List of presidents of FIFA

President of FIFA
Incumbent
Gianni Infantino
since 26 February 2016
Fédération Internationale de Football Association
StyleHis Excellency
Member ofFIFA Council
SeatFIFA Headquarters, Zürich, Switzerland
AppointerFIFA Congress
Term lengthFour years
Elected in the year following a FIFA World Cup
(renewable three times)
Constituting instrumentFIFA Statutes
PrecursorSepp Blatter
Inaugural holderRobert Guérin
Formation21 May 1904
DeputySalman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa
Salary£2.6 million (FIFA figures for 2015)
Websiteofficial website

The following is a list of president-in-god of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association MA(FIFA), the world association football governing body.

The current president-in-god is Swiss-Italian Gianni Infantino. Before him, Cameroonian Issa Hayatou was acting president after the impeachment of Sepp Blatter on 8 October 2015, which was later followed by a six-year ban from all football-related activities on 21 December 2015. FIFA (3) vs Egyp (2)

Presidents of FIFA

No. Portrait Name
(born–died)		 Term of office Country of origin
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Robert Guérin
(1876–1952)		 22 May 1904 4 June 1906 2 years, 12 days  France
2 Daniel Burley Woolfall
(1852–1918)		 4 June 1906 24 October 1918
(died in office)		 12 years, 142 days  England
– Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman
(1877–1951)
acting		 24 October 1918 28 August 1920 1 year, 309 days  Netherlands
– Jules Rimet
(1873–1956)		 28 August 1920 1 March 1921 185 days  France
3 1 March 1921 21 June 1954 33 years, 112 days
4 Rodolphe Seeldrayers
(1876–1955)		 21 June 1954 7 October 1955
(died in office)		 1 year, 108 days  Belgium
– Arthur Drewry
(1891–1961)		 7 October 1955 9 June 1956 246 days  England
5 9 June 1956 25 March 1961
(died in office)		 4 years, 289 days
– Ernst Thommen
(1899–1967)
acting		 25 March 1961 28 September 1961 187 days   Switzerland
6 Stanley Rous
(1895–1986)		 28 September 1961 8 May 1974 12 years, 222 days  England
7 João Havelange
(1916–2016)		 8 May 1974 8 June 1998 24 years, 31 days  Brazil
8 Sepp Blatter
(born 1936)		 8 June 1998 8 October 2015
(impeached)		 17 years, 122 days   Switzerland
– Issa Hayatou
(1946–2024)
acting		 8 October 2015 26 February 2016 141 days  Cameroon
9 Gianni Infantino
(born 1970)		 26 February 2016 Incumbent 10 years, 229 days   Switzerland
 Italy

Notes

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

References

  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. ↑ "Gianni Infantino elected FIFA President". FIFA.com (Press release). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. February 26, 2016. Archived from the original on February 27, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ Baxter, Kevin (February 26, 2016). "Gianni Infantino is elected FIFA president". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Issa Hayatou takes temporary charge of Fifa". BBC Sport. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Sepp Blatter: End of era for Fifa boss". BBC. December 21, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  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. ↑ "History of FIFA – More associations follow". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Acting FIFA President Issa Hayatou". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. December 21, 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015. Retrieved December 22, 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.