The General Secretaries

1924-1927
Elemer BALOGH and Robert W. LEE

1927-1958
Elemer BALOGH

1958-1965 (decease)
Felipe de SOLA CAÑIZARES

1965-1973 (decease)
Gabriel MARTY

1973- 2006
Roland DRAGO, member of the Institute, emeritus professor at the University of Paris II

2006-
Jürgen BASEDOW
professor at the University of Hamburg
co-director of the Max Planck Institute of Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg