Macau’s Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) CEO Mohamed Tayeb Ikram was on Saturday elected the brand new President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
Ikram defeated Marc Coudron of Belgium 79-47 within the forty eighth FIH Congress held nearly. Of the 129 nationwide associations, 126 forged legitimate votes. Ikram’s tenure will probably be two years to satisfy the mandate of Batra, the previous chief who resigned on July 18. Now a Macau citizen, Ikram was born in Pakistan.
Saif Ahmed was the appearing president of the FIH following Batra’s resignation from the highest submit after the Delhi High Court requested him to cease working because the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chief. Batra, who grew to become FIH president in 2016, resigned from his submit in July. He additionally gave up his International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership which was straight linked to his IOA place.
We congratulate Tayyab Ikram on being elected as the brand new President of the FIH. pic.twitter.com/XbIANAfEOJ
— International Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) 5 November 2022
The FIH Executive Board consists of a Chairman; Eight peculiar members – 4 ladies and 4 males – one half are renewed each two years; representatives of athletes; Presidents of Continental Federations; CEO; Any (non-voting) member becoming a member of the Executive Board in accordance with Article 7.1(c) of the FIH Statute.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
