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List of presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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 | José Maria de Areilza | 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 |