Nicolás Léoz

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Nicolás Léoz Almirón (born September 10, 1928 in Pirizal, Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay) is the current President of CONMEBOL (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol, South American Football Confederation). Léoz assumed the presidency in 1986 (succeeding Teófilo Salinas Fuller) and in February of 2006 he was reelected as President for the sixth time.

Before his position as President of the CONMEBOL, Léoz was President of the Justice Department of the Paraguayan Basketball Confederation (1957-1959), President of Paraguayan Soccer Club Libertad (1969-1970 and 1974-1977), President of the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (1971-1973 and 1979-1985) and Vice President of the CONMEBOL (1972-1974 and 1980-1986).

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