Helmut Käser | |
|---|---|
| Secretary General of FIFA | |
| In office April 1960 – June 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Kurt Gassmann |
| Succeeded by | Sepp Blatter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1912-11-14)14 November 1912 |
| Died | 11 May 1994(1994-05-11) (aged 81) Küsnacht, Switzerland |
| Children | At least 2 |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Helmut Käser (14 November 1912 – 11 May 1994) served as theSecretary General ofFIFA, the international governing body ofassociation football, from April 1960 to June 1981. He served under three presidents of FIFA, EnglishmenArthur Drewry (1955–1961) andStanley Rous (1961–1974), and under BrazilianJoão Havelange from 1974 to 1981.
Käser was succeeded bySepp Blatter. Two months after Käser was forced to retire from FIFA, Blatter married Käser's daughter, Barbara.[1][2] That means, by 1981, Blatter had taken his father-in-law's job as well as his daughter (Käser did not attend the wedding).[3]
Käser was an officer of theSwiss army; he worked as a civil servant in Switzerland at theFederal Department of Economic Affairs and became the general secretary of theSwiss Football Association in May 1942. He died in 1994 inKüsnacht nearZurich.[2]
