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President of FIFA
File:FIFA logo without slogan.svg
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 twice)
Constituting instrumentFIFA Statutes
Formation21 May 1904
First holderRobert Guérin
DeputySenior Vice President of FIFA
Salary£2.6 million (FIFA figures for 2015)
WebsiteOfficial website

The following is a list of presidents of 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

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Country of origin
Took office Left office Time in office
1 File:Robert Guérin 1906 year.jpg Robert Guérin
(1876–1952) 		22 May 1904 4 June 1906 2 years, 12 days File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France
2 File:Daniel Burley Woolfall 1908 year.jpg Daniel Burley Woolfall
(1852–1918) 		4 June 1906 24 October 1918
(died in office) 		12 years, 142 days File:Flag of England.svg England
– Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman[note 1]
(1877–1951)
acting 		24 October 1918 28 August 1920[note 2] 1 year, 309 days File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
– File:Jules Rimet in 1920.jpg Jules Rimet[note 3]
(1873–1956) 		28 August 1920[note 2] 1 March 1921 185 days File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France
3 1 March 1921 21 June 1954 33 years, 112 days
4 File:Rodolphe Seeldrayers.jpg Rodolphe Seeldrayers
(1876–1955) 		21 June 1954 7 October 1955
(died in office) 		1 year, 108 days File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
– File:Arthur Drewry.jpg Arthur Drewry
(1891–1961) 		7 October 1955 9 June 1956 246 days File:Flag of England.svg England
5 9 June 1956 25 March 1961
(died in office) 		4 years, 289 days
– File:Ernst B. Thommen.jpg Ernst Thommen
(1899–1967)
acting 		25 March 1961 28 September 1961 187 days File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
6 File:Stanley Rous.jpg Stanley Rous[note 4]
(1895–1986) 		28 September 1961 8 May 1974 12 years, 222 days File:Flag of England.svg England
7 File:João Havelange.jpg João Havelange[note 5]
(1916–2016) 		8 May 1974 8 June 1998 24 years, 31 days File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
8 File:Йозеф Блаттер.jpg Sepp Blatter
(born 1936) 		8 June 1998 8 October 2015
(impeached)[note 6] 		17 years, 122 days File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
– File:Issa Hayatou (cropped).jpg Issa Hayatou[note 7]
(1946–2024)
acting 		8 October 2015 26 February 2016 141 days File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
9 File:Gianni Infantino (2020) (cropped).jpg Gianni Infantino
(born 1970) 		26 February 2016 Incumbent 10 years, 106 days File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy

Notes

  1. ^ Named Honorary FIFA Secretary
  2. ^ a b 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]

Timeline

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See also

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