Former Argentina president Macri to head FIFA education work

By: The Associated Press Posted: 10:35 AM CST Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 Last Modified: 10:36 AM CST Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020

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ZURICH - Former Argentina president Mauricio Macri is joining FIFA’s educational foundation as executive chairman.

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ZURICH - Former Argentina president Mauricio Macri is joining FIFA’s educational foundation as executive chairman.

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ZURICH – Former Argentina president Mauricio Macri is joining FIFA’s educational foundation as executive chairman.

FIFA on Tuesday announced the hiring of Macri, who has also served as mayor of Buenos Aires and was president of the city’s soccer club Boca Juniors for 12 years.

FIFA created its foundation in 2018 “to promote positive social change” and allocated $100 million for a Football for Schools program.

Outgoing president Mauricio Macri gestures before giving the presidential sash to new President Alberto Fernandez, left, at the Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. At right is Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Macri said in a FIFA statement that soccer could help “address complex issues, such as violence, drug abuse and obesity.”

“Education is a tool that can level the playing field in terms of opportunities, and it can, hand in hand with football, help to build bridges and contribute to global progress,” he said.

Macri served a four-year term as president of Argentina until losing an election three months ago. While in office, he invited FIFA President Gianni Infantino to speak at the G20 gathering of world leaders in Buenos Aires in December 2018.