VDCh-Chair
| Term of office | Presidents |
| 1888 – 1889 | Karl von Marx (1832 – 1890) |
| 1890 | Georg Lunge (1839 – 1923) |
| 1891 | Julius Schenkel (1840 – 1917) |
| 1892 – 1893 | Hermann Krey (1851 – 1929) |
| 1894 – 1897 | Richard Curtius (1857 – 1912) |
| 1898 – 1900 | Heinrich Caro (1834 – 1910) |
| 1901 – 1906 | Emanuel Augustus Merck (1855 – 1923) |
| 1907 – 1912 | Carl Duisberg (1861 – 1935) |
| 1913 – 1915 | Hermann Krey (1851 – 1929) |
| 1916 – 1920 | Theodor Diehl (1855 – 1921) |
| 1920 – 1925 | Friedrich Quincke (1865 – 1934) |
| 1926 – 1929 | Alfred Stock (1876 – 1946) |
| 1929 – 1937 | Paul Duden (1869 – 1954) |
| 1937 – 1942 | Karl Merck (1886 – 1968) |
| 1942 – 1943 | Walther Schieber (1896 – 1960) |
| 1943 – 1945 | Heiner Ramstetter (1896 – 1986) |
All photos, unless otherwise stated: Wikimedia Commons
* 1855 / † 1921
Term of office: 1916–1920
* 1832 / † 1890
Term of office: 1888–1889
* 1896 / † 1986
Term of office: 1943–1945
Photo: GDCh image archive
* 1840 / † 1917
Term of office: 1891
* 1896 / † 1960
Term of office: 1942–1943
Photo: Dr. Willy Schilling Photo Collection, Jena
