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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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Incumbent
Gianni Infantino
since 26 February 2016
Fédération Internationale de Football Association
StyleHis Excellency
Member ofFIFA Council
SeatFIFA Headquarters, Zürich, Switzerland
AppointerFIFA Congress
Term lengthFour years
Elected in the year following a FIFA World Cup
(renewable three times)
Constituting instrumentFIFA Statutes
PrecursorSepp Blatter
Inaugural holderRobert Guérin
Formation21 May 1904
DeputySalman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa
Salary£2.6 million (FIFA figures for 2015)
Websiteofficial 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

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Country of origin
Took office Left office Time in office
1 100px Robert Guérin
(1876–1952) 		22 May 1904 4 June 1906 2 years, 12 days  France
2 100px Daniel Burley Woolfall
(1852–1918) 		4 June 1906 24 October 1918
(died in office) 		12 years, 142 days  England
– Carl Hirschmann.jpg Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman[note 1]
(1877–1951)
acting 		24 October 1918 28 August 1920[note 2] 1 year, 309 days  Netherlands
– File:Jules Rimet in 1920.jpg Jules Rimet[note 3]
(1873–1956) 		28 August 1920[note 2] 1 March 1921 185 days  France
3 1 March 1921 21 June 1954 33 years, 112 days
4 100px Rodolphe Seeldrayers
(1876–1955) 		21 June 1954 7 October 1955
(died in office) 		1 year, 108 days  Belgium
– 100px Arthur Drewry
(1891–1961) 		7 October 1955 9 June 1956 246 days  England
5 9 June 1956 25 March 1961
(died in office) 		4 years, 289 days
– Ernst Thommen
(1899–1967)
acting 		25 March 1961 28 September 1961 187 days  Switzerland
6 File:Stanley Rous.jpg Stanley Rous[note 4]
(1895–1986) 		28 September 1961 8 May 1974 12 years, 222 days  England
7 File:João Havelange.jpg João Havelange[note 5]
(1916–2016) 		8 May 1974 8 June 1998 24 years, 31 days  Brazil
8 File:Йозеф Блаттер.jpg Sepp Blatter
(born 1936) 		8 June 1998 8 October 2015
(impeached)[note 6]		 17 years, 122 days  Switzerland
– 100px Issa Hayatou[note 7]
(1946–2024)
acting 		8 October 2015 26 February 2016 141 days  Cameroon
9 100px Gianni Infantino
(born 1970) 		26 February 2016 Incumbent 9 years, 325 days  Switzerland
 Italy

Notes

  1. ↑ Named Honorary FIFA Secretary
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rimet was provisionally placed in control of FIFA as chairman during the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.[6][7]
  3. ↑ Named Honorary FIFA President on 21 June 1954
  4. ↑ Named Honorary FIFA President on 11 June 1974
  5. ↑ Named Honorary FIFA President on 8 June 1998
  6. ↑ Following his impeachment, Blatter was given an eight-year exclusion 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.[5][8]
  7. ↑ Following the provisional exclusion on Sepp Blatter, Issa Hayatou assumed the Office of FIFA President on an interim basis in accordance with article 32(6) of the FIFA Statutes because Hayatou was the longest-serving vice-president on FIFA's Executive Committee.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  2. ↑ 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. 
  3. ↑ 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. 
  4. ↑ 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. ↑ 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. 
  6. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  7. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  8. ↑ "Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced". BBC Sport. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35655454. Retrieved 24 February 2016. 
  9. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
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