List of presidents of the Asian Football Confederation

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President of AFC
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since 2 May 2013
Term length Four years
Inaugural holder Lo Man-kam
Formation1 August 1954
Website Official website

The following is a list of presidents of Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the association football governing body in Asia.

Contents

Presidents of AFC

No.PortraitName
(born–died)		Term of officeCountryRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Sir Man Kam Lo.png Lo Man-kam 8 May 195419540 yearsFlag of Hong Kong 1876.svg  Hong Kong [1]
2 Kwok Chan.jpg Kwok Chan 195419561–2 yearsFlag of Hong Kong 1955.svg  Hong Kong
3 William Louey.jpg William Louey 195619570–1 yearFlag of Hong Kong 1955.svg  Hong Kong
4 Chan Nam-cheong 195719580–1 yearFlag of Hong Kong 1955.svg  Hong Kong
5 Tunku abd rahman.jpg Tunku Abdul Rahman 1958197617–18 yearsFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia [2]
6 Kambiz Atabay.jpg Kambiz Atabay 1 August 19769 December 19782 years, 130 daysState Flag of Iran (1964).svg  Iran
7 Hamzah Abu Samah 9 December 19781 August 199415 years, 235 daysFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia [3]
8 Ahmad Shah 1 August 19941 August 20028 years, 0 daysFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia [4]
9 Bin Hamam 2010.jpg Mohammed bin Hammam 1 August 200229 May 20118 years, 301 daysFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar [5]
– Zhang Jilong.jpg Zhang Jilong
acting		29 May 20111 May 20131 year, 337 daysFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [6]
10 Salman Al-Khalifa.jpg Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa 2 May 2013Incumbent11 years, 337 daysFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Historic contest for AFC President". sportskeeda.com. 20 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Malaysian leaders hail Hamzah's contribution - AFC". www.the-afc.com.
  4. ↑ FIFA.com (10 November 1996). "Sultan Ahmad Shah - A Man of Many Talents". fifa.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Rise and fall of Mohamed bin Hammam – timeline". The Guardian. 1 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Acting AFC head Zhang Jilong decides against running as replacement for bin Hammam". 3 March 2013.
  7. ↑ Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg (30 April 2015). "Asiatischer Fußballverband: Blatter-Vertrauter Al Khalifa bleibt im Amt - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Sport". Der Spiegel.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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