Nicolás Léoz Almirón (born September 10, 1928 in Pirizal, Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay) is the current President of CONMEBOL (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol, South American Football Confederation). Léoz assumed the presidency in 1986 (succeeding Teófilo Salinas Fuller) and in February 2006 he was reelected as President for the sixth time. He is Paraguayan and he received Colombian citizenship in 2008.
Nicolás Leoz Almirón (10 September 1928 – 28 August 2019) was President of CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) from 1986 to 2013. Leoz assumed the presidency in 1986 (succeeding Teófilo Salinas Fuller) and in February 2006, he was reelected as President for a sixth term. He was Paraguayan and received Colombian citizenship in 2008. On April 23, 2013, Leoz resigned from both the FIFA Executive Committee and the CONMEBOL presidency, citing health issues.
