Jerome Valcke dismissed as FIFA Secretary General
"Jérôme Valcke is therefore no longer the Secretary General of FIFA" the FIFA said in a stateement.
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," read the statement.
The duties of the Secretary General will continue to be assumed by the Acting Secretary General, Dr Markus Kattner.
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