Samir Xaud

Samir de Araújo Xaud (born 25 February 1984) is a Brazilian doctor, businessman and sports executive. He is currently president of the Brazilian Football Confederation.

Personal life Born in Boa Vista in 1984, Xaud is the youngest of four children born to Ilma de Araujo Xaud and José Gama Xaud, a traditional middle-class family from Roraima. His mother was secretary of education for the Boa Vista city government during the Ottomar Pinto administration, between 1997 and 2000, and also for the state government during the same politician's term, between 2004 and 2007. Xaud was the first to register for the contest, having obtained the support of 25 federations and 10 clubs. As CBF rules require the endorsement of at least eight state federations for registration, Xaud's ticket made any other candidacy unfeasible, as only the São Paulo Football Federation and the Mato Grosso Football Federation did not endorse it. Thus, the doctor was elected as the 26th president of the CBF for a term until 2029. Although he was the only candidate, Xaud did not achieve unanimous votes, due to the boycott of 20 clubs and the São Paulo Federation of the election.

In March 2021, Xaud attempted to regularize land ownership on a plot of land located in an environmental area in Rorainópolis. Claiming to have owned the land since 2008, Xaud registered the deed of ownership of the Paraíso Perdido Farm at the notary's office, approximately 13 years after obtaining ownership. Days after the application, the farm was registered in the Rural Environmental Registry and, in May of that year, Xaud himself filed a request with the superintendence of the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform for land regularization of the farm. However, a technical opinion from the Roraima State Environmental Foundation canceled the registration for invading the Itapará-Boiaçu Reserve in 2023, as it had been created before Xaud's alleged ownership. Since the setback, Xaud has denied owning the farm.

In late 2023, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Roraima filed a lawsuit for administrative misconduct against Xaud, based on an investigation by the State Court of Auditors regarding the time when he was general director of the General Hospital of Roraima, from 2017 to 2020. The MP-RR pointed out a “fraudulent procedure” by managers of the public hospital – Xaud and six other managers would have simulated services to justify payments to the company Coopebras, through false documents, causing losses of R$1.38 million to the public coffers. The lawsuit is still ongoing and Xaud claims that the process does not show any evidence of wrongdoing on his part.

The doctor is also suspected of having covered up for ghost employees when he was deputy secretary of Health of Boa Vista, between May 2024 and March 2025. The Health Prosecutor's Office of the MP-RR states that, during the period in which Xaud was deputy secretary, there was no institutional contact with him, neither in person nor through official communications. In early 2025, after receiving an anonymous complaint that there were doctors receiving pay without working at the Santo Antônio Children's Hospital, part of the Boa Vista municipal network, the Health Prosecutor's Office notified the department, which promised to investigate the case and ensure the replacement of the hours not worked. However, both the incumbent secretary and Xaud, deputy secretary, left the department, and no investigation was opened.