List of presidents of FIFA
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The following is a list of presidents of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world association football governing body.[1]
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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 |
Precursor | Sepp Blatter |
Inaugural holder | Robert Guérin |
Formation | 21 May 1904 |
Deputy | Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa |
Salary | £2.6 million (FIFA figures for 2015) |
Website | official website |
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The current president is Swiss-Italian Gianni Infantino.[2][3] Before him, Cameroonian Issa Hayatou was acting president after the impeachment of Sepp Blatter on 8 October 2015, which was later followed by a six-year ban from all football-related activities on 21 December 2015.[4][5]