(1969–1972)

Emile Benveniste

(1972–?)

Cesare Segre

(1984–1994)

Jerzy Pelc

(1994–2004)

Roland Posner

(2004–2014)

Eero Tarasti

(since 2014)

Paul Cobley

The list of the presidents of the association include

IASS-AIS

International Society for Biosemiotic Studies

Semiotic Society of America

International Association for Visual Semiotics