Question: Who has been elected as the new President of FIFA?
(a) Ali Bin Al Hussein
(b) Sepp Blatter
(c) Gianni Infantino
(d) Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- On 26 February 2016 Gianni Infantino has been elected as the ninth president of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
- He will serve FIFA for the remainder of current term of office (until 2019).
- He was declared winner after winning a second-round vote by securing 115 of the 207 eligible votes by defeating Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa who got 88 votes in the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress held in Zurich, Switzerland.
- This should be noted that the second phase of the election process was conducted for the first time since 1974.
- He has succeeded the 79-year-old Sepp Blatter, who held the position since 1998 and was suspended in 2015 on account of the Corruption charges.
- Issa Hayatou was the acting president of FIFA following the suspension of Sepp Blatter.
Reference:
http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/the-president/profile.html
http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2016/m=2/news=gianni-infantino-elected-fifa-president-2767180.html