FIFA: appointment of members to the nine standing committees

"In line with the FIFA Statutes and the FIFA Governance Regulations, FIFA has announced the composition of its nine standing committees. The new members have been appointed by the FIFA Council on the proposal of the member associations, the FIFA president, and the confederations," announced the international federation on 19/01/2017.

"Standing committee members have a term of office of four years and have passed a compulsory eligibility check carried out by the Review Committee, with the exception of the Governance Committee members whose eligibility was checked by the investigatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee," added FIFA.

In accordance with the reform package approved by the Extraordinary FIFA Congress on 26/02/2016, the standing committees have been reduced from 26 to the following nine:
• Governance Committee
• Finance Committee
• Development Committee
• Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions
• Football Stakeholders Committee
• Member Associations Committee
• Players’ Status Committee
• Referees Committee
• Medical Committee

"The main function of the committees is…