UEFA's executive committee announced on Friday that it will not hold a presidential election until Michel Platini's appeal against an eight-year ban is heard.
The Frenchman was sanctioned in December alongside FIFA president Sepp Blatter in relation to an alleged "disloyal" £1.3m payment that he received in 2011.
Platini has lodged an appeal against the suspension, and now the ethics committee of the European governing body has confirmed that no elections will be held until the appeals process is over.
A statement read: "The UEFA executive committee decided there will be no UEFA presidential election scheduled until the sports justice appeal bodies, including potentially the Court of Arbitration for Sport, have taken a decision regarding Michel Platini's suspension.
"The UEFA executive committee and UEFA's national associations would like to state that we have taken note of the decision of the FIFA ethics committee to suspend the UEFA president Michel Platini. We hope his name is cleared and that he can return to the European football family as quickly as possible."
Platini previously withdrew from the race to succeed FIFA president Blatter.
Danielle Joynson
