Pedro Henríquez Ureña
1921 to 1923

Julio Jiménez Rueda
1928 to 1932

Pablo Martínez del Río
1933 to 1944

Francisco Villagrán
1945 to 1947

Enrique Loaiza
1948 to 1949

Francisco Monterde García Icazbalceta
1950 to 1954

Antonio Castro Leal
1955 to 1966

María del Carmen Millán Acevedo
1966 to 1970

Raúl Ortiz y Ortiz
1971 to 1975

Elsa Bieler Palomino
1975 to 1981

Álvaro Matute Aguirre
1981 to 1985

Sara Martínez de Graue
1985 to 1989

José Guadalupe Moreno de Alba
1989 to 1992

Ricardo Ramón Ancira González
1992 to 2000 *

Guillermo Manuel Rafael Pulido González
2000 to 2008 *

José Luis Palacio Prieto
2008 to 2012

Roberto Castañón Romo
2012 to 2020

Domingo Alberto Vital Díaz
2020 to 2024

Ana Elsa Pérez Martínez
2024 to the present