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The FIFA presidential election entered a second round of voting for the first time in 42 years after Gianni
Infantino of Switzerland secured more backing than pre-vote favourite Sheik Salman bin Ibrahim al Khalifa of Bahrain in the first round, when a two-thirds majority was required to win. A simple
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Executive Committee, to be replaced by a larger FIFA Council selected by regional confederations, as well as imposed
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Blatter gave a press interview in which he said that he was leaving the office "a happy man". Blatter later congratulated Infantino, but warned that he must stay vigilant and that in the job "friends become rare".
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was also a likely candidate, despite him saying that "I will not be a candidate for the election in 2016." Blatter previously said that he is "not resigning" before the announcement of the election date.
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1792:"David Ginola confirms he will stand for FIFA presidency after Sepp Blatter quits"
1688:"FIFA Presidential Election 2016 Date Announced: Expected Candidates and Reaction"
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1075:"Sepp Blatter to resign as Fifa president amid corruption scandal"
2017:"Sepp Blatter, on Eve of FIFA Election, Is Exiting 'a Happy Man'"
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was re-elected to a fifth term as FIFA President during the
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1925:"Gianni Infantino upsets Skeikh Salman for FIFA president"
1870:"Sheikh Salman heavy favorite to win FIFA election Friday"
1050:"Sepp Blatter re-elected as Fifa president for fifth term"
1507:"Bility formally submits his bid for the Fifa presidency"
1817:"Nigeria's Segun Odegbami unveils Fifa presidential bid"
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General
Secretary; announced his bid on 26 October 2015.
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2015:Broden, Sam; Ruiz, Rebecca R. (25 February 2016).
1421:"Michel Platini to stand for the FIFA presidency"
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1843:"A proposal to the FIDE President"
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2835:List of banned football officials
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2404:FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2399:FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2368:FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
1631:Owen Gibson (3 June 2015).
774:FIFA Extraordinary Congress
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428:List of eligible candidates
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2679:FIFA Presidential Award
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2869:FIFA Disciplinary Code
2649:FIFA Development Award
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110:Prince Ali bin Hussein
2911:FIFA World Cup Trophy
2704:FIFA World Cup awards
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2205:FIFA Ethics Committee
864:Prince Ali Al Hussein
633:Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah
444:Prince Ali Al Hussein
397:Presidential election
2819:FIFA's Dirty Secrets
2664:FIFA FIFPRO World 11
2654:FIFA Fair Play Award
2639:FIFA Champions Badge
2483:Rodolphe Seeldrayers
2445:FIFAe Nations Series
2262:Association football
2052:Agence France-Presse
2047:The Jamaica Observer
2986:2016 in Swiss sport
2885:FIFA Futbol Mundial
2854:(video game series)
2669:FIFA Order of Merit
2602:(2015–2016, acting)
2582:Michel Zen-Ruffinen
2537:Secretaries General
2521:(2015–2016, acting)
2497:(1961–1961, acting)
2387:Women's tournaments
2353:FIFA Club World Cup
2348:FIFA U-17 World Cup
2343:FIFA U-20 World Cup
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1996:on 29 February 2016
1272:on 15 November 2015
1133:on 27 February 2016
1029:on 27 February 2016
778:26 February 2016 –
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2792:68th (Russia 2018)
2782:65th (ZĂĽrich 2015)
2777:61st (ZĂĽrich 2011)
2119:Gianni Infantino:
2101:JĂ©rĂ´me Champagne:
2021:The New York Times
1903:The New York Times
1878:. Associated Press
1538:. 12 November 2015
1298:. 9 September 2015
1242:on 29 October 2015
936:. You can help by
749:Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
368:. You can help by
331:65th FIFA Congress
301:. You can help by
140:Popular vote
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2874:FIFA Fan Festival
2797:69th (Paris 2019)
2772:53rd (Seoul 2002)
2767:51st (Paris 1998)
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2684:FIFA Puskás Award
2612:Mattias Grafstrom
2552:Wilhelm Hirschman
2546:Louis Muhlinghaus
2428:Other tournaments
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2212:FIFA headquarters
1564:. 16 October 2015
1401:. 26 October 2015
1324:. 15 October 2015
1212:. 28 October 2015
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