The following is a list of presidents of CAF, the African

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. The current president is Patrice Motsepe from South Africa.

Presidents of CAF

^† ''Indicates that the title of Honorary President was conferred upon leaving office.'' ^‡ ''Acted for a transitional period from 18 August 1987 following Tessema's death in

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due to illness, until 10 March 1988 when the general assembly was held in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

and

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 elected president of CAF.''

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Presidents of CAF

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