There have been six Directors-General of the National Library of Australia in the last 47 years.
present 2017 2010 1999 1985 1980 1974 1980 1985 1999 2011 2017 Director-General George Chandler Harrison Bryan AO Warren Horton AM Jan Fullerton AO Anne-Marie Schwirtlich Dr Marie-Louise Ayres Directors-General of the National Library of Australia 
