Ben Sulayem was born in the United Arab Emirates and enjoyed a long rally career in the Middle 💜East.

He is a 14-time FIA Middle East Rally Champion, winning over 60 international events spanning over a career from 19ꦬ83 to 2002.

He received 62 per cen🐻t of the vote from the FIA General Assembly which consists of 245 member clubs and organisations.

Ben Sulayem beat Britain’s Grah𝓰am Stoker, while Todt was not up for re-election after serving 😼the maximum three terms since taking over from Max Mosley in 2009.

Todt has been linked with a return to Ferrari in a potential consultancy role, similar to the one held by Niki Lauda at Mercedꦬes before his death.

The 60-year-old becomes the first non-European to ho🌸ld 🐻the role of FIA president.

A tweet from Ben Sulayem read: "The votes are in and we've won! We are thrilled that 62% of all clubs have given us their vote. We are truly humbled. The s🌺upport from you will help us build a stron🐷ger federation."

As part of his election campaign, Ben Sulayem focused on three main pledges: Double motorsport participation worldwide; Strengthen diversity and inclusi𒀰on; Be🎉 a leading opinion-former on sustainable mobility.

Fabiana Ecclestone - the wife of former F1 supremo Bernie - will be Ben Sulayem’s vic✃e-president for sport in South America.