This is a list of presidents of the

Institution of Electrical Engineers The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and Information Technology professionals, especially electrical engineers. It began in 1871 as the Society of Te ...

from its formation in 1871 until 2005, the date of amalgamation with the

Institution of Incorporated Engineers The Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) was a multidisciplinary engineering institution in the United Kingdom. In 2006 it merged with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) to form the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IE ...

to form the

Institution of Engineering and Technology The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a multidisciplinary professional engineering institution. The IET was formed in 2006 from two separate institutions: the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), dating back to 1871, and ...

. Prior to 1889 the Institution was known as the Society of Telegraph Engineers and Electricians.

List of presidents

Source
IET Archives

1871–1899

1900–1999

2000–2005

*2000 Professor

John Edwin Midwinter John Edwin Midwinter OBE FRS FREng (8 March 1938 – 13 November 2021) was a British electrical engineer and professor, who was President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (now IET) from 2000 to 2001. Education He was educated at St ...

FREng FRS *2001 Professor Brian Mellitt FREng DIC *2002 Professor Michael John Howard Sterling FREng *2003 Sir David Brown FREng CEng BSc DMS *2004 Professor John O'Reilly FREng *2005 Sir John Chisholm FREng CEng (last president) ''For presidents from 2005–present, see Presidents of the Institution of Engineering and Technology'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Institution of Electrical Engineers presidents Lists of presidents of organizations Presidents of learned societies Lists of engineers