The FIFA ruling body chaired by Mr Infantino confirmed today he was only now serving his first term as president, disregarding his first three years in power as counting towards term limits.
In December, the FIFA reform committee said that in future the president should serve"no more than three terms of four years for a maximum of 12 years."Advertisement
But at a news conference today in Qatar, Mr Infantino said the FIFA Council provided"clarification that concerns me". He added:"The clarification with regards to my term of office. So currently I am in my first term of office and on March 16 when there is the election for the FIFA president in Kigali in Rwanda, my second term of office as FIFA president will start. There is a limit of three terms."FIFA president Gianni Infantino shakes hands with David Beckham in the stands during the Qatar World Cup
A reason for the term limits was to prevent football leaders staying in power too long and creating political dependencies on the leader.Mr Infantino had a position on the FIFA reform committee in his previous role as the head of the administration at the European governing body as UEFA general secretary.
His candidacy for the FIFA presidency was announced in October 2015 after the favourite - then UEFA president Michel Platini - was suspended.
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