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Sky Sports News HQ profiles FIFA presidential candidates

FIFA headquarters in Switzerland

FIFA will have a new president on February 26. After 18 years, Sepp Blatter's controversial reign will come to an official end at the FIFA Congress in Zurich.

Four candidates want to replace Blatter and become the most powerful man in world football, and whoever wins will become the ninth elected president in FIFA's 112-year history.

The new president will be elected in a secret ballot of FIFA's 209 member associations, but Kuwait and Indonesia are banned, so there may be only 207 votes up for grabs.

Africa has 54 votes, Europe 53, Asia 46, North and Central America and the Caribbean 35, Oceania 11 and South America 10. A candidate needs two thirds of the votes to win in the first round. In subsequent rounds, the candidate with the lowest number of votes drops out and a simple majority is required to win.

During the past three months, Sky Sports News HQ has interviewed all five candidates - Sheikh Salman of Bahrain, Gianni Infantino, Prince Ali of Jordan, Jerome Champagne.

Tokyo Sexwale withdrew from the running on Friday.

Find out about each contender below:

Also See:

Profile: Sheikh Salman

Profile: Jerome Champagne

Profile: Prince Ali

Profile: Gianni Infantino

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