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Sepp Blatter - Blatter's announcement that he would resign from the post of FIFA president

Time: Tuesday Jun 2, 2015

Place: FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland

Details: On 2 June 2015, FIFA abruptly called a press conference at their Zürich headquarters, where Blatter announced that he would resign from the post of FIFA president amid the ongoing corruption scandal.During the news conference he said: "My mandate does not appear to be supported by everybody" and announced an extraordinary congress scheduled "as soon as possible" to elect his successor.Blatter announced that he would remain in office until his successor could be elected at the extraordinary congress, likely to be held some time between December 2015 and March 2016.

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