FIFA Congress

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The FIFA Congress is the supreme legislative body of FIFA, the international governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer. The congress may be summoned for an "ordinary" or "extraordinary" session. An ordinary congress meets every year; an extraordinary congress may be convened by the FIFA Council (formerly Executive Committee) at any time with the support of one-fifth of the members of FIFA. Each of the 211 members of FIFA has one vote in the congress. The members of FIFA can propose candidates for the World Cup host and presidency of FIFA. The FIFA Presidential Election, FIFA World Cup host country election takes place at the congress in the year following the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup host country election takes place at the congress in the year following the FIFA Women's World Cup.

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