FIFA NEWS: Jérôme Valcke Dismissed as FIFA Secretary General

Jérôme Valcke Dismissed as FIFA Secretary General - FIFA/AP photo

Valcke's dismissal from the position of FIFA Secretary General is with immediate effect. Valcke is therefore no longer the Secretary General of FIFA - The employment relationship between FIFA and Valcke has also been terminated

Friday, January 15, 2016

The FIFA Emergency Committee decided to dismiss Jérôme Valcke from the position of FIFA Secretary General with immediate effect. Jérôme Valcke is therefore no longer the Secretary General of FIFA.

The employment relationship between FIFA and Jérôme Valcke has also been terminated.

Jérôme Valcke was provisionally released from his duties as Secretary General on 17 September 2015, and on 7 January 2016, formal adjudicatory proceedings were opened against him by the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert. The provisional suspension imposed on Jérôme Valcke on 8 October 2015 and extended on 6 January 2016 continues to be valid.

The duties of the Secretary General will continue to be assumed by the Acting Secretary General, Dr Markus Kattner.

Investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee concludes investigation regarding Jérôme Valcke

Jan 6, 2016

The chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, Dr Cornel Borbély, has concluded his investigation into the activities of the currently suspended FIFA Secretary General, Jérôme Valcke, and handed over the respective report together with recommendations to the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee which is chaired by Mr Hans-Joachim Eckert. At the same time, Dr Borbély requested an extension of the suspension of Mr Valcke from all football-related activities for a further 45 days. The suspension imposed on Mr Valcke on 7 October 2015 for a duration of 90 days will end today, 5 January 2016, at midnight.

In his final report, the chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee recommended imposing a sanction of a nine-year ban and a fine of CHF 100,000 on Mr Valcke for alleged violation of the general rules of conduct (art. 13 of the FIFA Code of Ethics (FCE)), loyalty (art. 15 FCE), confidentiality (art. 16 FCE), duty of disclosure, cooperation and reporting (art. 18 FCE), conflicts of interest (art. 19 FCE), offering and accepting gifts and other benefits (art. 20 FCE) and general obligation to collaborate (art. 42 FCE).

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