FIFA presidential poll on Feb 26
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
World football's troubled governing body FIFA will vote for a new president, to replace Sepp Blatter, at a special congress to be held on February 26, 2016 in Zurich, the organisation said on Monday. An "extraordinary elective congress" with all 209 member associations invited will decide on the successor to Blatter, who has been at the helm of FIFA since 1998. The deadline for nominations is October 26. Blatter announced on June 2 that he was standing down, four days after winning a fifth term with an election victory at a congress overshadowed by the arrest of seven football officials. — Reuters