Switzerland's Gianni Infantino has been elected president of football's ruling body, FIFA (fee-fuh) to succeed compatriot Sepp Blatter on a term until 2019.
Mr Infantino received 115 votes in a second round of voting, more than the required majority of 104 votes from the 207 members.
The other favourite, Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain, had 88 votes.
The new president says he's excited to take on this new challenge.
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