Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa | |
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سلمان بن ابراهيم آل خليفة | |
![]() Al Khalifa in 2014 | |
Senior Vice President of FIFA | |
Assumed office 8 April 2018 | |
President | Gianni Infantino |
Preceded by | David Chung |
10th President of Asian Football Confederation | |
Assumed office 2 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | Zhang Jilong (acting) |
President of Bahrain Football Association | |
In office 2 October 2002 – 1 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | Abdulrahman Sayyar |
Succeeded by | Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa |
Personal details | |
Born | Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa November 2, 1965 Bahrain |
Alma mater | University of Bahrain |
Occupation | Football administrator |
Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa (Arabic: سلمان بن ابراهيم آل خليفة; born 2 November 1965) is a Bahraini football administrator. As of 2023[update] he is Senior Vice-president of the FIFA Council. He has been president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since 2 May 2013. Before becoming president of the AFC, he had been president of Bahrain Football Association (2002–13) and also chairman of the AFC Disciplinary Committee and deputy chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.
He is member of the House of Khalifa, the royal family of Bahrain, and has been accused of involvement in the crackdown on dissidents since the Arab Spring in Bahrain. He has denied these allegations.