Philippe Hamidou Diallo (born 2 August 1963) is a French

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administrator who is the president of the

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Early life and career

Philippe Hamidou Diallo was born on 2 August 1963 in

Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France, in traditional Brittany. The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Oc ...

, Loire-Atlantique. His father, Souleymane Diallo, was a boxing champion. On 11 January 2023, Diallo was appointed president of the

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1963 births Living people People from Saint-Nazaire French sports executives and administrators Presidents of the French Football Federation {{France-footy-bio-stub