Lennart Johansson
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Lennart Johansson (born November 5, 1929) was the president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations from 1990 until 2007. In April 2005 he was re-elected for a new two-year period, and announced that he would seek another four-year term. [1] However, he lost the UEFA leadership election of 26 January, 2007 to Michel Platini.
Johansson is also the vice-president of FIFA, and in 1998 he was a candidate to succeed Brazilian João Havelange as the organisation's president, but was defeated by Sepp Blatter.
Lennart Johansson is Swedish, lives in Stockholm and was the president of local football club AIK's football section until he stepped down in 2005.
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| Preceded by Jacques Georges |
President of UEFA 1990–2007 |
Succeeded by Michel Platini |
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