List of ICC presidents
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The following is a list of president
s of ICC
, the international cricket
governing body
.
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| Name | Nationality | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lord Cowdrey Colin Cowdrey Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE , better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976... |
 Kingdom of England |
1989–1993* |
| 2. | Sir Clyde Walcott Clyde Walcott Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott, KA, GCM was a West Indian cricketer. Walcott was a member of the "three W's", the other two being Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell: all were very successful batsmen from Barbados, born within a short distance of each other in Bridgetown, Barbados in a period of 18... |
 West Indies Cricket Board |
1993–1997* |
| 3. | Jagmohan Dalmiya Jagmohan Dalmiya Jagmohan Dalmiya, born in Calcutta, India on May 30, 1940, is a well-known Indian cricket administrator. He studied at the Scottish Church College, Calcutta.... |
 India |
1997–2000 |
| 4. | Malcolm Gray |  Australia |
2000–2003 |
| 5. | Ehsan Mani Ehsan Mani Ehsan Mani is a former President of the International Cricket Council . He was born in Rawalpindi in Pakistan on March 23, 1945. He spent his early life in Pakistan playing for the Rawalpindi Club and Government College Lahore XI from 1959 to 1965 as a right-hand batsman and a left-arm fast medium... |
 Pakistan |
2003–2006 |
| 6. | Percy Sonn Percy Sonn Percival Henry Frederick Sonn was a South African lawyer and cricket administrator. Sonn became the sixth president of the International Cricket Council, the most senior role at cricket's world governing body, in July 2006... |
 South Africa |
2006–2007 |
| 7. | Ray Mali Ray Mali Raymond Remember Mali , better known as Ray Mali, was appointed acting President of International Cricket Council in 2007, following the unexpected death of Percy Sonn. He was born in Eastern Cape, South Africa... |
South Africa |
2007–2008 |
| 8. | David Morgan David Morgan (cricket administrator) Frederick David Morgan OBE is a cricket administrator who is the former president of the International Cricket Council. He had previously held positions as chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board and Glamorgan County Cricket Club.... |
Kingdom of England |
2008–2010 |
| 9. | Sharad Pawar Sharad Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar , popularly known as SAHEB , is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress... (incumbent) |
India |
2010–2012 |
- Percy Sonn died on May 27, 2007, while still the President of the ICC. The post was filled in an acting position by Ray Mali, a fellow South African.
- Both Lord Cowdrey and Sir Clyde Walcott served as 'Chairman' of the ICC. Prior to Lord Cowdrey's appointment the ICC was administered by the secretary of the Marylebone Cricket Club.