List of Presidents of UEFA

President of UEFA
Incumbent Aleksander Čeferin since 14 September 2016
Inaugural holder	Ebbe Schwartz
Formation	22 June 1954
Website	Official website

The following is a list of presidents of UEFA, the European association football governing body.

Presidents of UEFA

Presidency	Nationality	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure
1	Denmark	Ebbe Schwartz	22 June 1954	17 April 1962	7 years, 9 months, 27 days
2	Switzerland	Gustav Wiederkehr	17 April 1962	7 July 1972	10 years, 2 months, 21 days
Acting	Hungary	Sándor Barcs	7 July 1972	15 March 1973	8 months, 9 days
3	Italy	Artemio Franchi	15 March 1973	12 August 1983	10 years, 4 months, 29 days
4	France	Jacques Georges	12 August 1983^[1]	19 April 1990^[2]	6 years, 8 months, 8 days
5	Sweden	Lennart Johansson	19 April 1990	26 January 2007	16 years, 9 months, 8 days
6	France	Michel Platini	26 January 2007	8 October 2015 (suspended)^[3] 21 December 2015 (banned for 4 years)^[4]^[5]^[6]	8 years, 8 months, 13 days
Acting	Spain	Ángel María Villar	9 October 2015	14 September 2016	11 months, 7 days
7	Slovenia	Aleksander Čeferin	14 September 2016	Incumbent

Jacques Georges served as interim president before being elected in June 1984.
The title of Honorary President was conferred to Lennart Johansson upon leaving office.

Presidents of UEFA

Ebbe Schwartz (1954–1962) Gustav Wiederkehr (1962–1972) Sándor Barcs (1972–1973, acting) Artemio Franchi (1973–1983) Jacques Georges (1983–1990) Lennart Johansson (1990–2007) Michel Platini (2007–2015) Ángel María Villar (2015–2016, acting) Aleksander Čeferin (2016–present)

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