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President of FIBA
Incumbent
Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani
since 23 August 2023
Fédération Internationale de Basketball
Member ofFIBA Central Board
FIBA Executive Committee
SeatPatrick Baumann House of Basketball (FIBA Headquarters), Mies, Switzerland
AppointerFIBA Congress
Term lengthFour years
Elected in the year of a FIBA Basketball World Cup
(non-renewable; geographical alternation)
Constituting instrumentFIBA General Statutes
Formation18 June 1932
First holderLéon Bouffard
WebsiteOfficial 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 Sheikh Saud Ali 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 Ching Men-ky, who served from 2002 to 2006.

Presidents of FIBA

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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
(1929–2020) 		1998 26 August 2002  Senegal
9 Ching Men-ky
(born 1940) 		26 August 2002[3] 29 August 2006 4 years, 3 days  China
( Hong Kong)
10 Robert Elphinston
(born 1941) 		29 August 2006[4] 6 September 2010 4 years, 8 days  Australia
11 Yvan Mainini Yvan Mainini
(1944–2018) 		6 September 2010[5] 28 August 2014 3 years, 356 days  France
12 Victory Ceremony Mens 3x3 Basketball 2018 YOG (3) Horacio Muratore
(born 1951) 		28 August 2014[6] 29 August 2019 5 years, 1 day[a]  Argentina
13 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 1 year, 125 days  Qatar

Notes

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  1. ^ The term was reset in 2019, following a decision during an extraordinary congress in Istanbul to move the FIBA Basketball World Cup from 2018 to 2019.[7] Hence, Muratore's term as FIBA President was for the 2014–2019 cycle.

References

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  1. ^ Askounis, Johnny (August 23, 2023). "Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani becomes the new FIBA president". Eurohoops. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "FIBA General Statutes (2021 edition)" (PDF). 3 June 2021. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Controversial HK businessman to head world basketball body". South China Morning Post. August 29, 2002. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  4. ^ Odeven, Ed (August 30, 2006). "Longtime basketballer Elphinston tapped as FIBA president". The Japan Times. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  5. ^ "PR N°27 – Mainini unanimously elected 11th FIBA President; World Congress ratifies 2010-2014 Central Board". 7 September 2010.
  6. ^ Long, Michael (September 1, 2014). "Horacio Muratore confirmed as new FIBA president". SportsPro. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  7. ^ "PR N°14 – Extraordinary World Congress unanimously adopts new FIBA General Statutes". 16 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Hamane Niang elected FIBA President for 2019-2023 term of office along with new Central Board members". 29 August 2019.
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