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Who succeeded Blatter as the 9th president of FIFA?

  • Issa Hayatou

  • Sebastian Coe

  • Gianni Infantino

  • Aleksander Čeferin

Answer

Gianni Infantino, a Swiss-Italian former lawyer and sports executive, succeeded Sepp Blatter as the 9th president of FIFA in 2016. Infantino's election marked a departure from Blatter's controversial 17-year reign and signaled a commitment to reforming FIFA's governance and restoring its tarnished reputation amid multiple corruption scandals.
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