FIFA reforms adopted with 89% of the vote (179 votes) at the Extraordinary Congress in Zurich (SUI)

179 national federations, representing 89% of the 201 valid votes cast, voted in favour of the reforms developed by the 2016 FIFA Reform Committee at the Extraordinary FIFA Congress in Zurich (SUI) on 26/02/2016 (156 votes were required, or 75% of the 207 associations present and eligible to vote; Indonesia and Kuwait have been suspended for government interference). 22 federations (11%) voted against the reform measures.

These reforms include a president of FIFA who "works to promote a positive image of the governing body of world football"; the FIFA Executive Committee replaced by a FIFA Council of 37 members -- including the president included -- and will have a "more strategic and supervision" role; at least six women on the FIFA Council; term limits (not retroactive) of no more than three terms of four years for all members of this Council; and a secretary general appointed by the Council to serve as the CEO of the international body.

"The Chinese are right when they say that every crisis is an opportunity that must be seized. The FIFA 2016 Reform Committee had only one…