List of presidents of AFC

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

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

Presidents of AFC
Presidency 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 Tunku Abdul Rahman 1958 1976 17–18 years  Malaysia
6 Kambiz Atabay 1 August 1976 9 December 1978 2 years, 130 days  Iran
7[2] Hamzah Abu Samah 9 December 1978 1 August 1994 15 years, 235 days  Malaysia
8[3] Ahmad Shah 1 August 1994 1 August 2002 8 years, 0 days  Malaysia
9[4] Mohammed bin Hammam 1 August 2002 29 May 2011 8 years, 301 days  Qatar
Acting[5] Zhang Jilong 29 May 2011 1 May 2013 1 year, 337 days  China
10[6] Salman Al-Khalifa 2 May 2013 Incumbent 6 years, 364 days  Bahrain

See also

References
  1. "Historic contest for AFC President". sportskeeda.com. 20 April 2013.
  2. "Malaysian leaders hail Hamzah's contribution - AFC". www.the-afc.com.
  3. FIFA.com (10 November 1996). "Sultan Ahmad Shah - A Man of Many Talents". fifa.com.
  4. "Rise and fall of Mohamed bin Hammam – timeline". 1 June 2014 – via The Guardian.
  5. http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/acting-afc-head-zhang-jilong-decides-against-running-as-replacement-for-bin-hammam
  6. Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg. "Asiatischer Fußballverband: Blatter-Vertrauter Al Khalifa bleibt im Amt - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Sport". SPIEGEL ONLINE.
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