The following is a list of presidents of FIFA, the world association football governing body.
Presidents Daniel Burley Woolfall, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, and Arthur Drewry 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 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
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! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />
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! rowspan=2| Country of origin
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! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
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| 1
| 100px
| Robert Guérin<br />
| 22 May 1904
| 4 June 1906
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| 2
| 100px
| Daniel Burley Woolfall<br />
| 4 June 1906
| 24 October 1918<br />(died in office)
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| –
| 100px
| Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman<br />
| 24 October 1918
| 28 August 1920
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|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| –
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Jules Rimet<br />
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 28 August 1920
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 1 March 1921
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"|
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| 3
| 1 March 1921
| 21 June 1954
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| 4
| 100px
| Rodolphe Seeldrayers<br />
| 21 June 1954
| 7 October 1955<br />(died in office)
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|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| –
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Arthur Drewry<br />
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 7 October 1955
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 9 June 1956
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"|
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| 5
| 9 June 1956
| 25 March 1961<br />(died in office)
|
|-style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| –
| 100px
| Ernst Thommen<br />
| 25 March 1961
| 28 September 1961
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| 6
| 100px
| Stanley Rous<br />
| 28 September 1961
| 8 May 1974
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| 7
| 100px
| João Havelange<br />
| 8 May 1974
| 8 June 1998
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| 8
| 100px
| Sepp Blatter<br />
| 8 June 1998
| 8 October 2015<br />(impeached)
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|-style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| –
| 100px
| Issa Hayatou<br />
| 8 October 2015
| 26 February 2016
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| 9
| 100px
| Gianni Infantino<br />
| 26 February 2016
| Incumbent
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| <br><br>
|}
Notes
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See also
- List of association football competitions
- List of presidents of AFC
- List of presidents of CAF
- List of presidents of CONCACAF
- List of presidents of CONMEBOL
- List of presidents of OFC
- List of presidents of UEFA