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Ali bin Al-Hussein (arabiska: امیر علی بن حسین), född 23 december 1975 i Amman, är prins av Jordanien och Hussein av Jordaniens (1935–1999) tredje son. Ali är enda sonen till Hussein och drottning Alia som dog i en helikopterolycka 1977, när prins Ali var två år.

Jérôme Champagne (born June 15, 1958 in Paris) is a former French diplomat who served from 1983 to 1998, and then became a consultant in international football, serving as an executive at FIFA from 1999 to 2010. He transitioned from diplomacy to football as a result of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he was Diplomatic Advisor and Chief of Protocol of the French organizing committee. He then joined FIFA where he successively held the positions of international adviser to the President (1999–2002), Deputy Secretary General (2002–05), Delegate of the President (2005–07) and finally Director of International Relations (2007–10) during the terms of President Sepp Blatter. He left FIFA in 2010 and became football commissioner for the World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar (2010) and an adviser to the Palestinian Football Federation (PFA) and the Palestine Olympic Committee (POC), the Football Federation of Kosovo, the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation (CTFA) and finally the Congolese football club TP Mazembe of Lubumbashi. Champagne was one of many wanting to challenge Blatter in FIFA's 2015 election for its presidency. He declared himself a candidate in September 2014, but withdrew in February 2015 after failing to get enough support. However, in October 2015 he declared himself a candidate for the 2016 election for the presidency following the the corruption investigation and Blatter's suspension.

Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (سلمان بن ابراهيم آل خليفة in Arabic, born 2 November 1965 in Riffa, Bahrain) is the President of the Asian Football Confederation since 2 May 2013. Before his election as the president of AFC, he was president of Bahrain Football Association and also Chairman of the Asian Football Confederation Disciplinary Committee, and Deputy Chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. ^ Posted on » Monday, May 04, 2009 (2009-05-04). "Sports News » 'I don't want to be AFC head'". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 2013-02-11. ^ Disciplinary Committee, FIFA.

Mosima Gabriel "Tokyo" Sexwale (born 5 March 1953), (Venda; English approx. /sɛˈxwɑːleɪ/), is a South African businessman, politician, anti-apartheid activist, and former political prisoner. A charismatic leader, Sexwale was imprisoned on Robben Island for his anti-apartheid activities, alongside figures such as Nelson Mandela. After the 1994 general election—the first fully democratic election in South Africa—Sexwale became the Premier of Gauteng Province. Later, he served in the government of South Africa as Minister of Human Settlements from 2009 to 2013. ^ Wells, John C. (22 November 2011). "Sexwale". Phonetic blog. Retrieved 22 November 2011.

Gianni Infantino (born 23 March 1970 in Brig) is a Swiss football administrator of Italian origin. He has been the general secretary of UEFA since 2009 and holds both Swiss and Italian nationality. On 26 October 2015, Infantino received the full backing of the UEFA Executive Committee to stand for the position of FIFA president in the upcoming FIFA Extraordinary Congress. On the same day, he confirmed his candidacy and that he submitted the required declarations of support. A multi-lingual lawyer, he is married and has four children.