List of presidents of the Asian Football Confederation

President of AFC
since 2 May 2013
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderLo Man-kam
Formation1 August 1954
WebsiteOfficial website

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

Presidents of AFC

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Country Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Lo Man-kam 8 May 1954 1954 0 years Hong Kong [1]
2 Kwok Chan 1954 1956 1–2 years Hong Kong
3 William Louey 1956 1957 0–1 year Hong Kong
4 Chan Nam-cheong 1957 1958 0–1 year Hong Kong
5 Tunku Abdul Rahman 1958 1976 17–18 years Malaysia [2]
6 Kambiz Atabay 1 August 1976 9 December 1978 2 years, 130 days Iran
7 Hamzah Abu Samah 9 December 1978 1 August 1994 15 years, 235 days Malaysia [3]
8 Ahmad Shah 1 August 1994 1 August 2002 8 years, 0 days Malaysia [4]
9 Mohammed bin Hammam 1 August 2002 29 May 2011 8 years, 301 days Qatar [5]
– Zhang Jilong
acting 		29 May 2011 1 May 2013 1 year, 337 days China [6]
10 Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa 2 May 2013 Incumbent 12 years, 65 days 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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