| Byong-Ik Koh | 1976~1980 | Professor of History and President, Seoul National University; President of the Korean Historical Association |
| Dong-Suh Bak | 1980~1982 | Professor of Public Administration, Seoul National University; President of the Korean Association of Public Administration and the Korean Political Science Association; Member of the National Academy of Sciences |
| Bae-Ho Hahn | 1982~1984 | Professor of Political Science, Korea University; President of the Korean Political Science Association |
| Seung-Chik Hong | 1984~1988 | Professor of Sociology, Korea University; President of the Korean Sociological Association; Member of the National Academy of Sciences |
| Il-Chung Whang | 1988~1990 | Professor of Business Administration, Hanyang University; President of the Korean Academic Society of Business Administration |
| Sang-Bok Han | 1990~1991 | Professor of Anthropology, Seoul National University; President of the Korean Society for Cultural Anthropology |
| Jong-Chul Im | 1992~1993 | Professor of Economics, Seoul National University; President of the Korean Economic Association |
| Wan-Ki Paik | 1994~1996 | Professor of Public Administration, Korea University; President of the Korean Association of Public Administration; Member of the National Academy of Sciences |
| Hy-Sub Im | 1997~1998 | Professor of Sociology, Korea University; President of the Korean Sociological Association; Member of the National Academy of Sciences |
| Byung-Young Ahn | 1999~1999 | Professor of Public Administration, Yonsei University; President of the Korean Association of Public Administration; Deputy Prime Minister of Education and Human Resources |
| Sang-Joo Lee | 2000~2001 | Professor of Education, Seoul National University; President of Ulsan University; Deputy Prime Minister of Education and Human Resources |
| Don-Hee Lee | 2002~2003 | Professor of Education, Seoul National University; President of the Korean Educational Research Association; Deputy Prime Minister of Education and Human Resources; Member of the National Academy of Sciences |
| Kwang-Woong Kim | 2004~2005 | Professor of Public Administration, Seoul National University; President of the Korean Association of Public Administration; Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission; President of the Myongji College |
| Woo-Hyun Won | 2006~2008 | Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, Korea University; President of the Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies |
| Un-Chan Chung | 2009~2009 | Professor of Economics and President, Seoul National University; President of the Korean Economic Association; Prime Minister |
| Jong-Won Lee | 2009~2011 | Professor of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University; President of the Korean Economic Association |
| Yong-duck Jung | 2012~2013 | Professor of Public Administration, Seoul National University; President of the Korean Association of Public Administration and the Korea Institute of Public Administration |
| Hyun-Chin Lim | 2014~2015 | Professor of Sociology, Seoul National University |
| Jin K. Lee | 2016~2017 | Professor of Business Administration, Korea University |
| Chan Wook Park | 2018-2019 | Professor of Political Science and Interantional Relation, Seoul National University |
| Jung Sik Kim | 2020- | Professor of Economics, Yonsei Universtiy |
