German Football Association (DFB) president Reinhard Grindel said he wants to give Germany "a voice in world football again" after being voted into the UEFA Executive Committee and FIFA Council at the UEFA Congress in Helsinki on Wednesday.
Having been one of 11 candidates for eight vacant seats on UEFA's Executive Committee, Grindel received 44 of the 55 votes from national associations and will now serve four years in the new role.
He was also voted to be the European representative on the FIFA Council, where he will see out the remaining two years that his predecessor Wolfgang Niersbach is unable to serve, having been handed a one-year ban from football last year after the FIFA Ethics Committee ruled he failed to report possible misconduct related to Germany being awarded hosting rights for the 2006 World Cup.
"It's important that German football has a voice in world football again and has the chance to influence future decisions," Grindel told the DFB's official website. "I see my main task as ensuring the interests of professional and amateur football are equally represented and to ensure the adherence to [UEFA's] Good Governance and Compliance [reforms]."
DFB vice-president Dr. Rainer Koch added: "[It is] important for the whole German Football Association with a view to Euro 2024 to have a representative on an international committee."
The DFB announced its bid to host Euro 2024 earlier this year. It would be the first major tournament on German soil since the 2006 World Cup.
Grindel moved to the top of the DFB after Niersbach stepped down from his post as president in 2015 following the 2006 World Cup scandal.
