Lebanon has granted citizenship to Fifa president Gianni Infantino, the country's football association has said.
It said the decision came from Lebanese President Joseph Aoun during a meeting with Mr Infantino at the presidential palace in Baabda.
The move is likely to anger many in Lebanon, where women cannot pass Lebanese citizenship to their children if the father is foreign. Neither can women pass citizenship to a non-Lebanese husband.
Campaigners have fought for decades to overturn the law without success. Mr Infantino's wife, Lina Al Ashkar, is Lebanese.
A statement from Baabda following the meeting on Tuesday made no reference to the grant of citizenship to Mr Infantino, and Mr Aoun's office did not respond to a request for comment.
But according to the Lebanese Football Association, Mr Aoun told Mr Infantino to complete the necessary legal paperwork so the citizenship decree could be issued later on.
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