List of presidents of FIBA
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Elected in the year of a FIBA Basketball World Cup
(non-renewable; geographical alternation)
| President of FIBA | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since 23 August 2023Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani | |
| Fédération Internationale de Basketball | |
| Member of | FIBA Central Board FIBA Executive Committee |
| Seat | Patrick Baumann House of Basketball (FIBA Headquarters), Mies, Switzerland |
| Appointer | FIBA Congress |
| Term length | Four years Elected in the year of a FIBA Basketball World Cup (non-renewable; geographical alternation) |
| Constituting instrument | FIBA General Statutes |
| Formation | 18 June 1932 |
| First holder | Léon Bouffard |
| Website | Official website |
The following is a list of presidents of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA /ˈfiːbə/ FEE-bə; French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball), the world basketball governing body.
The current president is Qatari Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani, elected on 23 August 2023, during the 22nd session of the FIBA Congress.[1] Al Thani is the third FIBA President from the FIBA Asia zone after Gonzalo Puyat II, who served from 1976 to 1984, and Carl Men Ky Ching, who served from 2002 to 2006.
The exact dates of when the FIBA presidents from 1932 to 1998 took and left office are currently unknown. Per the FIBA General Statutes, the geographical alternation for the FIBA Presidency during the 2023–2027 term will be in FIBA Asia.[2]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Country of origin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Léon Bouffard (1893–1981) |
1932 | 1948 |  Switzerland | ||
| 2 | Willard N. Greim (1890–1992) |
1948 | 1960 |  United States | ||
| 3 | Antonio dos Reis Carneiro (1899–1984) |
1960 | 1968 |  Brazil | ||
| 4 | Abdel Moneim Wahby (1911–1988) |
1968 | 1976 |  Egypt | ||
| 5 | Gonzalo Puyat II (1933–2013) |
1976 | 1984 |  Philippines | ||
| 6 |  |
Robert Busnel (1914–1991) |
1984 | 1990 |  France | |
| 7 |  |
George E. Killian (1924–2017) |
1990 | 1998 |  United States | |
| 8 | Abdoulaye Seye Moreau [fr] (1929–2020) |
1998 | 26 August 2002 |  Senegal | ||
| 9 | Carl Men Ky Ching [zh] (born 1940) |
26 August 2002[3] | 29 August 2006 | 4 years, 3 days |  Hong Kong | |
| 10 | Robert Elphinston (born 1941) |
29 August 2006[4] | 6 September 2010 | 4 years, 8 days |  Australia | |
| 11 |  |
Yvan Mainini (1944–2018) |
6 September 2010[5] | 28 August 2014 | 3 years, 356 days | France |
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Horacio Muratore (born 1951) |
28 August 2014[6] | 29 August 2019 | 5 years, 1 day[a] |  Argentina |
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Hamane Niang (born 1952) |
29 August 2019[8] | 23 August 2023 | 3 years, 359 days |  Mali |
| 14 | Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani | 23 August 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 70 days |  Qatar | |
