Jack Warner (football executive)
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Jack Warner (right) meets then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2009
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| Minister of National Security | |
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In office 28 May 2010 – 21 April 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Kamla Persad-Bissessar |
| Preceded by | John Sandy |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Keith Rowley |
| Member of Parliament for Chaguanas West |
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In office 5 November 2007 – 7 September 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Ganga Singh |
| Majority | 18,352 (93%) 24 May 2010 |
| President of CONCACAF | |
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In office 1990–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Joaquín Soria Terrazas |
| Succeeded by | Lisle Austin |
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Austin Warner 26 January 1943 Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Political party | Independent Liberal Party (ILP) |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies |
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Austin "Jack" Warner (born 26 January 1943) is a Trinidad and Tobago politician, businessman, and former football executive. Warner was Vice President of FIFA and President of CONCACAF until his suspension and eventual resignation from these roles in 2011. He is also the former Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago and was an elected member of the country's parliament from 2007 to 2015. A former history teacher, he is the owner of Joe Public F.C., a professional football club in Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago.
Warner had been a member of the FIFA Executive Committee since 1983, and CONCACAF President since 1990. He was re-elected for a new term in 2011. Warner was implicated in numerous corruption allegations dating back to the 1980s. On 29 May 2011, Warner and Mohammed bin Hammam were provisionally suspended by the FIFA Ethics Committee pending the outcome of the investigation of corruption allegations against them.
On 20 June 2011, FIFA announced Warner's resignation from all his positions in international football.
On 18 April 2013, The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) published its Integrity Committee report into Warner concluding that he had committed fraud against CONCACAF and FIFA.
In 2015, Warner and several other FIFA officials were arrested before the annual FIFA Congress in Zurich and charged in the United States with "wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering." Warner is facing extradition to the United States for criminal prosecution.
On 29 September 2015, the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, decided to ban him from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for life.
Austin "Jack" Warner was born in Rio Claro, south Trinidad, on 26 January 1943. He is one of three brothers and three sisters who were brought up almost single-handedly by their mother Stella. After gaining a scholarship from Trinidad Clay Products, he attended the College of St Phillip's and St James, which in 1958 became Presentation College, Chaguanas. After attending Teachers Training College, he then graduated with a BA degree from the University of the West Indies at St Augustine, and subsequently earned a Diploma in International Relations from the same institution.
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