Swiss-Italian football administrator, Gianni Infantino, has been elected new president of FIFA at an extraordinary congress on Friday in Zurich.
The Uefa secretary general polled 115 votes, 27 more than closest rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa.
Prince Ali bin al-Hussein (four votes) and Jerome Champagne (0) were third and fourth respectively.
The election was due to be fought between five candidates, but South African Tokyo Sexwale withdrew before voting began in Zurich.
Infantino, 45, succeeds fellow Swiss, Sepp Blatter, who stepped down last year with the organisation mired in allegations of corruption and wrongdoing.
“I cannot express my feelings in this moment,” he told delegates.
“I went through an exceptional journey, met many fantastic people who love football, who breathe football.
“I want to be the president of all of you, of all 209 nations
“I want to work with all of you to work together and build a new era where we can put football at the centre of the stage.”
The first round of voting failed to determine an outright winner, though Infantino led with 88, three more than pre-vote favourite Sheikh Salman.
A simple majority of more than 50% – 104 of 207 available votes – was sufficient for victory in round two.
Not since 1974, when Joao Havelange of Brazil beat 13-year incumbent, Stanley Rous of England, has a second round been needed.
Infantino takes over at a time when FIFA is enduring one of the most difficult periods in its 112-year history.
