UEFA elections: Hewitt the new British vice-president of FIFA, Wales’ McAllister on the exco as vice-president . . . but no place for Klaveness
LISBON: The 47th Ordinary UEFA Congress was held today in Lisbon, Portugal, and the 55 member associations unanimously re-elected Aleksander Čeferin as UEFA President for a four-year term by acclamation.
Elections for the UEFA Executive Committee
The 47th Ordinary UEFA Congress elected the following candidates for:
• seven positions on the UEFA Executive Committee for a four-year term
First ballot (absolute majority 28 – more than half of the 55 valid votes cast)
Candidate – Number of votes
Armand Duka (ALB)* 45
Jesper Møller Christensen (DEN)* 42
Petr Fousek (CZE) 40
Levan Kobiashvili (GEO) 40
Luis Rubiales (ESP) 40
Philippe Diallo (FRA) 37
Andrii Pavelko (UKR)* 31
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Hugo Quaderer (LIE) 25
Bjorn Vassallo (MLT) 25
Lise Klaveness (NOR) 18
Rod Petrie (SCO) 15
*re-elected
Laura McAllister (WAL) was elected for the reserved female member position on the UEFA Executive Committee for a four-year term, and Hans-Joachim Watzke was elected for one member position on the UEFA Executive Committee for a two-year term, both by acclamation.
Elections for the FIFA Council
The following candidate was elected for:
• a FIFA vice-president position reserved for the four British associations for a four-year term
First ballot (absolute majority 28 – more than half of the 55 valid votes cast)
Candidate – Number of votes
Debbie Hewitt (ENG) 39; David Martin (NIR) 16
Sándor Csányi (HUN) was re-elected for a FIFA Vice-President position for a four-year term by acclamation, following the withdrawal of candidature of Ari Lahti (FIN) prior to the election for this position.
Fernando Gomes (POR) was elected for an ordinary member position on the FIFA Council for a four-year term; and Bernd Neuendorf (GER) was elected for an ordinary member position on the FIFA Council for a two-year term, both by acclamation.
Constitutive UEFA Executive Committee meeting
Laura McAllister (WAL) and Gabriele Gravina (ITA) were appointed UEFA vice-presidents during the Constitutive UEFA Executive Committee meeting which followed the UEFA Congress, replacing Fernando Gomes (POR) and Sándor Csányi (HUN).
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