List of presidents of AFC
President of AFC | |
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Incumbent Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa since 2 May 2013 | |
Term length | Four years |
Inaugural holder | Lo Man-kam |
Formation | 1 August 1954 |
Website | Official website |
The following is a list of presidents of Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the association football governing body in Asia.
Presidents of AFC[]
Presidency | President | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Nationality |
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1[1] | Lo Man-kam | 1954 | 1954 | Hong Kong | |
2 | Kwok Chan | 1954 | 1956 | 1–2 years | Hong Kong |
3 | William Louey | 1956 | 1957 | 0–1 year | Hong Kong |
4 | 1957 | 1958 | 0–1 year | Hong Kong | |
5[2] | Tunku Abdul Rahman | 1958 | 1976 | 17–18 years | Malaysia |
6 | Kambiz Atabay | 1 August 1976 | 9 December 1978 | 2 years, 130 days | Iran |
7[3] | Hamzah Abu Samah | 9 December 1978 | 1 August 1994 | 15 years, 235 days | Malaysia |
8[4] | Ahmad Shah | 1 August 1994 | 1 August 2002 | 8 years, 0 days | Malaysia |
9[5] | Mohammed bin Hammam | 1 August 2002 | 29 May 2011 | 8 years, 301 days | Qatar |
Acting[6] | Zhang Jilong | 29 May 2011 | 1 May 2013 | 1 year, 337 days | China |
10[7] | Salman Al-Khalifa | 2 May 2013 | Incumbent | 8 years, 304 days | Bahrain |
See also[]
- List of presidents of FIFA
- List of presidents of UEFA
- List of presidents of CAF
- List of presidents of CONCACAF
- List of presidents of CONMEBOL
- List of presidents of OFC
References[]
- ^ "Historic contest for AFC President". sportskeeda.com. 20 April 2013.
- ^ "ASIAN ICONS: TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN PUTRA AL HAJ". AFC at Wayback Machine. 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Malaysian leaders hail Hamzah's contribution - AFC". www.the-afc.com.
- ^ FIFA.com (10 November 1996). "Sultan Ahmad Shah - A Man of Many Talents". fifa.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016.
- ^ "Rise and fall of Mohamed bin Hammam – timeline". 1 June 2014 – via The Guardian.
- ^ "Acting AFC head Zhang Jilong decides against running as replacement for bin Hammam". 3 March 2013.
- ^ Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg (30 April 2015). "Asiatischer Fußballverband: Blatter-Vertrauter Al Khalifa bleibt im Amt - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Sport". Der Spiegel.
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