The President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi has been elected onto the 36-member FIFA Council Thursday, September 29, 2016.
He polled 31 votes to secure a second place. CAF’s 2nd vice president Almamy Kabele Camara scored the highest number of votes with 37.
Nyantakyi (31) edged out the Madagascan FA head, known simply as Ahmad , by a single vote, while Augustine Senghor of Senegal polled nine votes.
Africa has two slots on the expanded FIFA Council. The two new African members will hold their seats until 17 March 2017, when they face re-election at the next Confederation of African Football (CAF) Congress.
Camara, the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) second vice president, and Ghana Football Association president Nyantakyi will complete a seven-member African delegation at an Oct. 13-14 gathering of the FIFA Council in Zurich, chaired by President Gianni Infantino.
