List of presidents of FIFA
The following is a list of presidents of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world association football governing body.[1]
| President of FIFA | |
|---|---|
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| Fédération Internationale de Football Association | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | FIFA Council |
| Seat | FIFA Headquarters, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Appointer | FIFA Congress |
| Term length | Four years Elected in the year following a FIFA World Cup (renewable three times) |
| Constituting instrument | FIFA Statutes |
| Precursor | Sepp Blatter |
| Inaugural holder | Robert Guérin |
| Formation | 21 May 1904 |
| Deputy | Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa |
| Salary | £2.6 million (FIFA figures for 2015) |
| Website | official website |
The current president is Swiss-Italian Gianni Infantino.[2][3] Before him, Cameroonian Issa Hayatou was acting president after the impeachment of Sepp Blatter on 8 October 2015, which was later followed by a six-year ban from all football-related activities on 21 December 2015.[4][5]
Presidents of FIFA
| Presidency | President | Date of birth | Date of death | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Nationality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Robert Guérin | 28 June 1876 | 19 March 1952 (aged 75) | 23 May 1904 | 4 June 1906 | 2 years, 12 days |  France
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| 2 | 
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Daniel Burley Woolfall | 15 June 1852 | 24 October 1918 (aged 66) | 4 June 1906 | 24 October 1918 (died) | 12 years, 142 days |  United Kingdom
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| Acting | 
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Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman[note 1] | 16 February 1877 | 26 June 1951 (aged 74) | 24 October 1918 (acting) | 1920 | 1 year, 309 days |  Netherlands
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| Acting (chairman) |
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Jules Rimet[note 2] | 14 October 1873 | 16 October 1956 (aged 83) | 1920 (acting) | 1 March 1921 | 185 days | France
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| 3 | 1 March 1921 | 21 June 1954 | 33 years, 112 days | |||||
| 4 | 
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Rodolphe Seeldrayers | 16 December 1876 | 7 October 1955 (aged 78) | 21 June 1954 | 7 October 1955 (died) | 1 year, 108 days |  Belgium
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| Acting | 
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Arthur Drewry | 3 March 1891 | 25 March 1961 (aged 70) | 7 October 1955 (acting) | 9 June 1956 | 246 days | United Kingdom
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| 5 | 9 June 1956 | 25 March 1961 (died) | 4 years, 289 days | |||||
| 6 | 
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Stanley Rous[note 3] | 25 April 1895 | 18 July 1986 (aged 91) | 28 September 1961 | 8 May 1974 | 12 years, 222 days | United Kingdom
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| 7 | 
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João Havelange[note 4] | 8 May 1916 | 16 August 2016 (aged 100) | 8 May 1974 | 8 June 1998 | 24 years, 31 days |  Brazil
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| 8 | 
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Sepp Blatter | 10 March 1936 | Living | 8 June 1998 | 8 October 2015 (impeached)[note 5] | 17 years, 122 days |  Switzerland
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Gianni Infantino | 23 March 1970 | Living | 26 February 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 298 days | Switzerland
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Notes
References
- ↑ "The eight Presidents" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ↑ Fédération Internationale de Football Association (February 26, 2016). "Gianni Infantino elected FIFA President". Press release. Archived from the original on February 27, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160227072841/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2016/m=2/news=gianni-infantino-elected-fifa-president-2767180.html. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ↑ Baxter, Kevin (February 26, 2016). Gianni Infantino is elected FIFA president. http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-fifa-election-20160226-story.html. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ↑ Issa Hayatou takes temporary charge of Fifa. BBC Sport. 8 October 2015. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34476779. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sepp Blatter: End of era for Fifa boss. BBC. December 21, 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32985553. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ↑ "Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
