List of presidents of FIFA

President of FIFA

Incumbent
Gianni Infantino
since 26 February 2016

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, which was followed by a six-year ban from all football-related activities on 21 December 2015.[4][5]

## Contents

* 1 Presidents of FIFA
* 2 Timeline
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Presidents of FIFA[edit]

No. | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Country of origin  | Ref.

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
1 |  | Robert Guérin
(1876–1952) | 23 May 1904  | 4 June 1906  | 2 years, 12 days  |  France
2 |  | Daniel Burley Woolfall
(1852–1918) | 4 June 1906  | 24 October 1918 (died)  | 12 years, 142 days  |  England
– |  | Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman[note 1]
(1877–1951) | 24 October 1918 (acting)  | 1920[note 2] | 1 year, 309 days  |  Netherlands
– |  | Jules Rimet[note 3]
(1873–1956) | 1920[note 2] (acting)  | 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)  | 1 year, 108 days  |  Belgium
– |  | Arthur Drewry
(1891–1961) | 7 October 1955 (acting)  | 9 June 1956  | 246 days  |  England
5 | 9 June 1956  | 25 March 1961 (died)  | 4 years, 289 days
– |  | Ernst Thommen
(1899–1967) | 25 March 1961 (acting)  | 28 September 1961  | 187 days  |  Switzerland
6 |  | Stanley Rous[note 4]
(1895–1986) | 28 September 1961  | 8 May 1974  | 12 years, 222 days  |  England
7 |  | João Havelange[note 5]
(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)[note 6] | 17 years, 122 days  |  Switzerland
– |  | Issa Hayatou[note 7]
(born 1946) | 8 October 2015 (acting)  | 26 February 2016  | 141 days  |  Cameroon
9 |  | Gianni Infantino
(born 1970) | 26 February 2016  | Incumbent  | 6 years, 258 days  |  Switzerland /
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 suspension, Blatter was given a six year ban on 21 December 2015.[5][8]
7. ^ Following the provisional ban 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[edit]

## See also[edit]

* 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

## References[edit]

1. ^ "The eight Presidents" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
2. ^ "Gianni Infantino elected FIFA President". FIFA.com (Press release). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 February 2016. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
3. ^ Baxter, Kevin (26 February 2016). "Gianni Infantino is elected FIFA president". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
4. ^ "Issa Hayatou takes temporary charge of Fifa". BBC Sport. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
5. ^ a b "Sepp Blatter: End of era for Fifa boss". BBC. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
6. ^ "Jules Rimet: The Father of the World Cup". FIFA. 17 June 1998. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
7. ^ "History of FIFA – More associations follow". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
8. ^ "Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
9. ^ "Acting FIFA President Issa Hayatou". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015. "On 8 October 2015, given the decision of the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Independent Ethics Committee to provisionally ban Joseph S. Blatter from all football activities on a national and international level, Issa Hayatou assumed the Office of FIFA President on an interim basis, as the longest-serving vice-president on FIFA's Executive Committee - according to article 32 (6) of the FIFA Statutes."

## External links[edit]

* "Past Presidents". fifa.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

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* Robert Guérin (1904–1906)
* Daniel Burley Woolfall (1906–1918)
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* Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1954–1955)
* Arthur Drewry (1955–1961)
* Ernst Thommen (1961–1961, acting)
* Stanley Rous (1961–1974)
* João Havelange (1974–1998)
* Sepp Blatter (1998–2015)
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