Marios N. Lefkaritis (Greek: Μάριος Λευκαρίτης; born on 28 November 1946 in Limassol) is a Cypriot football administrator and industrial manager. He is honorary president of the Cyprus Football Association. Since 1996 he has been a member of the UEFA Executive Committee, and since 2007 he is also a member of the FIFA Council. Leftarikis is one of the directors of the Cypriot oil company Petrolina.[1] It belongs to the Lefkaritis Group, which operates mainly in trade, bottling and transportation of petroleum and liquefied petroleum gas.[2][3]

Marios Lefkaritis
Μάριος Λευκαρίτης
UEFA Executive committee
In office
1996 – 16 March 2017
10th President of CFA
In office
1991 – 10 September 2001
Preceded byChristos Triantafyllides
Succeeded byCostakis Koutsokoumnis
Personal details
Born (1946-11-28) 28 November 1946 (age 77)
Limassol, Cyprus
OccupationMember, FIFA Council

Life

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Since 1971, he has been working for the Cypriot oil company Petrolina, part of family-owned Lefkaritis Group. From 1972 to 1977 he was a board member of the football club Apollon Limassol. From 1985 he was a member of the Presidium of the Cyprus Football Association. Starting in 1991, he spent ten years as President of the Association and was subsequently Honorary President.[2][3] Since 2002, Lefkaritis has been honorary president of the Romanian football club FC Farul Constanța.[4]

Lefkaritis is married, has three daughters and lives in Limassol.

References

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  1. ^ "Marios Lefkaritis". Bloomberg. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Marios N Lefkaritis". UEFA. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b "LEFKARITIS Marios - Cyprus". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  4. ^ "UEFA man takes Farul role". UEFA. 6 August 2002. Retrieved 14 April 2016.