Below is the list of rectors of the Ankara University in Turkey. The first rector was Şevket Aziz Kansu.[1] The incumbent rector is Erkan İbiş.[2]
| Rector (president) | Duration | |
|---|---|---|
| Şevket Aziz Kansu | 22.06.1946–26.04.1948 | |
| Enver Ziya Karal | 30.04.1948–22.06.1949 | |
| Hikmet Birand | 22.06.1949–22.06.1951 | |
| Ekrem İzmen | 22.06.1951–22.06.1953 | |
| Cahit Oğuzoğlu | 22.06.1953–22.06.1955 | |
| İzzet Birant | 22.06.1955-22.06.1957 | |
| Zihni Erençin | 22.06.1957–22.06.1959 | |
| Suut Kemal Yetkin | 22.06.1959–4.11.1963 | |
| İhsan Doğramacı | 4.11.1963–4.11-1965 | |
| Cumhur Ferman | 4.11.1965–10.06.1969 | |
| Tahsin Özgüç | 1.08.1969–31.05.1980 | |
| Türkan Akyol | 31.05.1980–31.07.1982 | |
| Tarık Galip Somer | 31.07.1982–1.08.1987 | |
| Necdet Serin | 1.08.1987–20.08.1992 | |
| Günal Akbay | 20.08.1992–7.08.2000 | |
| Nusret Aras | 7.08.2000–6.08.2008 | |
| Cemal Taluğ | 6.08.2008–6.08.2012 | |
| Erkan İbiş | 6.08.2008–28.07.2016 |