FIFA Presidents

List of FIFA Presidents 1904 – 2023

The current FIFA president is Swiss-Italian Gianni Infantino who was elected on 26 February 2016.

The current FIFA president name is Gianni Infantino. The 2015 election took place on 29th May with Sepp Blatter winning a 5th term in office (to 2019) while Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan opposed him. Candidates who withdrew include French footballer David Ginola, Portuguese football legend Luis Figo, Dutch FA President Michael van Praag & former FIFA executive Jérôme Champagne. Shortly after Blatter’s win, he was forced to resign and new elections took place on 26th February 2016 with Prince Ali, Jérôme Champagne, Tokyo Sexwale, Sheik Salman and Gianni Infantino vying to become FIFA’s 9th President. Sexwale withdrew before the election and Switzerland’s Gianni Infantino was victorious after a second ballot. The first FIFA president was Robert Guérin from France.

List of FIFA Presidents


Presidency	President	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Took office	Left office	Years Active	Nationality
1	Robert Guérin	1876	1952	1904	1906	2		France
2	Daniel Burley Woolfall	June 15, 1852	October 24, 1918	1906	1918	12		England
3	Jules Rimet	October 14, 1873	October 16, 1956	1921	1954	33		France
4	Rodolphe Seeldrayers	December 16, 1876	October 7, 1955	1954	1955	1		Belgium
5	Arthur Drewry	March 3, 1891	March 25, 1961	1955	1961	6		England
6	Stanley Rous	April 25, 1895	July 18, 1986	1961	1974	13		England
7	João Havelange	May 8, 1916	-	1974	1998	24		Brazil
8	Sepp Blatter	March 10, 1936	-	1998	2015	17		Switzerland
9	Gianni Infantino	March 23, 1970	-	2016	Incumbent			Italy