Switzerland's Gianni Infantino has
succeeded countryman Sepp Blatter as Fifa president.
The UEFA secretary general polled 115
votes in round two, 27 more than closest rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim
al-Khalifa.
Prince Ali bin al-Hussein was third
with four, while Jerome Champagne failed to get any. Tokyo Sexwale withdrew
before voting began in Zurich.
The first round of voting had failed
to determine an outright winner.
A simple majority of more than 50 per
cent - 104 votes - was sufficient for victory in the second round.
Infantino is a 45-year-old lawyer
from Brig in the Valais region of Switzerland, less than six miles from
Blatter's hometown of Visp.
Blatter, who led world football's
governing body since 1998, stood down last year and was later banned from
football for six years.
An emotional Infantino told delegates
that he was finding it hard to "express my feelings in this moment".
But he told delegates that together
they would "restore the image of FIFA and the respect of FIFA".
He added: "I want to work with
all of you together in order to restore and rebuild a new era of Fifa where we
can put again football at the centre of the stage.
"FIFA has gone through sad
times, moments of crisis, but those times are over. We need to implement the
reform and implement good governance and transparency. We also need to have
respect.
"We're going to win back this
respect through hard work, commitment and we're going to make sure we can
finally focus on this wonderful game."
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