Mohamed Raouraoua

Mohamed Raouraoua (born 12 September 1947 in Casbah, Algiers) is the current president of the Algerian Football Federation and a member of the Executive Committee of FIFA as well as the president of the Union of North African football, the vice-president of the Union of Arab Football Associations.

He was first elected as president of the Algerian Football Federation in 2001 until 2005. He stood again for election in 2009 and was elected unanimously.

On 23 February 2011, Raouraoua was elected onto Fifa's executive committee. He took one of two places with Jacques Anouma retaining his position. Raouraoua replaced disgraced Nigerian official Amos Adamu, who Fifa suspended for seeking bribes during the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests.[1]

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