Fernando Sarney | |
Birth Name: | Fernando José Macieira Ferreira Araújo da Costa Sarney |
Birth Date: | 7 January 1956[1] |
Birth Place: | São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil |
Occupation: | Member, FIFA Council |
Spouse: | Teresa Sarney |
Parents: | José Sarney Marly Sarney |
Children: | 3 |
Fernando José Macieira Ferreira Araújo da Costa Sarney (born 7 January 1956) is a Brazilian football administrator and a member of the FIFA Council.
He is the son of the former President of Brazil José Sarney.[2]
In 2009, Sarney won a court injunction, preventing the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo from publishing "his indictment on corruption charges".[3] The newspaper published an article linking Sarney to a political scandal, Senate Secret Acts.[4]
Sarney has been a FIFA Council member since 2015.