Presidency
The President is the external face of the FIA, acting as the voice of the institution and taking part in all ceremonial events. He/she takes executive decisions on behalf of the FIA in areas delegated by the FIA bodies and ultimately the General Assembly.
FIA President (since 2009)
Jean Todt was born on 25th February 1946 at Pierrefort, Cantal (France). He has one son, Nicolas, aged 35. He shares his life with Michelle Yeoh.
After High School,...
FIA President
(1993 - 2009)
Max Mosley was born in London in 1940 and attended schools in Britain, France and Germany. He went on to study at Oxford University, where he read physics and was...
FIA President
(1985 - 1993)
Born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in 1921, Jean-Marie Balestre was a self-made man who had a life-long interest and involvement in motor sport. Following WWII, during which...
FIA President
(1975 - 1985)
Born in 1917, Prince Paul Alfons Von Metternich-Winneburg was a German-Austrian aristocrat. He attended boarding school in Switzerland before pursuing a career as a...
FIA President
(1971 - 1975)
Prince Amaury de Merode was born into one of the most distinguished princely houses of the Belgian nobility in 1902. He began his career by joining the army in 1930 and...
FIA President
(1965 - 1971)
Born in 1892, Wilfrid Andrews was the first British President of the FIA.
As Chairman of the RAC of Great Britain, a position he held for three decades, Andrews aimed...
FIA President
(1963 - 1965)
Born in 1903 in Naples, Prince Filippo Caracciolo was the eighth prince of Castagneto. A multi-lingual career diplomat holding a doctorate in economics and social...
FIA President
(1958 - 1963)
Born in 1887 of Franco-Belgian origins, Count Hadelin de Liedekerke Beaufort was elected president of the FIA in 1958, beating the only other candidate Prince Amaury de...
AIACR President
(1936 - 1946)
FIA President
(1946 - 1958)
Viscount Jehan de Rohan-Chabot was born in 1884 and came from a family with regal connections in France and Brittany. A medical doctor by training, he served as a...
AIACR President
(1931 - 1936)
Descended from a family of high-ranking diplomats, Count Robert de Vogüé was already a decorated war hero before entering the world of the automobile. He was awarded the...
AIACR President
(1904 - 1931)
Born in Belgium in 1860 to a prominent family of ambassadors and statesmen, Baron de Zuylen de Nyevelt was a banker by profession and married into the Rothschild family...