FIFA APPOINTS SENEGALESE FATMA SAMURA AS IT FIRST FEMALE SECRETARY GENERAL

Senegal UN diplomat Fatma Samoura was appointed new Secretary General of FIFA Friday, making her the first female number two never the governing body of world football.

According fifa.com, Samura, a veteran of 21 years of United Nations programs, is currently the resident UN / Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Nigeria. The announcement was made by the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, the 66th FIFA Congress in Mexico City.

"Fatma is a woman with experience and international vision who worked on some of the most challenging issues of our time," said Infantino. "She has a proven ability to build and lead teams, and improve the way organizations do. It is important for FIFA, it also understands that transparency and accountability are at the heart of any well managed and the organization responsible. "

As required under the laws of FIFA, Samura will undergo an eligibility check administered by the Independent Review Committee, in accordance with Article 37 of the FIFA Statutes. Samura assume the role of the FIFA Secretary General by mid-June

The former secretary general Jerome Valcke of France, was sacked in January and banned from soccer for 12 years of absence in television transactions and the sale of World Cup tickets - one of the many scandals that hit the FIFA. Markus Kattner Germany was the Secretary General of Service acting since.

The FIFA Congress is due to confirm a series of reforms to clean up the organization, which Infantino succeeded Sepp Blatter in February after its disgraced Swiss compatriot resigned.