Ahmad Ahmad was born on 30 December 1959 and is a Malagasy politician and football administrator best known for serving as the 7th president of the Confederation of African Football and vice-president of FIFA from 2017 to 2021.
16 Facts About Ahmad Ahmad
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Ahmad Ahmad was born in Madagascar, in the town of Mahajanga, on 30 December 1959.
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From 1979 to 1981, Ahmad Ahmad followed a preparatory course in public and private law.
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In 2006, after continuing his studies at the Claude Bernard University of Lyon, Ahmad Ahmad obtained a Master 2 in Sport Management, specializing in "Management of Sports Organisations".
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Ahmad Ahmad began his career at Tambohorano College and Mahajanga High School where he was a Physical and Sports Education teacher.
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Ahmad Ahmad was then Technical Advisor to the National Assembly, then Director of Cabinet of the Minister of Fisheries and Fishery Resources.
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Ahmad Ahmad was elected President of the Malagasy Football Federation in 2003, and became a member of the executive committee of the African Football Confederation the same year.
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On 17 March 2017, at the CAF General Assembly in Addis Ababa, the year of the 60th anniversary of the institution, Ahmad Ahmad won the election by obtaining 34 votes out of 54 voters, ending the 29 years presidency of Issa Hayatou.
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Ahmad Ahmad was elected President of the African Football Confederation and, in fact, vice-president of FIFA.
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In 2017, following the Rabat Symposium, Ahmad proposed to reform the format of African football competitions, including the African Cup of Nations.
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However, in 2019, faced with the internal difficulties encountered by the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football to carry out its reforms, Ahmad Ahmad undertook an unprecedented step by requesting a six-month partnership with FIFA, which was accepted by Gianni Infantino, the President of the international organisation, to assist and audit CAF.
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Ahmad Ahmad emerged free and without charge at the end of his hearing.
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The FIFA ethics committee found Ahmad had breached his duty of loyalty, offered gifts and other benefits, mismanaged funds and abused his position as the CAF President.
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On 25 November 2020, Ahmad announced plans to appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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On 25 November 2020, in response to this sentence, Ahmad Ahmad announced that he would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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Ahmad Ahmad then became President of CAF until 12 March 2021, when CAS rendered its final decision: he was found innocent in the Tactical Steel case, partially guilty regarding the appropriateness of having accepted the invitation for the pilgrimage to Mecca, and guilty of several unsourced or poorly sourced accounting elements.