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Issa Hayatou is the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), named in 1987. He was born on 9 August 1946 in Cameroon and is married with four children. In 2002, he ran for president of FIFA but was defeated by current president Sepp Blatter.

Biography

Hayatou is the fifth president of the Confederation of African Football. He was born in Garoua Cameroon, the son of a local Sultan, and became a middle distance runner and physical education teacher. In 1974, aged just 28, he became Secretary General of the Cameroon Football Association, and Chair of the FA in 1986. As chair, we was chosen the same year to sit on the CAF Executive Committee. Following the retirement of Ethiopia's Ydnekatchew Tessema from the CAF presidency in August 1987, Hayatou was elected as the fifth president in the body's history.

2010 Togo suspension

Main article: Togo national football team attack

Just days before the end of the 2010 African Cup in Angola, Issa Hayatou found himself in the middle of a controversy after the CAF's suspension of Togo national football team from the next two African Cup of Nations. Hayatou charged the Togolesese government with interference in the Togolese Football Association's affairs when the team withdrew from the 2010 cup prior to its start. The Togolese team was victim of an 8 January 2010 armed attack while traveling to Angola by bus prior to the start of the Cup, resulting in two deaths in the Togo delegation. Togolese captain Emmanuel Adebayor and Togo coach Hubert Velud strongly criticized Hayatou in particular for the CAF decision, calling on him to resign from the CAF presidency

Sports career

1964 - 1971 Champion at the 400m and 800m; member of the Cameroon national basketball team; football player at the university level.
1965 Member of the Cameroon national basketball team on the occasion of the first All Africa Games in Brazzaville.

Administrative career

1973 - 1974 Coordinator-Professor at the Lycée Leclerc (Yaoundé)
1974 - 1983 General Secretary of the Cameroon Football Association
1982 - 1986 Director of Sports of Cameroon (Ministry of Youth and Sports)
1985 - 1988 President of the Cameroon Football Association
1986 Member of the Cameroon Football Association Executive Committee
1988 - today President of the Cameroon Football Association
1990 Member of the FIFA Executive Committee
1992 - today FIFA Vice-President; President of the Organising committee of the Football Olympic Tournaments of FIFA; Vice-President of FIFA Committee for Security and Fair-Play; Member of the World Cup Organising Committee
1997 Member of the Women and Sport Committee of the International Olympic Committee; Head of the Cameroonian sports delegations on several sporting occasions
2001 Elected member of the International Olympic Committee during the Moscow session

Awards

On November 3, 2007, Hayatou was awarded an honorary degree from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria.

References

Hayatou's actions in developing African football. Tiego Tiemtore. PANA Press. 2006.
Sack Issa Hayatou - Adebayor. BBC/Peace FM (Accra). 1 February 2010.
Togo Coach: Issa Hayatou Doesn’t Deserve To Head CAF. Rami Ayari, Goal. 3 February 2010.
"Hayatou honoured in Nigeria". Panapress. Afriquenligne. 2007-11-04. Retrieved 2007-11-04.

Issa Hayatou Biography. African Success Database.
Issa Hayatou Biography. FIFA.
Issa Hayatou re-elected as CAF President. FIFA. 20 January 2000.

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