sweden, since 01.09.20)
- Web Officer: Eugen Schochenmaier (Germany)
- Postgraduate Representative: Lasse Hämäläinen (Finland)
- Alice Crook (Scotland)
- Artur Gałkowski (Poland)
- Nobuhle Hlongwa (South Africa)
- Alexandra Petrulevich (Sweden)
- Valéria Tóth (Hungary)
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2014 – 2017
- President: Milan Harvalík (Czech Republic)
- Vice-President: Lidia Becker (Germany)
- Vice-President: Richard Coates (England)
- Secretary: Carol Léonard (Canada)
- Treasurer: Staffan Nyström (Sweden)
- Assistant Secretary and Web Officer: Guy Puzey (UK)
- Postgraduate Representative: Alice Crook (Scotland)
- Valéria Tóth (Hungary)
- Emilia Aldrin (Sweden)
- Paula Sjöblom (Finland)
- Oliviu Felecan (Romania)
- Nobuhle Hlongwa (South Africa)
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2011 – 2014
- President: Carole Hough (Scotland)
- Vice-President: Richard Coates (England)
- Vice-President: Milan Harvalík (Czech Republic)
- Secretary: Guy Puzey (Scotland)
- Treasurer: Staffan Nyström (Sweden)
- Assistant Secretary and Web Officer: Antti Leino (Finland)
- Terhi Ainiala (Finland)
- Lidia Becker (Germany)
- Ian Clark (Australia)
- Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch (Poland)
- Laura Kostanski (Australia)
- Kaisa Rautio Helander (Norway)
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2008 – 2011
- President: Sheila Embleton (Canada)
- Vice-President: Adrian Koopman (South Africa)
- Vice-President: Dieter Kremer (Germany)
- Secretary: Richard Coates (England)
- Treasurer: Katharina Leibring (Sweden)
- Assistant Secretary and Web Officer: Antti Leino (Finland)
- Terhi Ainiala (Finland)
- Lidia Becker (Germany)
- Aaron Demsky (Israel)
- Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch (Poland)
- Carole Hough (Scotland)
- Kaisa Rautio Helander (Norway)
- André Lapierre (Canada)
- Domniţa Tomescu (Romania)
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2005 – 2008
- President: Maria Giovanna Arcamone (Italy)
- Vice-President: Sheila Embleton (Canada)
- Vice-President: Milan Harvalík (Czech Republic)
- Secretary: Richard Coates (England)
- Treasurer: Karina van Dalen-Oskam (The Netherlands)
- Assitant Secretary: Martina Pitz (France)
- Editor of ONOMA: Doreen Gerritzen (The Netherlands)
- Peeter Päll (Estonia)
- Dunja Brozović Rončević (Croatia)
- Katharina Leibring (Sweden)
- Donatella Bremer (Italy)
- Adrian Koopman (South Africa)
- Julia Kuhn (Austria)
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2002 – 2005
- President: Mats Wahlberg (Sweden)
- Vice-President: Grant Smith (USA)
- Vice-President: Albrecht Greule (Germany)
- Secretary: Richard Coates (England)
- Editor of ONOMA: Doreen Gerritzen (The Netherlands)
- Assistant Secretary: Martina Pitz (France)
- Treasurer: Karina van Dalen-Oskam (The Netherlands)
- Pierre-Henri Billy (France)
- Dunja Brozović Rončević (Croatia)
- Ana Cano González (Spain)
- Milan Harvalík (Czech Republic)
- Anna Rossebastiano (Italy)
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1999 – 2002
- President: Isolde Hausner (Austria)
- Vice-President: Botolv Helleland (Norway)
- Vice-President: Mats Wahlberg (Sweden)
- Secretary: Inge Bily (Germany)
- Assistant Secretary: Pierre-Henri Billy (France)
- Treasurer: Zofia Kaleta (Poland – Belgium)
- Maria Giovanna Arcamone (Italy)
- Laimutė Balodė (Latvia)
- Ana María Cano González (Spain)
- Volker Kohlheim (Germany)
- Ritva Liisa Pitkänen (Finland)
- Grant W. Smith (USA)
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1996 – 1999

- President: Robert Rentenaar (The Netherlands, 1938-2016)
- Vice-President: Margaret Gelling (England)
- Vice-President: Rudolf Šrámek (Czech Republic)
- Secretary Treasurer: Willy Van Langendonck (Belgium)
- Assistant Secretary Treasurer: Vibeke Dalberg (Denmark)
- Maria Giovanna Arcamone (Italy)
- John Atchison (Australia)
- Isolde Hausner (Austria)
- Dieter Kremer (Germany)
- Bengt Pamp (Sweden)
- Ritva Liisa Pitkänen (Finland)
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From 1949 to 1993 – International Committee of Onomastic Sciences
1990 – 1996
- President: Wilhelm F. H. Nicolaisen (UK, USA; 1927-2016)

1984 – 1990
- Secretary-General: Karel Roelandts (Belgium, 1919-2010)

1969 – 1983
- Secretary-General: Henri Draye (Belgium, 1911-1983)

1950 – 1968
- Secretary-General: Hendrik Jozef van de Wijer (Belgium, 1883-1968)

1938 – 1947
Organiser / director of International Congress of Toponymy and Anthroponymy: Albert Dauzat (France, 1877-1955)
