Infantino as president of FIFA for another four years

Gianni Infantino will continue to be at the pinnacle of the FIFA pyramid for 4 new years, so that the FIFA President will hold his role for a new term. 

No candidate has utilized to compete with Infantino for the presidency of the International Federation of Football, which capability renewal for Infantino automatically.

And the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) introduced Thursday that its president on account that 2016, Swiss Gianni Infantino, will be the solely candidate subsequent March for a 1/3 consecutive term.

The world physique stated in a declaration three days earlier than the begin of the World Cup finals in Qatar (between November 20 and December 18): “No different nomination was once submitted by way of the member associations of FIFA earlier than the electoral convention scheduled in Kigali. On March 16, 2023.” 

The renewal of Infantino's mandate was once predicted due to the fact FIFA's electoral system, which depends on a vote for every union affiliated with it, allowed its former presidents to continue to be in the presidency for successive phrases through making sure the assist of the majority of voters: Brazilian Joao Havelange, who took over from 1974 to 1998, and Swiss Joseph Blatter from 1998. to 2015.

Infantino, who was once elected for the first time in 2016 with a promise to "restore FIFA's image", which was once at the time mired in a international corruption scandal, formally introduced his candidacy for a 0.33 time period on March 31 in Doha, except any candidate going for walks to compete seeing that then.