CAF elections: Johansen beats Nsekera, Jordaan also joins CAF exco . . .
ADDIS ABABA: These are the results of the African confederation elections at congress in Ethiopia at which Sierra Leone’s Isha Johansen notably beat Lydia Nsekera for a womea’s seat on the CAF exco though Nsekera retained her olace in FIFA Council. South Africa’s Danny Jordaan, who withdrew from the FIFA Council election, was elected to a place on the CAF exco.
Full results:
Election of the CAF President for the 2017-2021 cycle
Outgoing President: Issa Hayatou (Cameroon)
Candidates:
Ahmad (Madagascar) – 34
Issa Hayatou (Cameroon) – 20
Election of the members of the CAF Executive Committee for the 2017 – 2021 cycle
North Zone
Outgoing Member: Mohamed Raouraoua (Algeria)
Candidates:
Fouzi Lekjaa (Morocco) – 41
Mohamed Raouraoua (Algeria) – 7
West A Zone
Outgoing Member: Amadou Diakité (Mali)
Candidates:
Amadou Diakité (Mali) – 22
Hassan Musa Bility (Liberia) – 26
West B Zone
Outgoing Member: Anjorin Moucharafou (Benin)
Candidates:
Amavu Melvin Pinnick (Nigeria) – 32
Anjorin Moucharafou (Benin) – 17
Central Zone
Outgoing Member: Adoum Djibrine (Chad)
Candidate:
Adoum Djibrine (Chad) – Elected unopposed
Central-East Zone
Outgoing Member: Magdi Shams El Din (Sudan)
Candidates:
Juneido Basha Tilmo (Ethiopia) – 9
Magdi Shams El Din (Sudan) – 12
Moses Magogo (Uganda) – 7
Suleiman Hassan Waberi (Djibouti) – 20
*Suleiman Hassan Waberi elected after Magdi Shams El Din withdrew before second round of voting
Southern Zone
Outgoing Members: Ahmad (Madagascar), Suketu Patel (Seychelles)
Candidates:
Danny Jordaan (South Africa) – 35
Frans Mbidi (Namibia) – 24
Rui Eduardo Da Costa (Angola) – 25
Suketu Patel (Seychelles) – withdrew
* Danny Jordaan (South Africa) & Rui Eduardo Da Costa (Angola) elected
Female candidates
Candidates:
Isha Johansen (Sierra Leone) – 35
Lydia Nsekera (Burundi) – 12
Election of the African representative for the FIFA Council for the cycle 2017 – 2021
Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish Category
Candidates:
Hani Abo Rida (Egypt)
Tarek Bouchamoui (Tunisia)
Tarek Bouchamoui elected after Hani Abo Rida withdrew
Francophone Category
Candidates:
Augustin Sidy Diallo (Cote d’Ivoire) – 19
Omari Constant Selemani (RD Congo) – 35
Anglophone Category
Candidates:
Kwesi Nyantakyi (Ghana) – 33
Leodegar Tenga (Tanzania)- 20
Open Category (3 positions to fill)
Candidates
Almamy Kabele Camara (Guinea)
Lydia Nsekera (Burundi)
* Almamy Kabele Camara (Guinea) & Lydia Nsekera (Burundi) elected
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