List of presidents of FIFA
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The following is a list of presidents of FIFA, the world association football governing body.[1]
Presidents Daniel Burley Woolfall, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, and Arthur Drewry died during their term in office.
The current president is Swiss-Italian Gianni Infantino, elected on 26 February 2016 during an extraordinary session of the FIFA Congress.[2][3] Prior to his election, Cameroonian Issa Hayatou was acting president after the impeachment of Sepp Blatter on 8 October 2015, who was given an eight-year ban from all football-related activities on 21 December 2015 (reduced to six years on 24 February 2016), which was renewed for six years on 24 March 2021.[4][5]
Presidents of FIFA
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Term of office | Country of origin | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | File:Robert Guérin 1906 year.jpg | Robert Guérin (1876–1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
22 May 1904 | 4 June 1906 | Template:Age in years and days | File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France |
| 2 | File:Daniel Burley Woolfall 1908 year.jpg | Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852–1918)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4 June 1906 | 24 October 1918 (died in office) |
Template:Age in years and days | File:Flag of England.svg England |
| – | File:C. A. W. Hirschmann.jpg | Cornelis August Wilhelm HirschmanTemplate:Refn (1877–1951) actingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 October 1918 | 28 August 1920Template:Refn | Template:Age in years and days | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands |
| – | File:Jules Rimet in 1920.jpg | Jules RimetTemplate:Refn (1873–1956)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 August 1920Template:Refn | 1 March 1921 | Template:Age in years and days | File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France |
| 3 | 1 March 1921 | 21 June 1954 | Template:Age in years and days | |||
| 4 | File:Rodolphe Seeldrayers.jpg | Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1876–1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 June 1954 | 7 October 1955 (died in office) |
Template:Age in years and days | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium |
| – | File:Arthur Drewry.jpg | Arthur Drewry (1891–1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 October 1955 | 9 June 1956 | Template:Ayd | File:Flag of England.svg England |
| 5 | 9 June 1956 | 25 March 1961 (died in office) |
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| – | File:Ernst B. Thommen.jpg | Ernst Thommen (1899–1967) actingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25 March 1961 | 28 September 1961 | Template:Age in years and days | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland |
| 6 | File:Stanley Rous.jpg | Stanley RousTemplate:Refn (1895–1986)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 September 1961 | 8 May 1974 | Template:Age in years and days | File:Flag of England.svg England |
| 7 | File:João Havelange.jpg | João HavelangeTemplate:Refn (1916–2016)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
8 May 1974 | 8 June 1998 | Template:Age in years and days | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil |
| 8 | File:Йозеф Блаттер.jpg | Sepp Blatter (born 1936)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
8 June 1998 | 8 October 2015 (impeached)Template:Refn |
Template:Age in years and days | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland |
| – | File:Issa Hayatou (cropped).jpg | Issa HayatouTemplate:Refn (1946–2024) actingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
8 October 2015 | 26 February 2016 | Template:Age in years and days | File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon |
| 9 | File:Gianni Infantino (2020) (cropped).jpg | Gianni Infantino (born 1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 February 2016 | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
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Notes
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Timeline
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See also
- List of association football competitions
- List of presidents of AFC
- List of presidents of CAF
- List of presidents of CONCACAF
- List of presidents of CONMEBOL
- List of presidents of OFC
- List of presidents of UEFA
References
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External links
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