Until 1979 the President of Panathinaikos A.C. was responsible for all the athletic departments. Since 1979 the football club became professional and independent with its own president. The same happened later for the basketball team (1992) and the volleyball team (2001). The following is a list of presidents of Panathinaikos A.C. from the foundation of the club in 1908 to the present day.[1][2][3]
As of 2018 Nikos Plitas is the current president.
| Name | From | To | Notes |
| Alexandros|Kalafatis|Alexandros Kalafatis}} | 1908}} | 1908 | Brother of founder Giorgos Kalafatis |
| Marinos|Marinakis|Marinos Marinakis}} | 1908}} | 1909 |
| Euthymios|Chrysis|Euthymios Chrysis}} | 1910}} | 1910 |
| Georgios|Vratsanos|Georgios Vratsanos}} | 1911}} | 1911 |
| Ioannis|Masvoulas}} | 1912}} | 1912 |
| Georgios|Gennimatas|Georgios Gennimatas (athlete)}} | 1913}} | 1913 |
| Georgios|Tsochas}} | 1914}} | 1918 |
| Christos|Merisimitzakis}} | 1919}} | 1919 |
| Nikolaos|Kyriakidis}} | 1920}} | 1920 |
| Georgios|Chatzopoulos}} | 1921}} | 1921 |
| Panos|Savvidis}} | 1922}} | 1923 |
| Pantelis|Karasevdas|}} | 1924}} | 1926 |
| Dimitrios|Damaskinos|}} | 1927}} | 1927 |
| Pantelis|Karasevdas}} | 1928}} | 1930 |
| Nikolaos|Ksiros}} | 1931}} | 1933 |
| Georgios|Giannoulatos}} | 1934}} | 1934 |
| Georgios|Tsochas}} | 1935}} | 1936 |
| Konstantinos|Kotzias}} | 1937}} | 1939 |
| Georgios|Kozonis}} | 1940}} | 1940 |
| Evangelos|Stamatis}} | 1941}} | 1944 |
| Konstantinos|Kotzias}} | 1945}} | 1951 |
| Ioannis|Moatsos}} | 1952}} | 1961 |
| Loukas|Panourgias}} | 1962}} | 1966 |
| Matthaios|Koumarianos}} | 1967}} | 1968 |
| Georgios|Asimakopoulos}} | 1969}} | 1969 |
| Georgios|Merikas}} | 1970}} | 1970 |
| Dimitrios|Chamosfakitis}} | 1971}} | 1971 |
| Michael|Kitsios}} | 1971}} | 1972 |
| Spyridon|Anestis}} | 1973}} | 1973 |
| Ioannis|Oikonomopoulos}} | 1974}} | 1974 |
| Apostolos|Nikolaidis|Apostolos Nikolaidis (athlete)}} | 1974}} | 1979 |
| Jack|Nikolaidis}} | 1979}} | 1983 | First president not being responsible for the football club |
| Makis|Ithakisios}} | 1983}} | 1987 |
| Paulos|Giannakopoulos|Pavlos Giannakopoulos}} | 1987}} | 1997 |
| Thodoris|Aloupis}} | 1997}} | 1999 |
| Thanasis|Giannakopoulos|Thanasis Giannakopoulos}} | 1999}} | 2009 |
| Michael|Kitsios}} | 2009}} | 2010 |
| Nikos|Risvas}} | 2010}} | 2011 | Administration appointed by the court |
| Achilleas|Makropoulos}} | 2011}} | 2013 |
| Ilias|Michalarias}} | 2013}} | 2016 |
| Dimitris|Baltakos}} | 2016}} | 2017 | Resigned on June 4, 2017 |
| Takis|Ikonomopoulos}} | 2017}} | 2018 | Administration appointed by the court. Resigned on January 13, 2018. |
| Nikos|Plitas}} | 2018}} | 2018 | Interim president |
| Dimitrios|Giannakopoulos}} | 2018}} | Present | Elected on June 8, 2018 |
1. ^{{cite news |title=Οι 37 πρόεδροι του "τριφυλλιού" |url=http://www.sday.gr/page.ashx?pid=2&aid=14976&catid=9 |publisher=sday.gr |date=14 July 2010 |accessdate= }}
2. ^{{cite news |script-title=el:Συγκρότηση του νέου Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου σε σώμα |url=http://www.pao.gr/el/news/clubnews/?itemid=a7070686-3e47-42ae-8111-647c329efad9 |publisher=pao.gr |language=greek |date=4 August 2011 |accessdate= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081733/http://www.pao.gr/el/news/clubnews/?itemid=a7070686-3e47-42ae-8111-647c329efad9 |archivedate=24 September 2015 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite news |script-title=el:Όλοι οι πρόεδροι του ΠΑΟ |url=http://www.onsports.gr/Podosfairo/Podosfairo-Afierwmata/item/2736-Oloi-oi-proedroi-toy-PAO |publisher=onsports.gr|language=greek |date=12 January 2011 |accessdate= }}
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