Keramuddin Keram

Keramuddin Keram is a politician in Afghanistan, who has served as Governor of Panjshir Province till November 2, 2013. He was Chief of staff in the Ministry of Defense under Mohammed Fahim between 2002 and December 2004. He is an ethnic Tajik.[1] He is the current president of the Afghanistan Football Federation, a position he has held since 2004.[2]

Keramuddin Keram
Keramuddin Keram as Governor of Panjshir in July 2011
Governor of Panjshir, Afghanistan
In office
21 April 2010 – 2 November 2013
Preceded byHajji Bahlol
Succeeded byAbdul Rahman Kabiri
Personal details
Born (1962-01-01) 1 January 1962
Panjshir, Afghanistan
NationalityAfghan
OccupationPresident of A.F.F.(2013-2019)

Sexual assault allegations

In 2018, an investigation was launched when several players of Afghanistan women's national football team has alleged that Karim sexually assaulted, threatened and physically attacked them.[3]

On June 8, 2019, FIFA barred Keram, who was president of Afghanistan's soccer association, from the sport for life after reports that he had threatened and sexually assaulted players. He was also fined about USD $1 million.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Database". www.afghan-bios.info.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Wrack, Exclusive by Suzanne (27 December 2018). "'There was blood everywhere': the abuse case against the Afghan FA president" – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. Panja, Tariq; Nordland, Rod (June 8, 2019). "FIFA Bars Afghan Soccer Chief for Life After Sexual Assault Accusations" – via NYTimes.com.
Preceded by
Hajji Bahlol		 Governor of Panjshir, Afghanistan
April 21, 2010-November 2, 2013		 Succeeded by
Muhammad Arif Sarwari
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