Chuck Blazer's run as secretary general of CONCACAF will come to a close at the end of this year.
Blazer told the Associated Press that he'll be resigning from his post in December after a 21-year run in the position. Blazer added that he will maintain his position on FIFA's executive committee, for which he won't potentially be up for re-election until 2013.
Blazer was at the heart of a FIFA controversy earlier this year, when he outed former CONCACAF president Jack Warner and former Asian Confederation president Mohamed bin Hammam for bribing Caribbean voters in the FIFA presidential election. Warner's acting successor, Lisle Austin, tried to fire Blazer in the fallout, but he never had the power to do so, and in-turn ended up with a suspension himself. Blazer was also reportedly under FBI investigation earlier this summer for questionable payments made to his off-shore accounts.
Blazer's replacement will be appointed by the CONCACAF executive committee.
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