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One new member is the Tunisian Football Federation chief, Tarek Bouchamaoui, a close ally of the country's former president Ben Ali, whose 2011 overthrow sparked the Arab Spring uprisings. Mr Bouchamaoui was also recently named in connection with tax evasion schemes organised by HSBC's private bank in Switzerland – but he has not been charged with any offences and has been allowed to join the Fifa committee.
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