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          Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, born in Senegal, is a Senegalese senior United Nations (UN) official..

          Fatma Samoura

          Senegalese FIFA Secretary General

          Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura (born 9 September 1962) is a Senegalese former diplomat and senior executive.

          Samoura became the first female, first black person, first Muslim and first non-European to be appointed as head of Fifa's administration in.

        1. She became the first woman, first Black person, first Muslim and first non-European to be FIFA's top administrator.
        2. Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, born in Senegal, is a Senegalese senior United Nations (UN) official.
        3. The Herald's Michael Burgess sat down with Fatma Samoura, Secretary General of Fifa, to talk about the World Cup. Video / NZ Herald.
        4. Appointed in May by Gianni Infantino as secretary general of FIFA, Senegalese Fatma Samoura makes no secret of her desire to continue her mission.

          5. She was appointed as the first female secretary general of FIFA by president Gianni Infantino and assumed her post on 20 June 2016. Previously she worked in various positions at the United Nations, mostly of a humanitarian nature.

          In June 2023, she tendered her resignation as secretary general, which took effect on 31 December 2023.

          Early life and education

          Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura[2] was born in Dakar, in the recently independent[1] Senegal, on 9 September 1962.[3] She is the only daughter (the second of seven children), her father, a Senegalese military man, and her mother, a teacher.[1] Her identity as a black Muslim woman is important to her.[4]

          She attended the University of Lyon, attaining a master's degree in English and Spanish, and subsequently gained a postgradu