The World President of the Junior Chamber International is elected annually at the JCI World Congress.
| Year elected | Name of President[1] | National Organization | Area | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945/46 | Raul Garcia Vidal | Mexico | the Americas | ||
| 1946/47 | Panama | the Americas | |||
| 1947/48 | C. Taylor Cole | United States | the Americas | ||
| 1948/49 | Victor Boucas | Brazil | the Americas | JCI Creed is adopted | |
| 1949/50 | Théo Staar | Belgium | Europe | First European elected | |
| 1950/51 | Ramon V. del Rosario | Philippines | Asia-Pacific | First Asian elected | |
| 1951/52 | Philip T. R. Pugsley | Canada | the Americas | JCI Senate established | |
| 1952/53 | Roberto Villanueva | Philippines | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1954 | Douglas L. Hoge | United States | the Americas | ||
| 1955 | Peter B. Watts | New Zealand | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1956 | Arnaldo De Oliveira Sales | Hong Kong | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1957 | Ira D. Kaye | United States | the Americas | ||
| 1958 | Alberto Philippe Morales | Mexico | the Americas | ||
| 1959 | Maurice C. Sexton | New Zealand | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1960 | Milton Zapata | Puerto Rico | the Americas | ||
| 1961 | Peter Frankel | Brazil | the Americas | ||
| 1962 | Leslie M. Perrott | Australia | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1963 | Eric H. Stevenson[2] | Scotland | Europe | ||
| 1964 | Conrad O'Brien | Trinidad and Tobago (JCI West Indies) | the Americas | ||
| 1965 | John D. Rundle | Australia | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1966 | Edward A. Merdes | United States | the Americas | ||
| 1967 | Clifford E. Myatt | Puerto Rico | the Americas | ||
| 1968 | Philippe Abravanel | Switzerland | Europe | ||
| 1969 | Thomas E. Gates | United States | the Americas | ||
| 1970 | Hiroshi Maeda | Japan | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1971 | Graham Sinclair | New Zealand | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1972 | Royce R. Pepin | Australia | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1973 | L. A. Roy Banarsee | Jamaica (JCI West Indies) | the Americas | ||
| 1974 | A. Jay Smith | United States | the Americas | ||
| 1975 | Jean Claude Féraud | France | Europe | ||
| 1976 | Feliciano Belmonte | Philippines | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1977 | Ronald G. S. Au | United States | the Americas | ||
| 1978 | Carl Peterson | Guam (JCI Pacific) | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1979 | Kumar Gera | India | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1980 | Patricio Izurieta | Ecuador | the Americas | ||
| 1981 | Gary Nagao | Japan | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1982 | Barry Kennedy (JCI) | Barry Kennedy | United States | the Americas | |
| 1983 | Kjell Peterson | Sweden | Europe | ||
| 1984 | Joe Murphy | Ireland | Europe | JCI is present in 55 countries and has 500.000 members | |
| 1985 | Victor C. Luciano | Philippines | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1986 | Mohammed Moncef Barouni | Tunisia | Africa and the Middle East | First African elected | |
| 1987 | Phil Berry | United States | the Americas | ||
| 1988 | Jennifer Yu | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Asia-Pacific | First woman elected |
| 1989 | Isfahani Sameen | Sri Lanka | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1990 | Jorge Suncar Morales | Dominican Republic | the Americas | ||
| 1991 | Reginald Schaumans | Belgium | Europe | ||
| 1992 | Albert Hiribarrondo | France | Europe | ||
| 1993 | Robby Dawkins | United States | the Americas | ||
| 1994 | Arnaud Godère | Mauritius | Africa and the Middle East | ||
| 1995 | David Hide Oji | Japan | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1996 | Thomas Clear III | United States | the Americas | ||
| 1997 | Crispin Dy | Philippines | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1998 | Petri Niskanen | Finland | Europe | ||
| 1999 | Youk Suk Choi | Korea | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 2000 | Karyn Bisdee | New Zealand | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 2001 | Georges A. Bouverat | Switzerland | Europe | ||
| 2002 | Salvatore Battle | Catalonia | Europe | ||
| 2003 | Bruce Rector | United States | the Americas | ||
| 2004 | Venezuela | the Americas | |||
| 2005 | Kevin Cullinane | Ireland | Europe | ||
| 2006 | Lars Hajslund | Denmark | Europe | ||
| 2007 | Scott Greenlee | United States | the Americas | ||
| 2008 | Graham Hanlon | Ireland | Europe | ||
| 2009 | Jun Sup Shin | Korea | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 2010 | Roland Kwemain | Cameroon | Africa and the Middle East | ||
| 2011 | Kentaro Harada | Japan | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 2012 | Bertolt Daems | Netherlands | Europe | ||
| 2013 | Chiara Milani | Italy | Europe | ||
| 2014 | Shine Bhaskaran[3] | India | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 2015 | Ismail Haznedar[4] | Turkey | Europe | ||
| 2016 | Paschal Dike | Nigeria | Africa and the Middle East | ||
| 2017 | Dawn Hetzel | United States | the Americas | ||
| 2018 | Marc Brian Lim | Philippines | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 2019 | Alexander Tio | Indonesia | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 2020 | Itai Arthur Manyere | Zimbabwe | Africa and the Middle East | ||
| 2021 | Ryubun Kojima | Japan | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 2022 | Argenis Angulo | Venezuela | the Americas | ||
| 2023 | Viktor Ómarsson | Iceland | Europe | ||
| 2024 | Kaveen Kumar Kumaravel | India | Asia-Pacific | ||