List of presidents of FIFA
| 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 |
| Formation | 21 May 1904 |
| First holder | Robert Guérin |
| Deputy | Senior Vice President of FIFA |
| 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]
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
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Country of origin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 |  |
Robert Guérin (1876–1952) |
22 May 1904 | 4 June 1906 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |  France |
| 2 |  |
Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852–1918) |
4 June 1906 | 24 October 1918 (died) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |  England |
| – | 100px | Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman[note 1] (1877–1951) |
24 October 1918 (acting) |
28 August 1920[note 2] | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |  Netherlands |
| – |  |
Jules Rimet[note 3] (1873–1956) |
28 August 1920[note 2] (acting) |
1 March 1921 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | France |
| 3 | 1 March 1921 | 21 June 1954 | ||||
| 4 |  |
Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1876–1955) |
21 June 1954 | 7 October 1955 (died) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |  Belgium |
| – |  |
Arthur Drewry (1891–1961) |
7 October 1955 (acting) |
9 June 1956 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | England |
| 5 | 9 June 1956 | 25 March 1961 (died) |
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| – | 100px | Ernst Thommen (1899–1967) |
25 March 1961 (acting) |
28 September 1961 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |  Switzerland |
| 6 |  |
Stanley Rous[note 4] (1895–1986) |
28 September 1961 | 8 May 1974 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | England |
| 7 |  |
João Havelange[note 5] (1916–2016) |
8 May 1974 | 8 June 1998 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |  Brazil |
| 8 |  |
Sepp Blatter (born 1936) |
8 June 1998 | 8 October 2015 (impeached)[note 6] |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Switzerland |
| – | 100px | Issa Hayatou[note 7] (born 1946) |
8 October 2015 (acting) |
26 February 2016 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |  Cameroon |
| 9 | 100px | Gianni Infantino (born 1970) |
26 February 2016 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Switzerland / Italy |
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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
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