Vorsitzende der DPV
| 1950 - 1956 | Carl Müller-Braunschweig |
| 1956 - 1964 | Gerhart Scheunert |
| 1964 - 1968 | Horst-Eberhardt Richter |
| 1968 - 1972 | Helmut Thomä |
| 1972 - 1975 | Wolfgang Loch |
| 1975 - 1978 | Clemens de Boor |
| 1978 - 1982 | Heinz Henseler |
| 1982 - 1986 | Dieter Ohlmeier |
| 1986 - 1988 | Gottfried Appy |
| 1988 - 1990 | Hermann Beland |
| 1990 - 1992 | Lore Schacht |
| 1992 - 1994 | Carl Nedelmann |
| 1994 - 1996 | Joachim F. Danckwardt |
| 1996 - 1998 | Ekkehard Gattig |
| 1998 - 2000 | Winfrid Trimborn |
| 2000 - 2002 | Werner Bohleber |
| 2002 - 2004 | Georg Bruns |
| 2004 - 2006 | Manfred G. Schmidt |
| 2006 - 2008 | Gertrud Schlesinger-Kipp |
| 2008 - 2010 | Gerhard Schneider |
| 2010 - 2012 | Martin Teising |
| 2012 - 2014 | Christoph E. Walker |
| 2014 | Rainer Paul |
| 2014 - 2017 | Gebhard Allert |
| 2017 - 2019 | Maria Johne |
| 2019 - 2021 | Valérie Bouville |
| 2021 - 2023 | Lisa Werthmann-Resch |
| 2023 - 2025 | Thomas Beier |
| ab 2025 | Dorothee von Tippelskirch-Eissing |