List of presidents of FIFA - wikipedia List of presidents of FIFA President of FIFA Incumbent Gianni Infantino since 26 February 2016 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 The following is a list of presidents of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the world association football governing body. 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. Prior to his election, 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. Contents 1 Presidents of FIFA 2 Timeline 3 See also 4 References Presidents of FIFA Presidency President Date of birth Date of death Took office Left office Tenure Nationality Robert Guérin 28 June 1876 19 March 1952 ( aged 75 ) 23 May 1904 4 June 1906 2 years, 12 days France Daniel Burley Woolfall 15 June 1852 24 October 1918 ( aged 66 ) 4 June 1906 24 October 1918 ( died ) 12 years, 142 days United Kingdom Acting Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman 16 February 1877 26 June 1951 ( aged 74 ) 24 October 1918 ( acting ) 1920 1 year, 309 days Netherlands Acting ( chairman ) Jules Rimet 14 October 1873 16 October 1956 ( aged 83 ) 1920 ( acting ) 1 March 1921 185 days France 1 March 1921 21 June 1954 33 years, 112 days Rodolphe Seeldrayers 16 December 1876 7 October 1955 ( aged 78 ) 21 June 1954 7 October 1955 ( died ) 1 year, 108 days Belgium Acting Arthur Drewry 3 March 1891 25 March 1961 ( aged 70 ) 7 October 1955 ( acting ) 9 June 1956 246 days United Kingdom 9 June 1956 25 March 1961 ( died ) 4 years, 289 days Acting Ernst Thommen 23 January 1899 14 May 1967 ( aged 68 ) 25 March 1961 ( acting ) 28 September 1961 187 days Switzerland 6 Stanley Rous 25 April 1895 18 July 1986 ( aged 91 ) 28 September 1961 8 May 1974 12 years, 222 days United Kingdom 7 João Havelange 8 May 1916 16 August 2016 ( aged 100 ) 8 May 1974 8 June 1998 24 years, 31 days Brazil 8 Sepp Blatter ( 1936 - 03 - 10 ) 10 March 1936 ( age 82 ) Living 8 June 1998 8 October 2015 ( impeached ) 17 years, 122 days Switzerland Acting Issa Hayatou ( 1946 - 08 - 09 ) 9 August 1946 ( age 71 ) Living 8 October 2015 ( acting ) 26 February 2016 141 days Cameroon 9 Gianni Infantino ( 1970 - 03 - 23 ) 23 March 1970 ( age 48 ) Living 26 February 2016 Incumbent 2 years, 151 days Switzerland Notes Jump up ^ Named Honorary FIFA Secretary Jump up ^ Named Honorary FIFA President on 21 June 1954 Jump up ^ Named Honorary FIFA President on 11 June 1974 Jump up ^ Named Honorary FIFA President on 8 June 1998 Jump up ^ Following his suspension, Blatter was given a six year ban on 21 December 2015. Jump up ^ Following the provisional ban on Sepp Blatter, Issa Hayatou assumed the Office of FIFA President on an interim basis in accordance with article 32 ( 6 ) of the FIFA Statutes because Hayatou was the longest - serving vice-president on FIFA 's Executive Committee. Timeline See also List of Presidents of AFC List of Presidents of CAF List of Presidents of CONCACAF List of Presidents of CONMEBOL List of Presidents of OFC List of Presidents of UEFA References Jump up ^ `` The eight Presidents '' ( PDF ). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 December 2016. Jump up ^ `` Gianni Infantino elected FIFA President ''. FIFA.com ( Press release ). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. February 26, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018. Jump up ^ Baxter, Kevin ( February 26, 2016 ). `` Gianni Infantino is elected FIFA president ''. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Issa Hayatou takes temporary charge of Fifa ''. BBC Sport. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Sepp Blatter : End of era for Fifa boss ''. BBC. December 21, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced ''. BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2016. Jump up ^ `` Acting FIFA President Issa Hayatou ''. