At its 22nd Session Meeting on 12 July 2016, Rear Admiral MD. Khurshed Alam (Bangladesh) was elected President of the Assembly.
The representatives of Brazil (Latin American and Caribbean Group), Mozambique (African Group), Slovakia (Eastern European Group) and Canada (Western European and Others Group), were elected Vice-Presidents.
| 2016 | Rear Admiral MD. Khurshed Alam | Bangladesh |
| 2015 | Mr Helmut Tuerk | Austria |
| 2014 | Mr Antonio Francisco Da Costa e Silva Neto | Brazil |
| 2013 | Mr Vladimir Mikhailovich Polenov | Russia |
| 2012 | Mr Milan Jaya Nyamrajsingh Meetarbhan | Mauritius |
| 2011 | Mr Peter Thomson | Fiji |
| 2010 | Mr Jesùs Silva-Fernandez | Spain |
| 2009 | Mr Mario Jose Pino | Argentina |
| 2008 | Mr Ryszard Kotlinski | Poland |
| 2007 | Chief Olufolajimi Modupe Akintola | Nigeria |
| 2006 | Mr Sainivalati S Navoti | Fiji |
| 2005 | Mr Olav Myklebust | Norway |
| 2004 | Mr Dennis Francis | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2003 | Mr Jozef Franzen | Slovakia |
| 2002 | Mr Martin Belinga-Eboutou | Cameroon |
| 2001 | Mr Peter Dickson Donigi | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000 | Ms Liesbeth Lijnzaad | Netherlands |
| 1999 | Mr José Luis Vallartar | Mexico |
| 1998 | Mr Tadeusz Bachleda-Curus | Poland |
| 1997 | Mr S Amos Wako | Kenya |
| 1996 | Mr Hasjim Djalal | Indonesia |