Fouzi Lekjaa

Fouzi Lekjaa (Berber: ⴼⵓⵣⵉ ⵍⴻⵇⵊⴰⵄ Arabic: فوزي لقجع; born on 23 July 1970) is a senior Moroccan civil servant, sports executive and politician, who is the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation since 2014, and a member of the FIFA Council since 2021.

In 2023, he was again designated to chair the Committee in charge of the joint candidacy of Morocco, Spain and Portugal for the organization of the 2030 World Cup.

[4] As soon as he was hired, he was in charge of allocating the 10 billion dirhams earmarked for financing the special programme intended to lessen the consequences of delayed rains in accordance with High Royal Directives.

[6] As he specialized in sports and a graduate in agricultural engineering from the National School of Administration, Lekjaa began his career as a financial inspector.

In the same year, he took on a role in the technical staff of the RS Berkane team, an amateur club playing in the Moroccan third division.

Lekjaa quickly created a bond of friendship with Ilyas El Omari, club president at Chabab Rif Al Hoceima, 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.

Lekjaa is also building political will with King Mohammed VI, where the two men invest together in football projects.

[24][25] On 28 December 2022, Lekjaa launched an investigation into the potentially illegal sale of 2022 FIFA World Cup tickets.

[32] On 8 May 2023, Two individuals suspected behind the world scandal were taken in for questioning at the prosecutor’s office in the Court of First Instance of Casablanca on Monday, one was a club manager and the other was a radio host.