List of presidents of UEFA

President of UEFA
Incumbent Aleksander Čeferin since 14 September 2016
UEFA
Appointer	UEFA Congress
Term length	Four years renewable
Formation	22 June 1954
First holder	Ebbe Schwartz
Succession	First vice-president
Website	Official website

The following is a list of presidents of UEFA, the European association football governing body.

Presidents of UEFA

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Country	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Ebbe Schwartz (1901–1964)	22 June 1954	17 April 1962	7 years, 299 days	Denmark
2		Gustav Wiederkehr (1905–1972)	17 April 1962	7 July 1972 †	10 years, 76 days	Switzerland
–		Sándor Barcs (1912–2010) acting	7 July 1972	15 March 1973	251 days	Hungary
3		Artemio Franchi (1922–1983)	15 March 1973	12 August 1983 †	10 years, 150 days	Italy
4		Jacques Georges (1916–2004)	12 August 1983	19 April 1990	6 years, 250 days	France	[1]
5		Lennart Johansson (1929–2019)	19 April 1990	26 January 2007	16 years, 282 days	Sweden	[1]
6		Michel Platini (1955–)	26 January 2007	8 October 2015 [a]	8 years, 255 days	France
–		Ángel María Villar (1950–) acting	9 October 2015	14 September 2016	341 days	Spain
7		Aleksander Čeferin (1967–)	14 September 2016	Incumbent	8 years, 202 days	Slovenia

Notes

• Jacques Georges served as interim president before being elected on 26 June 1984.
• The title of Honorary President was conferred to Jacques Georges upon leaving office until his death in 2004.
• The title of Honorary President was conferred to Lennart Johansson upon leaving office until his death in 2019.

See also

• List of association football competitions
• List of presidents of FIFA
• 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

Notes

1. Date of suspension; ^[2] Banned for 6 years on 21 December 2015. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. "Past presidents". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
2. Sport (8 October 2015). "Angel Maria Villar will be interim president of UEFA - liga-bbva". sport-english.com.
3. "Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini lose Fifa appeals but bans reduced". BBC Sport. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
4. "Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini given eight-year bans by FIFA". ESPN.

External links

• UEFA – Past presidents