President of AFC
Incumbent
Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa
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. Image President Took office Left office Tenure Nationality
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 Chan Nam-cheong 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 10 years, 240 days  Bahrain

See also

References

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  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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