The Cameroon Football Federation announced on Saturday that former international Samuel Eto’o had been elected president.
Acting president Seidou Mbombo Njoya received 31 votes, while the former Barcelona and Inter Milan player received 43 votes.
The election was held after Njoya’s victory in a 2018 election was declared invalid by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in January.
When filing his candidacy on November 17, Eto’o, a four-time African footballer of the year, said: “I will be the next president of the federation despite all the cheating.”
Eto’o said Njoya, who he supported in 2018, had “failed miserably”.
Cameroon will host the African Cup of Nations in January, a tournament delayed a year by the Covid-19 pandemic.