# Sepp Blatter

> He ran world football for seventeen years, expanded the World Cup's reach into Africa and Asia, and presided over record revenues - then walked out six days after U.S. prosecutors unsealed corruption indictments against FIFA's inner circle.

*8th President of the International Federation of Association Football*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/sepp-blatter

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Switzerland
- **Born:** 1936-03-10
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Joseph Blatter came from business and public relations, became FIFA's general secretary in 1981, and was elected president in June 1998, succeeding João Havelange. He won re-election four times, building support by enlarging the tournament field and awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, a decision that drew immediate controversy. Revenues soared under his watch, but so did accusations of corruption and financial mismanagement. On 2 June 2015, days after U.S. indictments hit FIFA's leadership, Blatter announced he would step aside. Swiss prosecutors opened a criminal case against him in September; by December the Ethics Committee had banned him for eight years, later reduced to six, then extended again in 2021 with a million-franc fine for improper bonus payments. He has been barred from FIFA activities until 2027.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 67.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 19.8 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 45.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #7

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/SeppBlatter (@SeppBlatter)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1349808/ (@nm1349808)

## Topics
#Executives, #Academic, #Economics, #Politics, #Baseball, #Entrepreneurship, #Switzerland, #Europe

## Timeline
- **2013** - Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class
- **2009** - Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
- **2007** - Order of Friendship
- **2006** - Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- **2005** - Dostyk Order of grade II
- **2003** - Order of Zayed
- **2001** - Order of Merit, 1st class
- **1993** - Silver Olympic Order
- **1936** - Born

## Sources
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- [Sepp Blatter](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepp_Blatter)
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- [塞普·布拉特](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A1%9E%E6%99%AE%C2%B7%E5%B8%83%E6%8B%89%E7%89%B9)
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- [Joseph Blatter](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Blatter)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483437)
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- [Sepp Blatter](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepp_Blatter)
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- [سێپ بلاتەر](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8E%D9%BE_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%95%D8%B1)
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- [Ζεπ Μπλάτερ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CE%B5%CF%80_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81)
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- [Wikiquote](https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yozef_Blatter)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_Blatter)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sepp_Blatter)

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