{"id":214157,"date":"2016-05-13T16:55:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T16:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=214157"},"modified":"2016-05-13T16:55:01","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T16:55:01","slug":"fifa-appoints-first-female-secretary-general-to-succeed-jerome-valcke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=214157","title":{"rendered":"Fifa appoints first female secretary general to succeed Jerome Valcke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senegal’s Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura has been appointed as Fifa’s first female secretary general.<\/p>\n

She succeeds former secretary general Jerome Valcke, who was banned from football-related activity for 12 years.<\/p>\n

Samoura, 54, spent 21 years working for the United Nations and will start at football’s governing body in June.<\/p>\n

“It is essential Fifa incorporates fresh perspectives as we continue to restore and rebuild our organisation,” said Fifa president Gianni Infantino.<\/p>\n

“She has a proven ability to build and lead teams, and improve the way organisations perform. Importantly for Fifa, she also understands that transparency and accountability are at the heart of any well-run and responsible organisation.”<\/p>\n

Samoura’s appointment, announced at Fifa’s congress in Mexico City, completes a new-look to an organisation which has been dogged by corruption allegations under Valcke and previous president Sepp Blatter.<\/p>\n

Blatter, who had led Fifa since 1998, stood down last year and was later suspended from football for six years for breaching ethics guidelines.<\/p>\n

On his appointment in February, Infantino said he would “work tirelessly to bring football back to Fifa and Fifa back to football”.<\/p>\n

Samoura, who will undergo an eligibility check before her role is ratified, currently works for the UN in Nigeria, and speaks four languages.<\/p>\n

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Gianni Infantino made the announcement at the Fifa congress in Mexico City<\/figcaption>
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Samoura ‘honoured’ to take up new role<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She started her UN career as a senior logistics officer with the World Food Programme in Rome in 1995 and has since served as country representative or director in six African countries, including Nigeria.<\/p>\n

“Today is a wonderful day for me, and I am honoured to take on this role,” she said.<\/p>\n

“This role is a perfect fit for my skills and experience – strategic, high-impact team building in international settings – which I will use to help grow the game of football all over the world.<\/p>\n

“I also look forward to bringing my experience in governance and compliance to bear on the important reform work that is already underway at Fifa.<\/p>\n

“Fifa is taking a fresh approach to its work – and I am eager to play a role in making that approach as effective and lasting as possible.”<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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