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List of presidents of FIFA

List of presidents of FIFA

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The following is a list of presidents of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world association football governing body.[1]

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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]

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Named Honorary FIFA Secretary
  2. [N 2]
    Rimet was provisionally placed in control of FIFA as chairman during the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.[6][7]
  3. [N 3]
    Named Honorary FIFA President on 21 June 1954
  4. [N 4]
    Named Honorary FIFA President on 11 June 1974
  5. [N 5]
    Named Honorary FIFA President on 8 June 1998
  6. [N 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. [N 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

Gianni InfantinoSepp BlatterJoão HavelangeStanley RousArthur DrewryRodolphe SeeldrayersJules RimetDaniel Burley WoolfallRobert Guérin

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References

  1. [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. [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. [3]
    Baxter, Kevin (26 February 2016). "Gianni Infantino is elected FIFA president". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Issa Hayatou takes temporary charge of Fifa". BBC Sport. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Sepp Blatter: End of era for Fifa boss". BBC. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. [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. [7]
    "History of FIFA – More associations follow". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  9. [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.
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