Gianni Infantino will continue as the president of FIFA for the next four years as no other candidate filed their nomination for the FIFA president election which is going to happen next year on March 16 in Kigali ,Rwanda .FIFA said in their statement that they have received only Infantino nomination for the president election and the deadline for filing nomination ended on Thursday .
FIFA in their Statement released On Thursday Following the call for election issued by the FIFA Council on 30 March 2022, FIFA’s member associations have proposed, in due time and form, the following candidate for the presidential election… No other candidature has been submitted,”
Gianni Infantino was first elected FIFA president in 2016 when he replaced former president Sepp Blatter ,Again in 2019 Infantino was re-elected for president post .Now Infantino will remain president of FIFA till 2026 .Infantino will be president with FIFA World Cup 2026 happen in the Us ,Canada and Mexico .
Gianni Infantino took the charge as FIFA president when the World was facing pandemic and FIFA revenue was going down due to the shutdown and restrictions imposed by the nations .Many of the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualification matches was suspended during the Covid period owing to the restrictions .Infantino leadership qualities helped the Football governing body to stabilize the game and helped in scheduling the qualification matches for 2022 world cup during the pandemic time .
FIFA president will be in Qatar as the FIFA World Cup is going to start on November 20 ,He said during the press conference that all preparations to make this mega sporting event successful are done and we are waiting for the opening ceremony on November 20 .