Slovenian lawyer, Aleksander Čeferin was elected as the new President of the European football governing body, UEFA, at UEFA's Extraordinary Congress on Wednesday. Čeferin, who replaces banned former chief Michel Platini, beat Holland's Michael Van Praag 42-13 in the presidential election. The 48-year-old Slovenian will take over the remaining two and half years of Platini’s four-year​ term.