List of presidents of the Confederation of African Football

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President of CAF
Patrice Motsepe.jpg
Incumbent
Patrice Motsepe
since 12 March 2021
Term length4 years
Inaugural holderAbdel Aziz Abdallah Salem
Formation10 February 1957

The following is a list of presidents of CAF,[1] the African association football governing body. The current President is Patrice Motsepe from South Africa.[2]

Presidents of CAF[]

Presidency Name Took office Left office Tenure Nationality
1 Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem 1957 1958 0–1 Egypt Egypt
2 1958 1968† 9–10 United Arab Republic Egypt
3 Abdel Halim Muhammad 1968 1972† 3–4 Sudan Sudan
4 Yidnekatchew Tessema 1972 18 August 1987† 15 years, 229 days Ethiopia Ethiopia
5 Abdel Halim Muhammad 18 August 1987 10 March 1988‡ 205 days Sudan Sudan
6 Issa Hayatou 10 March 1988 16 March 2017 29 years, 6 days Cameroon Cameroon
7 Ahmad Ahmad 16 March 2017 23 November 2020 3 years, 252 days Madagascar Madagascar
Acting Constant Omari 23 November 2020 29 January 2021 67 days Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
7 Ahmad Ahmad 29 January 2021[3] 12 March 2021 42 days Madagascar Madagascar
8 Patrice Motsepe 12 March 2021[4][2] Incumbent 355 days South Africa South Africa

† Indicates that the title of Honorary President was conferred upon leaving office.

‡ Acted for a transitional period from 18 August 1987 following Tessema's death in Addis Ababa due to illness, until 10 March 1988 when the general assembly was held in Casablanca and Issa Hayatou was elected president of CAF.

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References[]

  1. ^ "CAF Magazine "CAFOOT" - February 2007 Special Edition (p. 12:17)" (PDF). CAF. 2007-02-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  2. ^ a b Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Dr. Patrice Motsepe elected 7th CAF President unopposed in Rabat". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  3. ^ "Madagascar's Ahmad Ahmad Temporarily Reinstated as Head of the CAF". Africanews. 30 January 2021..
  4. ^ "Patrice Motsepe: Africa's ninth richest person appointed Caf president | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
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