Ahmad Ahmad


Ahmad Ahmad is a Malagasy football administrator. He became a politician after being both a football player and coach in his younger days. Since February 2003, he serves as the president of Malagasy Football Federation and currently in his third period of office.
In March 2017, he was voted in as President of CAF, winning 34 votes to Issa Hayatou's 20. He becomes the 7th President of the body. Before then, he was a member of the body's Executive Committee.

Biography

Political career

In politics, he was Secretary of State for Sports and then Minister of Fisheries. Currently, as a senator, for which he was appointed in January 2016 by the President of the Republic, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, he is vice-president of the Senate.

Football

He was originally a football coach.
From 2003, he was president of the Malagasy Football Federation.
On March 16, 2017, he was elected president of the Confederation of African Football by winning against Issa Hayatou, who has been in office since 1988 with 34 votes against 20.

2019 Arrest

On June 6, 2019, FIFA confirmed that Ahmad was detained by French authorities.. Ahmad was questioned by France’s central office for combating corruption, financial crimes, and tax crimes.. He was later released without charge.