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Landscape Master Template FIFA COMMITTEES 30 May 2015 Executive Committee: PRESIDENT Joseph S. BLATTER Switzerland SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT Issa HAYATOU Cameroon VICE-PRESIDENTS Ángel Maria VILLAR LLONA Spain Michel PLATINI France David CHUNG Papua New Guinea Alfredo HAWIT BANEGAS Honduras Shk. Salman Bin Ebrahim AL KHALIFA Bahrain Juan Ángel NAPOUT Paraguay David GILL England MEMBERS Michel D’HOOGHE Belgium Senes ERZIK Turkey Marios LEFKARITIS Cyprus Hany ABO RIDA Egypt Vitaly MUTKO Russia Marco Polo DEL NERO Brazil Sunil GULATI USA Lydia NSEKERA Burundi Luis BEDOYA Colombia Wolfgang NIERSBACH Germany Tarek BOUCHAMAOUI Tunisia Constant OMARI Democratic Republic of Congo H.R.H. Prince ABDULLAH Malaysia Shk. Ahmad Al Fahad AL SABAH Kuwait Kohzo TASHIMA Japan CO-OPTED MEMBERS Moya DODD Australia Sonia BIEN AIME Turks and Caicos Islands SECRETARY GENERAL Jérôme VALCKE France FIFA COMMITTEES – 30 May 2015 1 Emergency Committee: FIFA President Joseph S. BLATTER Switzerland CAF President Issa HAYATOU Cameroon UEFA President Michel PLATINI France OFC President David CHUNG Papua New Guinea ACTING CONCACAF President Alfredo Hawit BANEGAS Honduras AFC President Shk. Salman Bin Ebrahim AL KHALIFA Bahrain CONMEBOL President Juan Ángel NAPOUT Paraguay Finance Committee: Chairman: Issa HAYATOU Cameroon Deputy Chairman: David CHUNG Papua New Guinea Members: Alfredo HAWIT BANEGAS Honduras Juan Ángel NAPOUT Paraguay Shk. Salman bin Ebrahim AL KHALIFA Bahrain Marios LEFKARITIS Cyprus Representation of the FIFA Executive Committee members in the FIFA standing committees Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup™: Chairman: Michel PLATINI France Deputy Chairman: Marco Polo DEL NERO Brazil Members: Issa HAYATOU Cameroon Ángel Maria VILLAR LLONA Spain David CHUNG Papua New Guinea Alfredo Hawit BANEGAS Honduras Shk. Salman Bin Ebrahim AL KHALIFA Bahrain Juan Ángel NAPOUT Paraguay David GILL England Michel D’HOOGHE Belgium Senes ERZIK Turkey Marios LEFKARITIS Cyprus Hany ABO RIDA Egypt Vitaly MUTKO Russia FIFA COMMITTEES – 30 May 2015 1 Sunil GULATI USA Lydia NSEKERA Burundi Luis BEDOYA Colombia Wolfgang NIERSBACH Germany Tarek BOUCHAMAOUI Tunisia Constant OMARI Democratic Republic of Congo H.R.H. Prince ABDULLAH Malaysia Shk. Ahmad Al Fahad AL SABAH Kuwait Kohzo TASHIMA Japan Moya DODD Australia Sonia BIEN AIME Turks and Caicos Islands Special Advisors: Alexey SOROKIN Russia Hassan AL THAWADI Qatar Bureau 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™: Chairman: Michel PLATINI France Deputy Chairman: Marco Polo DEL NERO Brazil Members: Issa HAYATOU Cameroon David CHUNG Papua New Guinea Alfredo HAWIT BANEGAS Honduras Shk. Salman bin Ebrahim AL KHALIFA Bahrain Juan Ángel NAPOUT Paraguay Vitaly MUTKO Russia Special Advisors: Alexey SOROKIN Russia Committee for Women’s Football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup TM: Chairwoman: Lydia NSEKERA Deputy chairwoman: Moya DODD Member: Sonia BIEN AIME Organizing Committee for the FIFA U-20 World Cup: Chairman: Hany ABO RIDA Deputy chairman: Luis BEDOYA FIFA COMMITTEES – 30 May 2015 1 Beach Soccer Committee: Chairman: Marco Polo DEL NERO Deputy chairman: Senes ERZIK Organizing Committee for the FIFA U-17 World Cup: Chairman: Sunil GULATI Deputy chairman: Michel D’HOOGHE Member: Constant OMARI Organizing Committee for the FIFA Club World Cup: Chairman: David GILL Deputy chairman: Kohzo TASHIMA Member: Marco Polo DEL NERO Referees Committee: Chairman: Ángel Maria VILLAR LLONA Deputy chairman: Juan Ángel NAPOUT Member: Michel D’HOOGHE FIFA COMMITTEES – 30 May 2015 1 .
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