Newly elected FIFA President Gianni Infantino reacts during a news conference at the Extraordinary FIFA Congress in Zurich, Switzerland February 26, 2016. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich
ZURICH (Reuters) - Gianni Infantino opened FIFA's new museum in his first official act as president of soccer's governing body on Sunday and said that implementing the wide-ranging reforms passed on Friday would be his immediate priority.
The 45-year-old Swiss, previously general secretary of European soccer's governing body UEFA, was elected on Friday, ahead of Bahraini Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, to become only the ninth president in FIFA's 112-year history.
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