Fouzi Lekjaa (Arabic: فوزي لقجع; born on 23 July 1970) is a Moroccan football administrator and businessman, who is the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation since 2014, and a member of the

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since 2021. On 7 October 2021 he was appointed Minister Delegate to the Minister of Finance, responsible for the budget.

Biography

Fouzi Lekjaa was born in

Berkane Berkane ( ber, translit=Berkane, ⴱⴻⵔⴽⴰⵏ) is a city in northeastern Morocco, in the tribal area of Aït Iznasen, limited by the Mediterranean to the north, the Kis river (Moroccan-Algerian border) and Oujda Province in the east, Nador ...

on 23 July 1970, to a middle-class family. He spent his childhood in this city where he obtained his baccalaureate before starting higher studies in Rabat. His father is a former Arabic teacher who started his career in Berkane. In 2009, Lekjaa was appointed president of the Berkane Sports Renaissance Club. Lekjaa quickly created a bond of friendship with

Ilyas El Omari Ilyas El Omari ( ar, إلياس العماري; born 1967 in Bni Bouayach) is a Moroccan politician. He head Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, and headed the Akhir Saâ press group and was too General Secretary of Authenticity and Modernity Pa ...

, club president at

Chabab Rif Al Hoceima Chabab Rif Al-Hoceima, also referred to as CRA, is a Moroccan football club based in Al Hoceima, a Riffian city in northern Morocco. The club was founded in 1953 and is best known for their 2010 promotion to the Botola Pro, the top tier leagu ...

, who also has the same background as him. Lekjaa has been the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) since 13 April 2014, when he succeeded Ali Fassi Fihri. In March 2021, he was elected to the FIFA Council.

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