Birth Name: Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino
Place of Birth: Brig-Glis, Valais, Switzerland
Date of Birth: 23 March, 1970
Ethnicity: Italian
Gianni Infantino is a Swiss and Italian football administrator. He has been the general secretary of UEFA since 2009, and was elected president of FIFA during the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress on 26 February, 2016.
Gianni is the son of Vincenzo Infantino and Maria Minolfi. Vincenzo is from Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy. Maria is from Piamborno, in the commune of Piancogno, Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.
Gianni is fluent in Italian, French, and German, and also knows English, Spanish, and Arabic. He is married to Leena Al Ashqar, who is Lebanese.
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