Ex-Argentine president Macri named to lead FIFA Foundation


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 29 Jan 2020

FILE PHOTO: Argentina's President Mauricio Macri, who is running for reelection, talks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 27, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo

(Reuters) - Former Argentine president Mauricio Macri has been appointed executive chairman of the FIFA Foundation, the organisation founded by world football's governing body in 2018 to promote social change.

"Mauricio is the perfect fit to lead this project, which aims to harness football to benefit society," FIFA President Gianni Infantino said of the former Boca Juniors president.

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