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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
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. Presidents
Daniel Burley Woolfall Daniel Burley Woolfall (15 June 1852 – 24 October 1918) was the second president of FIFA. An English Football Association administrator from Blackburn, Woolfall was elected as president on 4 June 1906. A key aim during his presidency was to a ...
,
Rodolphe Seeldrayers Rodolphe William Seeldrayers (December 16, 1876 – October 7, 1955) was a Belgian football administrator who was the fourth President of FIFA, serving from 1954 to 1955. He was actively involved in the official associations of Belgium spo ...
, 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 administrati ...
died during their term in office. The current president is Swiss-Italian
Gianni Infantino Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino (; born 23 March 1970) is a Swiss football administrator with Italian citizenship and the current president of FIFA. He was elected President of FIFA during the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress in February 2016. He ...
, elected on 26 February 2016 during an
extraordinary session In a legislature, a special session (also extraordinary session) is a period when the body convenes outside of the normal legislative session. This most frequently occurs in order to complete unfinished tasks for the year (often delayed by confli ...
of the FIFA Congress. Prior to his election, Cameroonian
Issa Hayatou Issa Hayatou (born 9 August 1946) is a Cameroonian sports executive, former athlete and football administrator best known for serving as the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) between 1988 and 2017. He served as the acting ...
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 of ...
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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See also

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List of association football competitions This is a list of the association football competitions past and present for international teams and for club football, in individual countries and internationally. Confirmed future competitions are also included. The competitions are grouped b ...
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List of presidents of AFC The following is a list of presidents of Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the association football governing body in Asia. Presidents of AFC See also *List of presidents of FIFA * List of presidents of UEFA * List of presidents of CAF *List ...
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List of presidents of CAF The following is a list of presidents of CAF, the African association football governing body. The current president is Patrice Motsepe from South Africa. Presidents of CAF † ''Indicates that the title of Honorary President was conferred upo ...
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List of presidents of CONCACAF The following is a list of presidents of CONCACAF. CONCACAF is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean Presidents of CONCACAF See also *List of presidents of FIFA *List of pres ...
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List of presidents of CONMEBOL The following is a list of presidents of CONMEBOL, the South American association football governing body. Presidents of CONMEBOL See also *List of presidents of FIFA * List of presidents of AFC * List of presidents of CAF *List of presidents o ...
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List of presidents of OFC The following is a list of presidents of OFC, the Oceanic association football governing body. Presidents of OFC ; Notes * David Chung served as interim president before being elected in 2011. * Lambert Maltock served as interim president ...
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List of presidents of UEFA The following is a list of presidents of UEFA, the European association football governing body. Presidents of UEFA ;Notes * Jacques Georges served as interim president before being elected on 26 June 1984. * The title of Honorary President was ...


References


External links

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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 ...
Presidents of FIFA 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 thei ...