Lennart Johansson
| Lennart Johansson | |
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 Lennart Johansson in 2006 | |
| Honorary President of UEFA | |
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Assumed office 26 January 2007 | |
| President | Michel Platini |
| 5th President of UEFA | |
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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 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Football administrator (retired) |
Nils Lennart Johansson (born 5 November 1929) was the fifth and, to date, the longest serving president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, from his election at UEFA's Malta Congress in 1990 until 2007.
Career
He started as a leader in the sport of bandy in Sweden for his hometown team AIK. Johansson then came through the ranks in the Swedish Football Association, and served as the association's president between 1984 and 1991. Johansson is probably most famous for starting the UEFA Champions League and for bringing the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship to his native Sweden. Johansson was named Honorary UEFA President by his successor Michel Platini at the Düsseldorf Congress in January 2007.
In October 2007, he was appointed chairman of a committee for bringing bandy into the Olympic programme.[1]
The Lennart Johansson Bowl (Lennart Johanssons pokal), the trophy awarded to the Swedish football champions each year since 2001, is named after him.
References
- ↑ "Lennart Johansson satsar på bandy" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
External links
Media related to Lennart Johansson at Wikimedia Commons
| Civic offices | ||
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| Preceded by Gösta Ellhammar |
Chairman of AIK 1967–1980 |
Succeeded by Carl Erik Hedlund |
| Preceded by Gunnar Ericsson |
Chairman of the Swedish Football Association 1985–1990 |
Succeeded by Lars-Åke Lagrell |
| Preceded by Jacques Georges |
President of UEFA 1990–2007 |
Succeeded by Michel Platini |