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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 following is a list of presidents of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world association football governing body.[1]
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
[change | change source]Presidency | President | Date of birth | Date of death | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Nationality | |
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1 | ![]() | Robert Guérin | 28 June 1876 | 19 March 1952 (aged 75) | 23 May 1904 | 4 June 1906 | 2 years, 12 days | ![]() |
2 | ![]() | Daniel Burley Woolfall | 15 June 1852 | 24 October 1918 (aged 66) | 4 June 1906 | 24 October 1918 (died) | 12 years, 142 days | ![]() |
Acting | ![]() | Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman[note 1] | 16 February 1877 | 26 June 1951 (aged 74) | 24 October 1918 (acting) | 1920 | 1 year, 309 days | ![]() |
Acting (chairman) | ![]() | Jules Rimet[note 2] | 14 October 1873 | 16 October 1956 (aged 83) | 1920 (acting) | 1 March 1921 | 185 days | ![]() |
3 | 1 March 1921 | 21 June 1954 | 33 years, 112 days | |||||
4 | ![]() | Rodolphe Seeldrayers | 16 December 1876 | 7 October 1955 (aged 78) | 21 June 1954 | 7 October 1955 (died) | 1 year, 108 days | ![]() |
Acting | ![]() | Arthur Drewry | 3 March 1891 | 25 March 1961 (aged 70) | 7 October 1955 (acting) | 9 June 1956 | 246 days | ![]() |
5 | 9 June 1956 | 25 March 1961 (died) | 4 years, 289 days | |||||
6 | ![]() | Stanley Rous[note 3] | 25 April 1895 | 18 July 1986 (aged 91) | 28 September 1961 | 8 May 1974 | 12 years, 222 days | ![]() |
7 | ![]() | João Havelange[note 4] | 8 May 1916 | 16 August 2016 (aged 100) | 8 May 1974 | 8 June 1998 | 24 years, 31 days | ![]() |
8 | ![]() | Sepp Blatter | 10 March 1936 | Living | 8 June 1998 | 8 October 2015 (impeached)[note 5] | 17 years, 122 days | ![]() |
9 | ![]() | Gianni Infantino | 23 March 1970 | Living | 26 February 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 189 days | ![]() |
Notes
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The eight Presidents" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ↑ "Gianni Infantino elected FIFA President". FIFA.com (Press release). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. February 26, 2016. Archived from the original on February 27, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ↑ Baxter, Kevin (February 26, 2016). "Gianni Infantino is elected FIFA president". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Issa Hayatou takes temporary charge of Fifa". BBC Sport. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Sepp Blatter: End of era for Fifa boss". BBC. December 21, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ↑ "Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2016.