| President of FIFA | |
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| 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 three times) |
| 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 the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world association football governing body.[1]
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.[2][3] 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.[4][5]
- ^ "The eight Presidents" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ "Gianni Infantino elected FIFA President". FIFA.com (Press release). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 February 2016. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Baxter, Kevin (26 February 2016). "Gianni Infantino is elected FIFA president". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "Issa Hayatou takes temporary charge of Fifa". BBC Sport. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Sepp Blatter: End of era for Fifa boss". BBC. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2018.