UEFA Secretary General was elected on Friday the new president of FIFA following the second round of voting, where he received the majority of votes from 207 eligible members associations, TASS informs. Gianni Infantino won 115 votes, beating his nearest rival Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa, from Bahrain, who claimed 88 votes.
UEFA Secretary General was elected on Friday the new president of FIFA following the second round of voting, where he received the majority of votes from 207 eligible members associations, TASS informs. Gianni Infantino won 115 votes, beating his nearest rival Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa, from Bahrain, who claimed 88 votes.
"Results of 2nd ballot: 4 votes for Prince Ali; 88 votes for Shk. Salman; 0 votes for Jérôme Champagne; 115 votes for Gianni Infantino", FIFA Media writes on Twitter.
According to RT, Infantino will replace disgraced outgoing president Sepp Blatter, who had held the position since 1998 but was forced to resign last year amid a growing corruption crisis surrounding the organization.
“I want to be the president of all of you. I travelled through the globe and I will continue to do this. I want to work with all of you to restore and rebuild a new era where we can put football in the centre of the stage,” Infantino said after his victory.
