The Absent Of West African As Caf President Since The Creation In 1957 - 64 Years In Existence

Theabsenceof aWest AfricanasCAF president sincethecreationin195764YearsINEXISTENCE

Abdel HalimMuhammadaSudaneseEast AfricanservedasCAFpresident from1968to1972andfrom1987to1988

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) was founded in 1957 with the combined efforts of the founding countries like Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Africa.

CAFhas a membership of 54 countries, while the secretariat is situated in Egypt. As a governing body of soccer games in Africa, CAFmain competition is the men's national team's Africa Cup of Nations, which started in 1957. In 2019, the organization started another competition for men's national teams, the African Nations Championship which is composed exclusively of national players. In addition to the highly competitive Africa Cup of Nations and African Nations Championship, CAFis also involved in national competitions at Under-20 and Under-17 levels, including women's national teams, Africa Women Cup of Nations for senior national players, and the African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification at under-20 level and under-17 Cup of Nations for Women for under-17 years old.

As articulated above, the leadership structure, especially the president role of CAFhas been without any West African representation, despite the popularity of Western African players in the global scale. Someone from the West African region or Middle African should be given the opportunity to be merged as CAFpresent in order to balance the equation. It is notwithstanding that it will be appropriate to produce a President from West and Middle Africa to have a full coverage.

Abdel Halim Muhammad (10 April 1910 ? 16 April 2009) was a Sudanese politician and doctor. He served as the third president of the Confederation of African Football from 1968 to 1972 and again from 1987 to 1988.