The following is a list of presidents of CAF, the African association football governing body. The current President is Patrice Motsepe from South Africa.

Presidents of CAF
Presidency Name Took office Left office Tenure Nationality

1 Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem 1957 1958 0–1 Egypt Egypt

2 Abdel Aziz Moustafa 1958 1968† 9–10 United Arab Republic Egypt

3 Abdel Halim Muhammad 1968 1972† 3–4 Sudan Sudan

4 Yidnekatchew Tessema 1972 18 August 1987† 15 years, 229 days Ethiopia Ethiopia

5 Abdel Halim Muhammad 18 August 1987 10 March 1988‡ 205 days Sudan Sudan

6 Issa Hayatou 10 March 1988 16 March 2017 29 years, 6 days Cameroon Cameroon

7 Ahmad Ahmad 16 March 2017 23 November 2020 3 years, 252 days Madagascar Madagascar

Acting Constant Omari 23 November 2020 29 January 2021 67 days Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo

7 Ahmad Ahmad 29 January 2021 12 March 2021 43 days Madagascar Madagascar

8 Patrice Motsepe 12 March 2021 Incumbent 2 days South Africa South Africa