Noël Le Graët, resigning president of the French football federation, was appointed director of the Paris office of Fifa on Tuesday. A previously unknown structure. franceinfo explains its role to you.
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This is the new base for Noël Le Graët, the resigning president of the French football federation, caught up with accusations of harassment and a damning audit mission.
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After resigning as president of the French Football Federation (FFF) on Tuesday February 28, the 81-year-old former French football boss will head the Paris office of the International Football Federation (Fifa) .
It is a role of governance of international football and representation that awaits Noël Le Graët. Appointed by Gianni Infantino, president of Fifa, Noël Le Graët will have the new mission to develop football and “consolidate relations with member associations“Fifa. The Paris office of Fifa is a recent body, inaugurated in June 2021, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron, Gianni Infantino and Noël Le Graët who was still president of the FFF.
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On its website, Fifa indicates that this Parisian office must help in the development of football and serve “base of operations for all of its football development activities”. This is the case, for example, of the Fifa Forward program which helps with financial, technical and human resources all the member countries of Fifa to develop football.
While FIFA’s headquarters are in Zurich, Switzerland, the opening of this Paris branch in 2021 testified to a desire to relocate the governance of the international football federation. Eleven other similar branches have also been opened. Fifa also wanted to make this office a symbol, since the French capital hosted the headquarters of the international federation between from 1904 to 1932.
It is in offices located in one of the most beautiful buildings in Paris, at the Hôtel de la Marine, that Noël Le Graët will now work. An 18th century building on Place de la Concorde, restored between 2017 and 2021 by the Center des Monuments Nationaux.
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