| Prof. Dr Gerhard A Ritter | 1965–66 | Prof. Dr Jürgen Baron von Kruedener | 1986–87 |
| Prof. Dr Martin Broszat | 1966 | Prof. Dr Heinz-Dietrich Löwe | 1987–88 |
| Prof. Dr Rudolf Vierhaus | 1966–67 | Prof. Dr Gregor Schöllgen | 1988–89 |
| Prof. Dr Erich Matthias | 1967 | Prof. Dr Hubert Kiesewetter | 1989–90 |
| Prof. Dr Eberhard Jäckel | 1967–68 | Prof. Dr Dieter Grosser | 1990–91 |
| Prof. Dr Wilhelm Treue | 1968 | Prof. Dr Klaus-Jürgen Müller | 1991–92 |
| Prof. Dr Oswald Hauser | 1968–69 | Prof. Dr Clemens Wurm | 1993 |
| Prof. Dr Kurt Kluxen | 1969 | Prof. Dr Arnulf Baring | 1993–94 |
| Prof. Dr Fritz Fischer | 1969–70 | Prof. Dr Reiner Pommerin | 1994–95 |
| Prof. Dr Hans-Peter Schwarz | 1970 | Prof. Dr Reinhard Rürup | 1995–96 |
| Prof. Dr Erich Angermann | 1970–71 | Prof. Dr Hans Mommsen | 1996–97 |
| Prof. Dr Karl-Dietrich Bracher | 1971 | Prof. Dr Friedrich Lenger | 1997–98 |
| Prof. Dr Wolfgang J Mommsen | 1971–72 | Prof. Dr Margit Szöllösi-Janze | 1998–99 |
| Prof. Dr Gerhard A Ritter | 1972 | Prof. Dr Werner Knopp | 1999 |
| Prof. Dr Lothar Gall | 1972–73 | Prof. Dr Christoph Klessmann | 2000 |
| Prof. Dr Gerhard Oestreich | 1973 | Dr Eduard Mühle | 2000–01 |
| Prof. Dr Werner Pöls | 1973–74 | Prof. Dr Karl Schlögel | 2002 |
| Prof. Dr Werner Conze | 1974 | Prof. Dr Manfred Görtemaker | 2002–03 |
| Prof. Dr Thomas Nipperdey | 1974–75 | Prof. Dr Manfred Hildermeier | 2003–04 |
| Prof. Dr Walter Bussmann | 1975 | Prof. Dr Jürgen Kocka | 2004–05 |
| Prof. Dr Konrad Repgen | 1975–76 | Prof. Ludger Kühnhardt | 2005–06 |
| Prof. Dr Ernst Schulin | 1976 | Prof. Dr Sylvia Paletscheck | 2006–07 |
| Prof. Dr Helmut Arndt | 1976–77 | Prof. Dr Ralph Jessen | 2007–08 |
| Prof. Dr Carl-Christoph Schweitzer | 1977 | Prof. Dr Dieter Gosewinkel | 2008–09 |
| Prof. Dr Wilhelm Deist | 1978 | Prof. Dr Ingrid Holtey | 2009–10 |
| Prof. Dr Rainer Fremdling | 1978–79 | Prof. Dr Simone Laessig | 2011–12 |
| Prof. Dr Gustav Schmidt | 1979–80 | Prof. Dr Lutz Raphael | 2012–13 |
| Prof. Dr Werner Abelshauser | 1981 | Prof. Dr Rebekka Habermas | 2013–14 |
| Priv.-Doz. Dr Klaus-Peter Hoepke | 1982 | Prof. Dr Johannes Paulmann | 2014–15 |
| Prof. Dr Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich | 1982 | Prof. Dr Willibald Steinmetz | 2015–16 |
| Prof. Dr Bernd Martin | 1982 | Prof. Dr Paul Nolte | 2016–17 |
| Prof. Dr Hans-Jürgen Puhle | 1982 | Prof. Dr Ulrike Weckel | 2017–18 |
| Prof. Dr Günther Grünthal | 1982–83 | Prof. Dr Martin Geyer | 2018–19 |
| Prof. Dr Bernd Jürgen Wendt | 1982–83 | Prof. Dr Petra Terhoeven | 2019–20 |
| Prof. Dr Jürgen Reulecke | 1983 | Prof. Dr Martin Schulze Wessel | 2021–22 |
| Prof. Dr Hans-Jürgen Schröder | 1984 | Prof. Dr Gabriele Metzler | 2022–23 |
| Prof. Dr Christian Witt | 1984–85 | Priv.-Doz. Dr Anette Schlimm | 2023-2024 |
| Prof. Dr Klaus J Bade | 1985 | Prof. Dr Miriam Rürup | 2024-2025 |
| Prof. Dr Hagen Schulze | 1985–86 |