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Jack Warner | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Jack_warner_football_executive.jpg) Jack Warner (right) meets then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2009 | |
| Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago | |
| In office 28 May 2010 – 21 April 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Kamla Persad-Bissessar |
| Preceded by | John Sandy |
| Succeeded by | Emmanuel George |
| Member of Parliament for Chaguanas West | |
| In office 5 November 2007 – 7 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Ganga Singh |
| Majority | 18,352 (93%) 24 May 2010 |
| President of CONCACAF | |
| In office 1990–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Joaquín Soria Terrazas |
| Succeeded by | Lisle Austin |
| General Secretary of the Central Football Association | |
| In office 1971–1973 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Austin Warner 26 January 1943 Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies |
| Political party | United National Congress (1989–2013, 2023–present) |
| Other political affiliations | People's Partnership (2010–2013) Independent Liberal Party (2013–2023) |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies (BA) |
Jack Austin Warner (born Austin Warner; 26 January 1943) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician, businessman, and former football executive. Warner was Vice President of FIFA and President of CONCACAF until his suspension and eventual resignation from these roles in 2011.[1][2] He is also the former Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago and was an elected member of the country's parliament from 2007 to 2015. He was also the owner of Joe Public F.C., a professional football club in Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago.[3] Warner has been implicated in numerous corruption scandals and was banned for life from football related activities by FIFA in 2015.[4] He currently faces extradition to the United States to face corruption charges.[5]
Warner had been a member of the FIFA Executive Committee since 1983 and CONCACAF President since 1990. He was re-elected for a new term in 2011.[6] Warner was implicated in numerous corruption allegations dating back to the 1980s.[7][8] On 29 May 2011, Warner and Mohammed bin Hammam were provisionally suspended by the FIFA Ethics Committee pending the outcome of the investigation of corruption allegations against them.[9] On 20 June 2011, FIFA announced Warner's resignation from all his positions in international football.[10][11]
On 18 April 2013, The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) published its Integrity Committee report into Warner, concluding that he had committed fraud against CONCACAF and FIFA.[12] In 2015, Warner (along with several other FIFA officials who were arrested in Zurich before the annual FIFA Congress) was charged in the United States with "wire fraud, racketeering, and money laundering."[13] Warner is facing extradition to the United States for criminal prosecution. On 29 September 2015, the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, decided to ban him from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for life.[14]
- ^ "Fifa vice-president Jack Warner resigns". BBC News Online. 20 June 2011.
- ^ "Corruption Inquiry Leads FIFA to Bar Two More Officials". New York Times. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ James, Jennie (19 May 2002). "Last Man Standing". Time Inc. Archived from the original on 17 February 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
- ^ "Jack Warner: Disgraced former official banned for life by FIFA". CNN. 29 September 2015.
- ^ "Ex-FIFA vice president Warner loses appeal against extradition from Trinidad". Reuters. 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Jack Warner re-elected as CONCACAF President, unopposed". Sport Illustrated. 4 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ "The men at the heart of the FIFA probe". Al Jazeera. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ "Email Adds to Pressure on Fifa's Warner". BBC News. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ^ FIFA announces suspension of Warner, bin Hammam Archived 1 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine FIFA press release, 29 May 2011.
- ^ Warner resigns from FIFA post Soccernet.com, 20 June 2011.
- ^ FIFA Vice-President Jack A. Warner resigns FIFA press release, 20 June 2011.
- ^ INTEGRITY COMMITTEE REPORT OF INVESTIGATION Archived 15 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football ("CONCACAF") 18 April 2013
- ^ 'FIFA Official Arrested on Corruption Charges...', Matt Apuzo, New York Times 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Independent Ethics Committee bans Jack Warner from football-related activities for life". Fifa.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.