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List of presidents of FIFA

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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. 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. 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.

Infobox

Style
His Excellency
Member of
FIFA Council
Seat
FIFA Headquarters, Zürich, Switzerland
Appointer
FIFA Congress
Term length
Four yearsElected in the year following a FIFA World Cup(renewable twice)
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

Tables

· Presidents of FIFA
Time in office
Time in office
No.
Took office
Name(born–died)
Time in office
Robert Guérin(1876–1952)
Robert Guérin(1876–1952)
No.
1
Name(born–died)
Robert Guérin(1876–1952)
Term of office
22 May 1904
Term of office
4 June 1906
Term of office
2 years, 12 days
Country of origin
France
Daniel Burley Woolfall(1852–1918)
Daniel Burley Woolfall(1852–1918)
No.
2
Name(born–died)
Daniel Burley Woolfall(1852–1918)
Term of office
4 June 1906
Term of office
24 October 1918(died in office)
Term of office
12 years, 142 days
Country of origin
England
Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman(1877–1951)acting
Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman(1877–1951)acting
No.
–
Name(born–died)
Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman(1877–1951)acting
Term of office
24 October 1918
Term of office
28 August 1920
Term of office
1 year, 309 days
Country of origin
Netherlands
Jules Rimet(1873–1956)
Jules Rimet(1873–1956)
No.
–
Name(born–died)
Jules Rimet(1873–1956)
Term of office
28 August 1920
Term of office
1 March 1921
Term of office
185 days
Country of origin
France
21 June 1954
21 June 1954
No.
3
Name(born–died)
21 June 1954
Term of office
33 years, 112 days
Rodolphe Seeldrayers(1876–1955)
Rodolphe Seeldrayers(1876–1955)
No.
4
Name(born–died)
Rodolphe Seeldrayers(1876–1955)
Term of office
21 June 1954
Term of office
7 October 1955(died in office)
Term of office
1 year, 108 days
Country of origin
Belgium
Arthur Drewry(1891–1961)
Arthur Drewry(1891–1961)
No.
–
Name(born–died)
Arthur Drewry(1891–1961)
Term of office
7 October 1955
Term of office
9 June 1956
Term of office
246 days
Country of origin
England
25 March 1961(died in office)
25 March 1961(died in office)
No.
5
Name(born–died)
25 March 1961(died in office)
Term of office
4 years, 289 days
Ernst Thommen(1899–1967)acting
Ernst Thommen(1899–1967)acting
No.
–
Name(born–died)
Ernst Thommen(1899–1967)acting
Term of office
25 March 1961
Term of office
28 September 1961
Term of office
187 days
Country of origin
Switzerland
Stanley Rous(1895–1986)
Stanley Rous(1895–1986)
No.
6
Name(born–died)
Stanley Rous(1895–1986)
Term of office
28 September 1961
Term of office
8 May 1974
Term of office
12 years, 222 days
Country of origin
England
João Havelange(1916–2016)
João Havelange(1916–2016)
No.
7
Name(born–died)
João Havelange(1916–2016)
Term of office
8 May 1974
Term of office
8 June 1998
Term of office
24 years, 31 days
Country of origin
Brazil
Sepp Blatter(born 1936)
Sepp Blatter(born 1936)
No.
8
Name(born–died)
Sepp Blatter(born 1936)
Term of office
8 June 1998
Term of office
8 October 2015(impeached)
Term of office
17 years, 122 days
Country of origin
Switzerland
Issa Hayatou(1946–2024)acting
Issa Hayatou(1946–2024)acting
No.
–
Name(born–died)
Issa Hayatou(1946–2024)acting
Term of office
8 October 2015
Term of office
26 February 2016
Term of office
141 days
Country of origin
Cameroon
Gianni Infantino(born 1970)
Gianni Infantino(born 1970)
No.
9
Name(born–died)
Gianni Infantino(born 1970)
Term of office
26 February 2016
Term of office
Incumbent
Term of office
9 years, 248 days
Country of origin
Switzerland Italy
No.
Portrait
Name(born–died)
Term of office
Country of origin
Took office
Left office
Time in office
1
Robert Guérin(1876–1952)
22 May 1904
4 June 1906
2 years, 12 days
France
2
Daniel Burley Woolfall(1852–1918)
4 June 1906
24 October 1918(died in office)
12 years, 142 days
England
–
Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman(1877–1951)acting
24 October 1918
28 August 1920
1 year, 309 days
Netherlands
–
Jules Rimet(1873–1956)
28 August 1920
1 March 1921
185 days
France
3
1 March 1921
21 June 1954
33 years, 112 days
4
Rodolphe Seeldrayers(1876–1955)
21 June 1954
7 October 1955(died in office)
1 year, 108 days
Belgium
–
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
Stanley Rous(1895–1986)
28 September 1961
8 May 1974
12 years, 222 days
England
7
João Havelange(1916–2016)
8 May 1974
8 June 1998
24 years, 31 days
Brazil
8
Sepp Blatter(born 1936)
8 June 1998
8 October 2015(impeached)
17 years, 122 days
Switzerland
–
Issa Hayatou(1946–2024)acting
8 October 2015
26 February 2016
141 days
Cameroon
9
Gianni Infantino(born 1970)
26 February 2016
Incumbent
9 years, 248 days
Switzerland Italy

References

  1. Named Honorary FIFA Secretary
  2. Rimet was provisionally placed in control of FIFA as chairman during the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
  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
  7. Following the provisional exclusion on Sepp Blatter, Issa Hayatou assumed the Office of FIFA President on an interim bas
  8. FIFA.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161221130726/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/organisation/52/00/03/fs-110_01e_presidency.pdf
  9. FIFA.com
    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
  10. The Los Angeles Times
    http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-fifa-election-20160226-story.html
  11. BBC Sport
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34476779
  12. "Sepp Blatter: End of era for Fifa boss"
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32985553
  13. FIFA
    https://web.archive.org/web/20200927144814/https://www.fifa.com/news/jules-rimet-the-father-the-world-cup-71489
  14. FIFA
    https://web.archive.org/web/20210411140828/https://www.fifa.com/news/history-fifa-more-associations-follow-450
  15. BBC Sport
    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35655454
  16. FIFA.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20151010023004/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/acting-president/index.html
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