The Council consists of 39 members, who are scholars (linguists, as well as representatives of other fields, such as: IT, medicine, literary criticism, theology, cultural anthropology, logic, military and law) and intellectuals (writers, artists, and journalists). The first Chairman of the Council (1996–2000) was Professor Walery Pisarek, one of its founders. In the years 2000–2019, Professor Andrzej Markowski was the Chairman. Since May 2019, Professor Katarzyna Kłosińska has been the Chairman.
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The Members of the Council in the VII tenure (2019–2022)
prof. Andrzej Jacek Blikle (IT)
prof. Jerzy Bralczyk (linguistics) – vice-chairman, presidium member
prof. Marian Bugajski (linguistics)
Bartłomiej Chaciński (journalism)
prof. Wojciech Chlebda (linguistics)
prof. Agnieszka Choduń (law)
prof. Anna Dąbrowska (linguistics) – vice-chairman, presidium member
dr Antonina Doroszewska (sociology)
prof. Stanisław Dubisz (linguistics)
prof. Jacek Fisiak (English linguistics)
prof. Stanisław Gajda (linguistics)
prof. Michał Głowiński (theory of literature)
prof. Dorota Jedynak (linguistics)
prof. Katarzyna Kłosińska (linguistics) – chairman, presidium member
prof. Ewa Kołodziejek (linguistics) – presidium member
prof. Danuta Krzyżyk (linguistics, education) – secretary, presidium member
prof. Zenon Leszczyński (linguistics)
prof. Marek Łaziński (linguistics)
prof. Andrzej Markowski (linguistics) – honorary chairman, presidium member
prof. Mirosława Marody (sociology)
prof. Jan Miodek (linguistics)
prof. Władysław Miodunka (linguistics)
prof. Jolanta Panasiuk (linguistics, logopedics)
prof. Jerzy Podracki (linguistics)
prof. Renata Przybylska (linguistics)
prof. Wiesław Przyczyna (theology) – presidium member
prof. Jadwiga Puzynina (linguistics)
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz (theatre)
prof. Michał Rusinek (literature)
prof. Mariusz Rutkowski (linguistics)
prof. Barbara Sobczak (linguistics)
prof. Roch Sulima (cultural anthropology)
prof. Helena Synowiec (linguistics, education)
col. Tomasz Szulejko (military)
Małgorzata Tułowiecka (journalism)
prof. Tadeusz Zgółka (linguistics) – vice-chairman, presidium member
prof. Maciej Zieliński (law) – presidium member
prof. Rafał Zimny (linguistics)
prof. Piotr Żmigrodzki (linguistics)