The following is a list of presidents of CAF^[1], the African football (soccer) governing body.

	Name	Nationality	Term
1.	Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem	Egypt	1957–1958
2.	General Abdel Aziz Moustafa†	Egypt	1958–1968
3.	Dr. Abdel Halim Mohammad†	Sudan	1968–1972
4.	Ydnekatchew Tessema†	Ethiopia	1972–1987
5.	Dr. Abdel Halim Mohammad‡	Sudan	1987–1988
6.	Issa Hayatou	Cameroon	1987–Present

^† indicates that the title of Honorary President was conferred upon leaving office.

^‡ Acted for a transitional period from 18 August 1987 following Tessema's death in Addis Ababa following an illness, till 10 March 1988 when the ordinary general assembly was held in Casablanca – Morocco and Issa Hayatou was elected as president of CAF.

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