List of presidents of the Asian Football Confederation
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The following is a list of presidents of Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the association football governing body in Asia.
| President of AFC | |
|---|---|
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Lo Man-kam |
| Formation | 1 August 1954 |
| Website | Official website |
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 |
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| 3 |  |
William Louey | 1956 | 1957 | 0–1 year | Hong Kong |
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| 4 | Chan Nam-cheong | 1957 | 1958 | 0–1 year | Hong Kong |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | 13 years, 100 days |  Bahrain |
[7] |