The following is a list of presidents of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
), the world
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
governing body
A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ...
.
Presidents
Daniel Burley Woolfall,
Rodolphe Seeldrayers, and
Arthur Drewry
Arthur Drewry (3 March 1891 – 25 March 1961) was an English football administrator who served as the fifth president of FIFA, the world governing body of association football, from 1955 to 1961. Drewry had held several football administration ...
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
Joseph "Sepp" Blatter (born Josef Blatter; 10 March 1936) is a Swiss former football administrator who served as the eighth President of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been banned from participating in FIFA activities since 2015 as a result o ...
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.
Presidents of FIFA
Notes
Timeline
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from: 04/06/1906 till: 24/10/1918 color:european text:" Woolfall" fontsize:10
from: 01/01/1921 till: 01/07/1954 color:european text:" Rimet" fontsize:10
from: 01/07/1954 till: 07/10/1955 color:european text:" Seeldrayers" fontsize:10
from: 07/10/1955 till: 25/03/1961 color:european text:" Drewry" fontsize:10
from: 25/03/1961 till: 08/05/1974 color:european text:" Rous" fontsize:10
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from: 08/06/1998 till: 08/10/2015 color:european text:" Blatter" fontsize:10
from: 26/02/2016 till: end color:european text:" Infantino" fontsize:10
See also
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List of association football competitions
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List of presidents of AFC
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List of presidents of CAF
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List of presidents of CONCACAF
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List of presidents of CONMEBOL
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List of presidents of OFC
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List of presidents of UEFA
References
External links
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FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
Presidents of FIFA