Former French Football Federation President and UEFA Executive Committee member Jean Fournet-Fayard has died at the age of 88.
UEFA announced the news on Tuesday, with President Aleksander Ceferin paying tribute.
"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Jean Fournet-Fayard," said Ceferin.
"A skilled and respected football administrator, and a highly valued colleague to all those who knew and worked with him, he played a key role in UEFA's activities at a time of considerable change within European football.
On behalf of UEFA, I would like to extend our deepest sympathy to his family at this sad time."
The French Football Federation has also released a statement following Fournet-Fayard's passing. It said it learned of the news with "sadness and emotion".
Current FFF President Noel le Graet added: "Jean Fournet-Fayard was a great leader who, as FFF President, worked with passion for football. He was a man of great quality and multiple talents."
A pharmacist by profession, French-born Fournet-Fayard was first elected as FFF President in December 1984. He was re-elected in 1988 and 1992, before finally standing down in November 1993.
Fournet-Fayard was an UEFA Executive Committee member for eight years and served the European governing body on a number of other committees.
Fournet-Fayard was made an honorary member of UEFA at the Ordinary Congress in 2007.
