Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) CEO Mohammad Tayyab Ikram and Belgium's Marc Coudron have filed their nominations for the Worldwide Hockey Federation's president's submit, the elections for which will probably be held in the course of the forty eighth FIH Congress on November 5.
Egypt's Seif Ahmed is at present the performing president of FIH following Narinder Batra's resignation from the highest submit final month.
Batra, who turned FIH president in 2016, resigned final month and likewise give up as Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) chief. He additionally gave up his Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) membership which was instantly linked together with his IOA place.
The FIH stated in a press release that 4 positions within the FIH Government Board will probably be elected on the Congress, or 5 if present Board Member Mohammad Tayyab Ikram is elected as president.
"The mandates of the EB members who will probably be elected on November 5 will run till the 2026 FIH Congress. If there's a fifth place as EB Member to be elected, the time period of workplace of that member will probably be of two years to take over the remaining two years Mohammad Tayyab Ikram as an EB Member," the world physique stated.
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The length of the time period of the brand new FIH president will probably be for 2 years, as a way to full the mandate of the earlier chief, Batra who resigned on July 18.
"In accordance with the FIH Rules, the nominations will now be submitted to the FIH Elections Oversight Panel (EOP) by FIH CEO Thierry Weil. The intention of the EOP is to make sure that the FIH elections are carried out in a good and clear method according to the FIH Statutes, Integrity Code, Elections Guide and Basic Rules. Any nomination must be accepted by the EOP earlier than being validated."
The FIH Government Board consists of a president; eight bizarre 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 Government Board pursuant to Article 7.1(c) of the FIH Statutes.
