List of Presidents of AFC

President of AFC
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Incumbent
Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa
since 2 May 2013
Term length Four years
Inaugural holder Lo Man Kam
Formation 1 August 1954
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The following is a list of presidents of Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the Asia association football governing body.

Presidents of AFC

Presidency President Took office Left office Nationality
1[1] Man-kam Lo 1954 1954  Hong Kong
2 Kwok Chan 1954 1956  Hong Kong
3 William Louey 1956 1957  Hong Kong
4 Chan Nam Cheong 1957 1958  Hong Kong
5 Tunku Abdul Rahman 1958 11 December, 1977[2]  Malaysia
6 Kambiz Atabay 1977 9 December 1978  Iran
7[3] Hamzah Abu Samah 9 December 1978 1 August 1994  Malaysia
8[4] Ahmad Shah 1 August 1994 1 August 2002  Malaysia
9[5] Mohammed bin Hammam 1 August 2002 29 May 2011  Qatar
Acting[6] Zhang Jilong 29 May 2011 1 May 2013  China
10[7] Salman Al-Khalifa 2 May 2013 present  Bahrain

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/historic-contest-for-afc-president
  2. ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/60th-anniversary-asias-history-makers-60th-anniversary-news/asian-icons-tunku-abdul-rahman-putra-al
  3. ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/malaysia/malaysian-leaders-hail-hamzahs-contribution
  4. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=1996/m=11/news=sultan-ahmad-shah-man-many-talents-71869.html
  5. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/01/mohamed-bin-hammam-timeline
  6. ↑ http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/acting-afc-head-zhang-jilong-decides-against-running-as-replacement-for-bin-hammam
  7. ↑ http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/salman-al-khalifa-ist-als-praesident-des-afc-gewaehlt-worden-a-1031519.html
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