2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress

2016 FIFA presidential election
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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

Switzerland Sepp Blatter

 Next President

SwitzerlandItaly Gianni Infantino

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,[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ Gibson, Owen (20 July 2015). "Fifa announce presidential election will be held in February 2016". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference FIFA-Result was invoked but never defined (see the help page).