Jérôme Champagne

Jérôme Champagne ( born June 15, 1958 in Paris ) is a French professional diplomat ( 1983-1998 ) and a former deputy secretary general of FIFA's 1999 to 2010. For worldwide sensation Jerome Champagne made ​​with a 25 -page paper he in early 2012 order by FIFA President Sepp Blatter published to debate a structure debate.

Biography

Jérôme Champagne grew up in Paris' 14th arrondissement. His father was a sports and ski instructor and ran a sailing school in Catalonia.

Career

Jérôme Champagne completed his training in 1981 after gaining Graduation at the Institute of Political Sciences in Paris and the Institute of Oriental Languages ​​. During his studies he worked for the policy journal France Football. Then Jerome Champagne was a diplomat for 14 years in the service of France, Oman, Cuba, Los Angeles and Brasília. He was Deputy Consul General in Los Angeles during preparations for the 1994 World Cup in the United States, where he met the Organising Committee for the 1998 World Cup in France and, in 1997, Chief of Protocol of the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup 1998 in France. During his tenure at the FIFA Champagne was Director of International Relations and policy advisor to Sepp Blatter. After eleven years in the service of FIFA, he was dismissed by Blatter on January 15, 2010 from the inner circle of the football world governing body, on the grounds that he wanted to inherit from him as Fifa president.

Later he worked as a consultant of the national football associations of Palestine, Kosovo and Cyprus. He is currently a consultant and holds specialist public contributions that dealt with the future of football and FIFA.

Candidacy for FIFA president

On January 20, 2014 announced Jérôme Champagne in London at a press conference his candidacy for the presidency of world football governing body FIFA in June 2015 in Zurich. Is supported, the experienced political adviser to Pelé.

Private

Champagnes is married to a U.S. citizen. The family lives in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.

Publications

• Jérôme Champagne: "Which FIFA for the twenty -first century? " Part I, II, III