Veteran soccer official Marios Lefkaritis will end his 21-year stint on UEFA’s executive committee in April after European soccer’s governing body said the Cypriot had withdrawn as a candidate for re-election.

The 70-year-old, who will also leave the decision-making council of global soccer body FIFA in May, joined UEFA’s executive committee in 1996.

UEFA said Lefkaritis “informed all 55 national associations of his decision in a letter sent on Thursday”.