2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress

The 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress was held at the Hallenstadion in Zürich, Switzerland, on 26 February 2016. This special session of the FIFA Congress, called as a result of the 2015 FIFA corruption case, included the passage of a major statutory reforms proposal as well as the election of Gianni Infantino to replace Sepp Blatter as the President of FIFA.

2016 FIFA presidential election
26 February 2016
 
Candidate Gianni Infantino Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa Prince Ali bin Hussein
Home state Italy
Switzerland		 Bahrain Jordan
Popular vote 115 88 4
Percentage 56.10% 42.93% 1.95%
President before election

Sepp Blatter

 Next President

Gianni Infantino

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