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(Named Honorary FIFA President over a month after leaving office) 12 years, 222 days England: 7: João Havelange [note 5] (1916–2016) 8 May 1974 8 June 1998 (Named Honorary FIFA President on the day he left office, resigned on 30 April 2013) 24 years, 31 days Brazil: 8: Sepp Blatter (born 1936) 8 June 1998 8 October 2015 (impeached) [note 6]
On 26 February 2016, he was elected FIFA President for a period of three years. [19] Infantino, who holds dual Swiss and Italian citizenship through his parents, became the first Italian to hold the Presidency of FIFA. In 2017, Infantino criticized the United States travel ban on several Muslim-majority nations. He said "When it comes to FIFA ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. Swiss football administrator (born 1936) Sepp Blatter Blatter in 2015 8th President of FIFA In office 8 June 1998 – 21 December 2015 Preceded by João Havelange Succeeded by Issa Hayatou (acting) Gianni Infantino Secretary General of FIFA In office June 1981 – 8 June 1998 Preceded by ...
FIFA became a more commercial institution at this time. He increased the number of teams in the World Cup to 24 for the 1982 World Cup and then to 32 at the 1998 World Cup. He also brought Israel into the international game (affiliated to UEFA) and saw FIFA spread across the globe, with small nations such as Guam, Lesotho and Montserrat joining.
João Havelange elected to a third term as FIFA president. 44th 1984 Zürich 112 45th 1986 Mexico City 111 João Havelange elected to a fourth term as FIFA president. 46th 1988 Zürich 111 United States selected as the host of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. 47th 1990 Rome 130 João Havelange elected to a fifth term as FIFA president. 48th 1992 ...
In early 2017, reports became public about FIFA president Gianni Infantino attempting to prevent the re-elections [12] of both chairmen of the ethics committee, Cornel Borbély and Hans-Joachim Eckert, during the FIFA congress in May 2017.
Awarded the World Cup in 1966, Argentina did little to prepare for the event before the 1976 Argentine coup d'état that saw a military junta rule the country. In 1982 Carlos Lacoste, former de facto President of Argentina during the junta, became vice-president of FIFA.
The FIFA World Cup was first held in 1930, when FIFA, the world's football governing body, decided to stage an international men's football tournament under the era of FIFA president Jules Rimet who put this idea into place. Jules Rimet was the president of FIFA from 1921 to 1954.