2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress

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The 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress was held at the Hallenstadion in Zürich, Switzerland, on 26 February 2016. This special session of the FIFA Congress was called as a result of the 2015 FIFA corruption case. The session 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.

FIFA presidential election, 2016
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Candidate SwitzerlandItaly Gianni Infantino Bahrain Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa Jordan Prince Ali bin Hussein
Electoral vote
115 / 207
88 / 207
4 / 207

President before election

Switzerland Sepp Blatter

Next President

SwitzerlandItaly Gianni Infantino