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. December 21, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2015. On 8 October 2015, given the decision of the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Independent Ethics Committee to provisionally ban Joseph S. Blatter from all football activities on a national and international level, Issa Hayatou assumed the Office of FIFA President on an interim basis, as the longest - serving vice-president on FIFA 's Executive Committee - according to article 32 ( 6 ) of the FIFA Statutes. FIFA History of FIFA FIFA Anthem FIFA Congress FIFA Council FIFA Ethics Committee FIFA headquarters Football at the Summer Olympics List of football federations International Football Association Board Timeline of association football Football codes Association football Beach soccer Futsal Confederations AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA Men 's tournaments FIFA World Cup FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA U-20 World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA Club World Cup FIFA Futsal World Cup FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Blue Stars / FIFA Youth Cup Women 's tournaments FIFA Women 's World Cup FIFA U-20 Women 's World Cup FIFA U-17 Women 's World Cup FIFA Women 's Club World Cup Other tournaments FIFA eWorld Cup Presidents Robert Guérin ( 1904 -- 1906 ) Daniel Burley Woolfall ( 1906 -- 1918 ) Jules Rimet ( 1921 -- 1954 ) Rodolphe Seeldrayers ( 1954 -- 1955 ) Arthur Drewry ( 1955 -- 1961 ) Stanley Rous ( 1961 -- 1974 ) João Havelange ( 1974 -- 1998 ) Sepp Blatter ( 1998 -- 2015 ) Issa Hayatou ( 2015 -- 2016, acting ) Gianni Infantino ( 2016 -- present ) General Secretaries Louis Muhlinghaus ( 1904 -- 1906 ) Wilhelm Hirschman ( 1906 -- 1931 ) Ivo Schricker ( 1932 -- 1951 ) Kurt Gassmann ( 1951 -- 1960 ) Helmut Käser ( 1961 -- 1981 ) Sepp Blatter ( 1981 -- 1998 ) Michel Zen - Ruffinen ( 1998 -- 2002 ) Urs Linsi ( 2002 -- 2007 ) Jérôme Valcke ( 2007 -- 2015 ) Markus Kattner ( 2015 -- 2016, acting ) Fatma Samoura ( 2016 -- present ) Awards FIFA 100 FIFA Ballon d'Or FIFA Club of the Century FIFA Development Award FIFA Fair Play Award FIFA Female Player of the Century FIFA FIFPro World XI FIFA Order of Merit FIFA Player of the Century FIFA Presidential Award FIFA Puskás Award FIFA Women 's World Cup awards FIFA World Coach of the Year FIFA World Cup All - Time Team FIFA World Cup Dream Team FIFA World Cup awards FIFA World Player of the Year The Best FIFA Football Awards Rankings FIFA World Rankings ( Former systems : 1999 -- 2006 2006 -- 2018 ) FIFA Women 's World Rankings Congresses 51st ( Paris 1998 ) 53rd ( Seoul 2002 ) 61st ( Zürich 2011 ) 65th ( Zürich 2015 ) Extraordinary ( Zürich 2016 ) Corruption `` FIFA 's Dirty Secrets '' Garcia Report 2015 FIFA corruption case List of banned football officials Others FIFA ( video game series ) List of FIFA country codes FIFA Disciplinary Code FIFA Fan Fest FIFA Futbol Mundial FIFA eligibility rules FIFA International Match Calendar FIFA International Referees List FIFA Master FIFA Transfer Matching System FIFA World Cup Trophy Non-FIFA United Passions Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_presidents_of_FIFA&oldid=850567971 '' Categories : Presidents of FIFA Lists of presidents of organizations Association football - related lists Hidden categories : Pages using Timeline Use dmy dates from April 2017 All articles with vague or ambiguous time Vague or ambiguous time from December 2016 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca বাংলা Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Català Dansk Español فارسی Føroyskt 한국어 Հայերեն Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia ქართული Latviešu Lietuvių მარგალური مصرى 日本 語 Norsk Português Română Русский Simple English Slovenščina Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 22 more Edit links This page was last edited on 16 July 2018, at 17 : 30 ( UTC ). 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Question: what is the name of the new fifa president
Answer: Gianni Infantino