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 Executive Committee
Seat FIFA Headquarters, Zürich, Switzerland
Appointer FIFA Congress
Term length Four years
Elected in the year following a FIFA World Cup
Constituting instrument FIFA Statutes
Inaugural holder Robert Guérin
Formation May 21, 1904
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.

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.[1] Prior to his election, Cameroonian Issa Hayatou was acting president after the suspension of Sepp Blatter on 8 October 2015, which later escalated to a ban from all football-related activities on 21 December 2015.[2][3]

Presidents of FIFA

Presidency President Date of birth Date of death Took office Left office Time in office Nationality
1 Robert Guérin 28 June 1876 19 March 1952 (aged 75) 22 May 1904 4 June 1906 2 years  France
2 Daniel Burley Woolfall 15 June 1852 24 October 1918 (aged 66) 4 June 1906 24 October 1918 12 years  United Kingdom
3 Jules Rimet 14 October 1873 16 October 1956 (aged 83) 1921 1954 33 years  France
4 Rodolphe Seeldrayers 16 December 1876 7 October 1955 (aged 78) 1954 7 October 1955 1 year  Belgium
5 Arthur Drewry 3 March 1891 25 March 1961 (aged 70) 1955 25 March 1961 6 years  United Kingdom
6 Stanley Rous 25 April 1895 18 July 1986 (aged 91) 1961 8 May 1974 13 years  United Kingdom
7 João Havelange 8 May 1916 (age 100) Living 8 May 1974 8 June 1998 24 years  Brazil
8 Sepp Blatter 10 March 1936 (age 80) Living 8 June 1998 8 October 2015 (suspended)
21 December 2015 (banned for 6 years)[4][3]		 17 years (banned)   Switzerland
Acting[lower-alpha 1] Issa Hayatou 9 August 1946 (age 69) Living 9 October 2015 (acting) 26 February 2016 5 months  Cameroon
9 Gianni Infantino 23 March 1970 (age 46) Living 26 February 2016 Incumbent   Switzerland/ Italy
  1. ↑ 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.[5]

Timeline

Gianni Infantino Issa Hayatou Sepp Blatter João Havelange Stanley Rous Arthur Drewry Rodolphe Seeldrayers Jules Rimet Daniel Burley Woolfall Robert Guérin

See also

References

  1. ↑ Baxter, Kevin (26 February 2016). "Gianni Infantino is elected FIFA president". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Issa Hayatou takes temporary charge of Fifa". BBC Sport. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 Sepp Blatter: End of era for Fifa boss
  4. ↑ "Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Acting FIFA President Issa Hayatou". FIFA. 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.
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