Lennart Johansson

For the ice hockey player, see Lennart Johansson (ice hockey).

Lennart Johansson
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Honorary President of UEFA
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 January 2007
President	Michel Platini
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 (1929-11-05) 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.

The Lennart Johansson Bowl (Lennart Johanssons pokal), the trophy awarded to the Swedish football champions each year since 2001, is named after him.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Lennart Johansson profile at uefa.com

Civic offices
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