Burundi FA president Lydia Nsekera has been elected as the first woman to Fifa's powerful executive committee in the governing body's 109-year history.
Nsekera, 46, will serve a four-year term on the committee after winning the vote at the Fifa congress in Mauritius.
She collected 95 of the 203 votes ahead of Australian Moya Dodd and Sonia Bien-Aime, of Turks and Caicos Islands.
Nsekera said: "I will inspire women to believe they can lead and I will support women in member associations."
Nsekera told BBC Sport: "I am very happy to be the first woman elected. It is important for Africa, it is important for Burundi, it is important for women.
"In the executive committee, we work as a team, but personally I will carry on working in order to have more women as coaches in grassroots football.
"I will push for more women to be elected and ask parents to let their daughters play football."
Source: BBC NEWS
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