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==Presidents of FIFA== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! rowspan=2| Portrait ! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(born–died)}} ! colspan=3| Term of office ! rowspan=2| Country of origin |- ! Took office ! Left office ! Time in office |- | 1 | [[File:Robert Guérin 1906 year.jpg|100px]] | [[Robert Guérin]]<br />{{small|(1876–1952)}} | 22 May 1904 | 4 June 1906 | {{age in years and days|1904|5|23|1906|6|4}} | {{flag|France|1830}} |- | 2 | [[File:Daniel Burley Woolfall 1908 year.jpg|100px]] | [[Daniel Burley Woolfall]]<br />{{small|(1852–1918)}} | 4 June 1906 | 24 October 1918<br />(''died in office'') | {{age in years and days|1906|6|4|1918|10|24}} | {{flag|England}} |-style="background:#e6e6aa;" | – | [[File:C. A. W. Hirschmann.jpg|100px]] | [[Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman]]{{refn|group=note|Named Honorary FIFA Secretary}}<br />{{small|(1877–1951)<br />''acting''}} | 24 October 1918 | 28 August 1920{{refn|group=note|name=Antwerp 1920|Rimet was provisionally placed in control of FIFA as chairman during the [[1920 Summer Olympics]] in [[Antwerp]], Belgium.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/jules-rimet-the-father-the-world-cup-71489 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927144814/https://www.fifa.com/news/jules-rimet-the-father-the-world-cup-71489 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 September 2020 |title=Jules Rimet: The Father of the World Cup |work=FIFA |date=17 June 1998 |access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/history-fifa-more-associations-follow-450 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411140828/https://www.fifa.com/news/history-fifa-more-associations-follow-450 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 April 2021 |title=History of FIFA – More associations follow |work=FIFA |access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref>}} |{{age in years and days|1918|10|24|1920|8|28}} | {{flag|Netherlands}} |- | style="background:#e6e6aa;"| – | rowspan="2" | [[File:Jules Rimet in 1920.jpg|100px]] | rowspan="2" | [[Jules Rimet]]{{refn|group=note|Named Honorary FIFA President on 21 June 1954}}<br />{{small|(1873–1956)}} | style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 28 August 1920{{refn|group=note|name=Antwerp 1920}} | style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 1 March 1921 | style="background:#e6e6aa;"| {{age in years and days|1920|8|28|1921|03|01}} | rowspan="2" | {{flag|France|1830}} |- | 3 | 1 March 1921 | 21 June 1954 |{{age in years and days|1921|03|01|1954|6|21}} |- | 4 | [[File:Rodolphe Seeldrayers.jpg|100px]] | [[Rodolphe Seeldrayers]]<br />{{small|(1876–1955)}} | 21 June 1954 | 7 October 1955<br />(''died in office'') | {{age in years and days|1954|6|21|1955|10|7}} | {{flag|Belgium}} |- | style="background:#e6e6aa;"| – | rowspan="2" | [[File:Arthur Drewry.jpg|100px]] | rowspan="2" | [[Arthur Drewry]]<br />{{small|(1891–1961)}} | style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 7 October 1955 | style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 9 June 1956 | style="background:#e6e6aa;"| {{ayd|1955|10|7|1956|06|09}} | rowspan="2" | {{flag|England}} |- | 5 | 9 June 1956 | 25 March 1961<br />(''died in office'') | {{age in years and days|1956|06|09|1961|3|25}} |-style="background:#e6e6aa;" | – | [[File:Ernst B. Thommen.jpg|100px]] | [[Ernst Thommen]]<br />{{small|(1899–1967)<br />''acting''}} | 25 March 1961 | 28 September 1961 | {{age in years and days|1961|3|25|1961|9|28}} | {{flag|Switzerland}} |- | 6 | [[File:Stanley Rous.jpg|100px]] | [[Stanley Rous]]{{refn|group=note|Named Honorary FIFA President on 11 June 1974}}<br />{{small|(1895–1986)}} | 28 September 1961 | 8 May 1974 | {{age in years and days|1961|9|28|1974|5|8}} | {{flag|England}} |- | 7 | [[File:João Havelange.jpg|100px]] | [[João Havelange]]{{refn|group=note|Named Honorary FIFA President on 8 June 1998}}<br />{{small|(1916–2016)}} | 8 May 1974 | 8 June 1998 | {{age in years and days|1974|5|8|1998|6|8}} | {{flag|Brazil}} |- | 8 | [[File:Йозеф Блаттер.jpg|100px]] | [[Sepp Blatter]]<br />{{small|(born 1936)}} | 8 June 1998 | 8 October 2015<br />(''impeached''){{refn|group=note|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.<ref name="FIFA"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35655454 |title=Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced |access-date= 24 February 2016 |work= BBC Sport }}</ref>}} | {{age in years and days|1998|6|8|2015|10|8}} | {{flag|Switzerland}} |-style="background:#e6e6aa;" | – | [[File:Issa Hayatou (cropped).jpg|100px]] | [[Issa Hayatou]]{{refn|group=note|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Acting FIFA President Issa Hayatou|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/acting-president/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010023004/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/acting-president/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 October 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|website=FIFA.com|date=December 21, 2015|access-date=December 22, 2015|quote="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."}}</ref>}}<br />{{small|(1946–2024)<br />''acting''}} | 8 October 2015 | 26 February 2016 | {{age in years and days|2015|10|8|2016|2|26}} | {{flag|Cameroon}} |- | 9 | [[File:Gianni Infantino (2020) (cropped).jpg|100px]] | [[Gianni Infantino]]<br />{{small|(born 1970)}} | 26 February 2016 | ''Incumbent'' | {{age in years and days|2016|2|26}} | {{flag|Switzerland}}<br>{{flag|Italy}} |} '''Notes''' {{reflist|group=note}}
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