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Issa Hayatou (born 9 August 1946) is a Cameroonian former athlete and sports executive. He is serving as the acting FIFA president while the current president, Sepp Blatter is suspended pending a corruption investigation. He has been the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 1988. In 2002, he ran for president of FIFA but was defeated by Blatter. He is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In November 2010 he was alleged by the BBC to have taken bribes in the 1990s regarding the awarding of World Cup television rights. The IOC has announced it will investigate him.〔(''England's 2018 hopes rise as Vladimir Putin hints he will not turn up'' ), Guardian〕 ==Life and career== Hayatou is the fifth president of the Confederation of African Football. He was born in Garoua, Cameroon, the son of a local Sultan, and became a middle distance runner and physical education teacher. Hayatou had a successful career as an athlete, becoming a member of the Cameroonian national squads in both Basketball and Athletics, and holding national record times in the 400 and 800-meter running.〔(Issa Hayatou ): Les 50 personnalités qui font le Cameroun. Jeune Afrique 28 April 2009〕 He is married with four children. The Hayatou family are traditional holders of the sultanate (''Lamidat'', from the Sokoto Caliphate's traditional Fula title ''Lamine'') of Garoua. Hayatou was son of the reigning sultan, and many relatives have acceded to powerful positions in Cameroonian society.〔Ketil Fred Hansen (The Politics of Personal Relations: Beyond Neopatrimonial Practices in Northern Cameroon ). Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 73, No. 2 (2003), pp. 202–225〕 Most notable is Issa's brother Sadou Hayatou, a former Prime Minister of Cameroon and longtime high official under Cameroon president Paul Biya, who is among those tapped to succeed him in the future.〔(Ces trois barons du nord.. ). LA LETTRE DU CONTINENT N°360, 21 September 2000.〕 The Hayatou family continue to wield much political influence in northern Cameroon.〔(Marafa Hamidou Yaya: Un pétrolier dans les arcanes du pouvoir ). Mohamadou HOUMFA, Journal du Cameroun. 25 November 2009.〕 In 1974, aged just 28, he became Secretary General of the Cameroon Football Association, and Chair of the FA in 1986. As chair, he was chosen the same year to sit on the CAF Executive Committee. Following the retirement of Ethiopia's Ydnekatchew Tessema from the CAF presidency in August 1987, Hayatou was elected as the fifth president in the body's history.〔(Hayatou's actions in developing African football ). Tiego Tiemtore. PANA Press. 2006.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Issa Hayatou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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