Name of President Years in office
Rev. Samuel R Wilkin 1874 – 1879
Rev. Arthur Shipman 1880 – 1883
Rev. Samuel Hill 1883 – 1885
Rev. Thomas Moscrop 1886 – 1888
Rev. Thomas C Hillard 1889 – 1892
Rev. Joseph Passmore 1893 – 1895
Rev. Henry Highfield 1895 – 1925
Rev. Albert Hutchinson 1925 – 1928
Rev. John Dalby 1929 – 1935
Dr. S. Muttiah 1935 – 1937
Mr. G.C.S. Corea 1937 – 1939
Mr. C.E De Pinto 1939 – 1940
Mr. O.E.Goonetilleke 1940 – 1949
Prof. E.F.C. Ludowyke 1949 – 1951
Mr. G.Wickremasinghe 1951 – 1952
Sir. O.E.Goonetilleke 1952 – 1964
Mr. W.H.De Kretser 1964 – 1965
Dr. N.J.A.Cooray 1965 – 1967
Mr. S.Ratnakaran 1967 – 1971
Mr. P.H.Nonis 1972 – 1975
Mr. K.Wickremaratne 1975 – 1976
Mr. E.N.Rajah Sinnathuray 1976 – 1982
Mr. P.B.Herat 1982 – 1986
Hon. M.H.Mohamed 1986 – 1996
Mr. Haleem Ishak 1996 – 1999
Mr. Mervyn Peiris 1999 – 2000
Mr. Rienzie Wijetilleke 2000 – 2004
Mr. Lasantha P Fernando 2007 – 2012
Mr. Ivor Maharoof 2012 – 2014
Mr. Richie Sappideen 2014 – 2015
Mr. Jeremy Brohier 2015 – 2017
Mr. Wilhelm Van Dort 2017 – 2019
Mr. Sri Shanmugalingam 2019 – 2020
Mr. Fowzil Nawaz 2021 – 2023