# List of presidents of FIFA

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President of FIFA Incumbent Gianni Infantino since 26 February 2016 Fédération Internationale de Football Association Style His Excellency Member of FIFA Council Seat FIFA Headquarters, Zürich, Switzerland Appointer FIFA Congress Term length Four years Elected in the year following a FIFA World Cup (renewable twice) Constituting instrument FIFA Statutes Formation 21 May 1904 First holder Robert Guérin Deputy Senior Vice President of FIFA Salary £2.6 million (FIFA figures for 2015) Website Official website

The following is a **list of presidents of [FIFA](/source/FIFA)**, the world [association football](/source/Association_football) [governing body](/source/Sport_governing_body).[1]

Presidents [Daniel Burley Woolfall](/source/Daniel_Burley_Woolfall), [Rodolphe Seeldrayers](/source/Rodolphe_Seeldrayers), and [Arthur Drewry](/source/Arthur_Drewry) died during their term in office.

The current president is Swiss-Italian [Gianni Infantino](/source/Gianni_Infantino), elected on 26 February 2016 during an [extraordinary session](/source/2016_FIFA_Extraordinary_Congress) of the FIFA Congress.[2][3] Prior to his election, Cameroonian [Issa Hayatou](/source/Issa_Hayatou) was acting president after the impeachment of [Sepp Blatter](/source/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]

## 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[note 1] (1877–1951) acting 24 October 1918 28 August 1920[note 2] 1 year, 309 days Netherlands – Jules Rimet[note 3] (1873–1956) 28 August 1920[note 2] 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[note 4] (1895–1986) 28 September 1961 8 May 1974 12 years, 222 days England 7 João Havelange[note 5] (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)[note 6] 17 years, 122 days Switzerland – Issa Hayatou[note 7] (1946–2024) acting 8 October 2015 26 February 2016 141 days Cameroon 9 Gianni Infantino (born 1970) 26 February 2016 Incumbent 10 years, 127 days Switzerland Italy Lebanon

**Notes**

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Named Honorary FIFA Secretary

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Antwerp_1920_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Antwerp_1920_9-1) Rimet was provisionally placed in control of FIFA as chairman during the [1920 Summer Olympics](/source/1920_Summer_Olympics) in [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp), Belgium.[6][7]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Named Honorary FIFA President on 21 June 1954

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Named Honorary FIFA President on 11 June 1974

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Named Honorary FIFA President on 8 June 1998

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** 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]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** 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

## See also

- [List of association football competitions](/source/List_of_association_football_competitions)

- [List of presidents of AFC](/source/List_of_presidents_of_AFC)

- [List of presidents of CAF](/source/List_of_presidents_of_CAF)

- [List of presidents of CONCACAF](/source/List_of_presidents_of_CONCACAF)

- [List of presidents of CONMEBOL](/source/List_of_presidents_of_CONMEBOL)

- [List of presidents of OFC](/source/List_of_presidents_of_OFC)

- [List of presidents of UEFA](/source/List_of_presidents_of_UEFA)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The eight Presidents"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161221130726/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/organisation/52/00/03/fs-110_01e_presidency.pdf) (PDF). *FIFA.com*. [Fédération Internationale de Football Association](/source/FIFA). Archived from [the original](https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/organisation/52/00/03/fs-110_01e_presidency.pdf) (PDF) on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Gianni Infantino elected FIFA President"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160227072841/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2016/m=2/news=gianni-infantino-elected-fifa-president-2767180.html). *FIFA.com* (Press release). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 February 2016. Archived from [the original](https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2016/m=2/news=gianni-infantino-elected-fifa-president-2767180.html) on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Baxter, Kevin (26 February 2016). ["Gianni Infantino is elected FIFA president"](http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-fifa-election-20160226-story.html). *[The Los Angeles Times](/source/The_Los_Angeles_Times)*. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Issa Hayatou takes temporary charge of Fifa"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34476779). *[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)*. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FIFA_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FIFA_5-1) ["Sepp Blatter: End of era for Fifa boss"](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32985553). [BBC](/source/BBC). 21 December 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Jules Rimet: The Father of the World Cup"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200927144814/https://www.fifa.com/news/jules-rimet-the-father-the-world-cup-71489). *FIFA*. 17 June 1998. Archived from [the original](https://www.fifa.com/news/jules-rimet-the-father-the-world-cup-71489) on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["History of FIFA – More associations follow"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210411140828/https://www.fifa.com/news/history-fifa-more-associations-follow-450). *FIFA*. Archived from [the original](https://www.fifa.com/news/history-fifa-more-associations-follow-450) on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced"](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35655454). *BBC Sport*. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Acting FIFA President Issa Hayatou"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151010023004/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/acting-president/index.html). *FIFA.com*. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 December 2015. Archived from [the original](https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/acting-president/index.html) 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.

## External links

- ["Past Presidents"](https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/president/past-presidents). *fifa.com*. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

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