Lennart Johansson | |
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.jpg) Johansson in 2006 | |
| Honorary President of UEFA | |
| In office 26 January 2007 – 4 June 2019 | |
| President | Michel Platini Ángel María Villar (acting) Aleksander Čeferin |
| 5th President of UEFA | |
| In office 19 April 1990 – 26 January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques Georges |
| Succeeded by | Michel Platini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nils Lennart Johansson 5 November 1929 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 4 June 2019 (aged 89) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Children | 5 |
| Occupation | Football administrator |
Nils Lennart Johansson (5 November 1929 – 4 June 2019) was a Swedish sports official who served as the fifth and, to date, longest-serving president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations. He served in the position from his election at the UEFA Congress in 1990 until 2007.[1] In June 1998, he contested the FIFA presidential election against Sepp Blatter, losing by 111 votes to 80.
- ^ "Sweden's former Uefa president Lennart Johansson dies aged 89". The Local. 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.