Charles John Dempsey CBE (4 March 1921 – 24 June 2008) was a Scottish-born New Zealand association football administrator.
[2][3][4] He served on the executive committee of FIFA from 1996 to 2000 but left his position two years early following the vote for the hosting of the 2006 World Cup.
[8] Dempsey was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1982 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to association football[9] and in February 1990 he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.
[11][12] Dempsey said that he did not vote because of the "intolerable pressure" from supporters of the German and South African bids, and of the attempts that had been made to bribe him.
[14][15] Dempsey stood down from his role in September 2000 as he was unable to accept what had taken place over the days after the vote.