The FIFA Council replaced the largely discredited Executive Committee as FIFA's decision-making body under reforms instituted in the wake of the 2015 corruption scandal. The AFC will elect four members, one a woman, to the FIFA Council at a congress in Bahrain in May. "I have taken note of the decision of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al Sabah. Sheikh Ahmad served on FIFA's Reform Committee as well as the FIFA Council but he is primarily known as a key powerbroker in the Olympic movement. As well as heading the OCA, he is president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Source: The Star April 30, 2017 11:37 UTC