207 FIFA delegates are meeting in Zurich today to elect a new leader.
It comes following months of scandal and criminal investigations at the world's footballing body.
Five candidates are standing to replace the now banned Sepp Blatter - with Giani Infantino the current Uefa General Secretary and Sheikh Salman the President of the Asian Football Confederation the two frontrunners.
Before the election process began , a new set of reforms has been voted in at the footballing body.
Our Correspondent Olly Barratt reports from Zurich
IN: Certainly an important package of reforms..
OUT: ongoing criminal investigations
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