Fernando José Macieira Ferreira Araújo da Costa Sarney (born 7 January 1956) is a Brazilian football administrator and a member of the

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Personal life and career

He is the son of the former President of Brazil

José Sarney José Sarney de Araújo Costa (; born José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa; 24 April 1930) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and writer who served as 31st president of Brazil from 1985 to 1990. He briefly served as the 20th vice president of ...

. In 2009, Sarney won a court injunction, preventing the newspaper ''

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'' from publishing "his indictment on corruption charges". The newspaper published an article linking Sarney to a political scandal, ''Senate Secret Acts''. Sarney has been a FIFA Council member since 2015.

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FIFA officials Living people Green Party (Brazil) politicians Democratic Social Party politicians Brazilian football managers 1956 births Children of presidents of Brazil {{Brazil-footy-bio-stub