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====President and Vice-Chancellor====
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[[File:John Ashworth.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|[[John Ashworth (vice-chancellor)|Sir John Ashworth]]]]
[[File:Professor_Craig_Calhoun.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|[[Craig Calhoun]]]]

The president and vice-chancellor (titled director until 2022) is the head of LSE and its chief executive officer, responsible for executive management and leadership on academic issues. The vice-chancellor reports to and is accountable to the council. The vice-chancellor is also the accountable officer for the purposes of the [[Office for Students]] financial memorandum. The LSE's current interim vice-chancellor is [[Eric Neumayer]], who replaced [[Minouche Shafik]] on 23 June 2023. In July 2023, the LSE announced that [[Hewlett Foundation]] head [[Larry Kramer (legal scholar)|Larry Kramer]] would become president and vice-chancellor in April 2024.<ref name="kramer-president">{{cite web |title=LSE announces appointment of new President and Vice-Chancellor |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2023/g-July-2023/LSE-appoints-new-President-and-Vice-Chancellor |publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science |access-date=28 July 2023 |date=28 July 2023 |archive-date=28 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728141216/https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2023/g-July-2023/LSE-appoints-new-President-and-Vice-Chancellor |url-status=live }}</ref>

The president is supported by four pro-vice chancellors with designated portfolios (education; research; planning and resources; faculty development), the school secretary, the chief operating officer, the chief finance officer, and the chief philanthropy and global engagement officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisions/directorate/SMC/SMC-Contacts|title=SMC Contacts|publisher=London School of Economics|access-date=26 December 2022|archive-date=27 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227065130/https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisions/directorate/SMC/SMC-Contacts|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|+President and Vice-Chancellor / Directors (old)
!Years !! Name
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|1895–1903|| [[William Hewins]]
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|1903–1908|| [[Halford Mackinder|Sir Halford Mackinder]]
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|1908–1919|| [[William Pember Reeves|The Hon. William Pember Reeves]]
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|1919–1937|| [[William Beveridge|Lord Beveridge]]
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|1937–1957|| [[Alexander Carr-Saunders|Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders]]
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|1957–1967|| [[Sydney Caine|Sir Sydney Caine]]
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|1967–1974|| [[Walter Adams (historian)|Sir Walter Adams]]
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|1974–1984|| [[Ralf Dahrendorf|Lord Dahrendorf]]
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|1984–1990|| [[Indraprasad Gordhanbhai Patel]]
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|1990–1996|| [[John Ashworth (vice-chancellor)|Sir John Ashworth]]
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|1996–2003|| [[Anthony Giddens|Lord Giddens]]
|-
|2003–2011|| [[Howard Davies (economist)|Sir Howard Davies]]
|-
|2011–2012|| [[Judith Rees]] (interim)
|-
|2012–2016<sup>†</sup> || [[Craig Calhoun]]
|-
|2016–2017 || [[Julia Black]] (interim)
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|2017–2023 || [[Minouche Shafik]]
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|2023–2024 || [[Eric Neumayer]] (interim)
|-
|2024–present || [[Larry Kramer (legal scholar)|Larry Kramer]]
|}
<small><sup>†</sup> Titled as director and president<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/south-asia-centre/people/senior-advisory-board|title=Senior Advisory Board|work=LSE South Asia Centre|quote='''Craig J Calhoun''' is university professor in social sciences at Arizona State University. Prior to this, he was president of the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles, California (2016–18); and director and president of LSE (2012–16), where he remains a centennial professor. Craig has also been president of the Social Science Research Council in New York (1999–2012), and university professor at NYU (2004–12).|access-date=26 August 2019|archive-date=26 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826152048/http://www.lse.ac.uk/south-asia-centre/people/senior-advisory-board|url-status=live}}</ref></small>