Lennart Johansson
Lennart Johansson | |
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Johansson in 2006 | |
| Honorary President of UEFA | |
| In office 26 January 2007 – 4 June 2019 | |
| President | Michel Platini Ángel María Villar (acting) Aleksander Čeferin |
| 5th President of UEFA | |
| In office 19 April 1990 – 26 January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques Georges |
| Succeeded by | Michel Platini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nils Lennart Johansson 5 November 1929 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 4 June 2019 (aged 89) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Children | 5 |
| Occupation | Football administrator |
Nils Lennart Johansson (5 November 1929 – 4 June 2019) was a Swedish sports official who served as the fifth and, to date, longest-serving president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations. He served in the position from his election at the UEFA Congress in 1990 until 2007. In June 1998, he contested the FIFA presidential election against Sepp Blatter, losing by 111 votes to 80.