The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is the head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE): the deliberative consultative body of the Council of Europe.
| Period | Name | Country | Political affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Édouard Herriot (interim) |  France | Radical Party | |
| 1949–1951 | Paul-Henri Spaak |  Belgium | Socialist Party | |
| 1952–1954 | François de Menthon | France | Popular Republican Movement | |
| 1954–1956 | Guy Mollet | France | Socialist Party | |
| 1956–1959 | Fernand Dehousse | Belgium | Socialist Party | |
| 1959 | John Edwards |  United Kingdom | Labour Party | |
| 1960–1963 | Per Federspiel |  Denmark | Venstre | |
| 1963–1966 | Pierre Pflimlin | France | Popular Republican Movement | |
| 1966–1969 | Sir Geoffrey de Freitas | United Kingdom | Labour Party | |
| 1969–1972 | Olivier Reverdin |  Switzerland | Liberal Party | |
| 1972–1975 | Giuseppe Vedovato |  Italy | Christian Democracy | |
| 1975–1978 | Karl Czernetz |  Austria | Social Democratic Party | |
| 1978–1981 | Hans J. de Koster |  Netherlands | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |
| 1981–1982 |  Spain | Union of the Democratic Centre | ||
| 1983–1986 | Karl Ahrens |  Germany | Social Democratic Party | |
| 1986–1989 | Louis Jung | France | Group of the European People's Party | |
| 1989–1992 | Andreas Björck |  Sweden | European Democratic Group | |
| 1992 | Geoffrey Finsberg | United Kingdom | European Democratic Group | |
| 1992–1995 | Miguel Angel Martinez Martinez | Spain | Socialist Group | |
| 1996–1999 | Leni Fischer | Germany | Group of the European People's Party | |
| 1999–2002 | Lord Russell Johnston | United Kingdom | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | |
| 2002–2004 | Peter Schieder | Austria | Socialist Group | |
| 2005–2008 | René van der Linden | Netherlands | Group of the European People's Party | |
| 2008–2010 | Lluís Maria De Puig | Spain | Socialist Group | |
| 2010–2012 | Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu |  Turkey | Justice and Development Party | |
| 2012–2014 | Jean-Claude Mignon | France | Group of the European People's Party | |
| 2014–2016 | Anne Brasseur |  Luxembourg | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | |
| 2016–2017 | Pedro Agramunt | Spain | Group of the European People's Party | |
| 2017–2018 | Stella Kyriakides |  Cyprus | Group of the European People's Party | |
| 2018 | Michele Nicoletti | Italy | Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group | |
| 2018–2020 | Liliane Maury Pasquier | Switzerland | Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group | |
| 2020–2022 | Rik Daems | Belgium | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | |
| 2022–present | Tiny Kox | Netherlands | Unified European Left Group |