Last Updated: November 05, 2022, 17:06 IST
Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) CEO Mohammad Tayyab Ikram of Pakistan was on Saturday elected as the brand new president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), succeeding India’s Narinder Batra as its full-time chief.
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Ikram defeated Marc Coudron of Belgium 79-47 within the forty eighth FIH Congress held just about.
Out of 129 nationwide associations, 126 forged legitimate votes.
The length of Ikram’s time period shall be for 2 years, with a view to full the mandate of the earlier chief, Batra, who resigned on July 18.
Seif Ahmed was the appearing president of the FIH following Batra’s resignation from the highest put up after the Delhi High Court requested him to cease functioning because the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chief.
Batra, who grew to become the FIH president in 2016, resigned from the put up in July. He additionally gave up his International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership which was instantly linked along with his IOA place.
The FIH Executive Board consists of a president; eight peculiar members – 4 feminine and 4 male – one half being renewed each two years; an athletes’ consultant; Presidents of the Continental Federations; CEO; any (non-voting) member co-opted onto the Executive Board pursuant to Article 7.1 (c) of the FIH Statutes.
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