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

No.PortraitName (born–died)Term of officeCountry of origin
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1Robert Guérin (1876–1952)22 May 19044 June 19062 years, 12 daysFrance
2Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852–1918)4 June 190624 October 1918 (died in office)12 years, 142 daysEngland
–Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman (1877–1951) acting24 October 191828 August 19201 year, 309 daysNetherlands
–Jules Rimet (1873–1956)28 August 19201 March 1921185 daysFrance
31 March 192121 June 195433 years, 112 days
4Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1876–1955)21 June 19547 October 1955 (died in office)1 year, 108 daysBelgium
–Arthur Drewry (1891–1961)7 October 19559 June 1956246 daysEngland
59 June 195625 March 1961 (died in office)4 years, 289 days
–Ernst Thommen (1899–1967) acting25 March 196128 September 1961187 daysSwitzerland
6Stanley Rous (1895–1986)28 September 19618 May 197412 years, 222 daysEngland
7João Havelange (1916–2016)8 May 19748 June 199824 years, 31 daysBrazil
8Sepp Blatter (born 1936)8 June 19988 October 2015 (impeached)17 years, 122 daysSwitzerland
–Issa Hayatou (1946–2024) acting8 October 201526 February 2016141 daysCameroon
9Gianni Infantino (born 1970)26 February 2016Incumbent10 years, 51 daysSwitzerland Italy Lebanon

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External links

  • . fifa.com.