Press Release

 FIA Elects World Council Members 

23/10/2009 

Following the election of the FIA President, the FIA General Assembly elected remaining members of the FIA World Councils to serve for the next four years.

 

The new composition of the World Council for Automobile Mobility & Tourism and the World Motor Sport Council is as follows:
 

WORLD COUNCIL FOR AUTOMOBILE, MOBILITY AND TOURISM WORLD MOTOR SPORT COUNCIL
 


FIA President
Jean Todt (France)
 
FIA Deputy President for Automobile
Mobility & Tourism

Brian Gibbons (New Zealand)
 
Vice Presidents for Automobile Mobility
& Tourism

Region I
Carlos Barbosa (Portugal)
Franco Lucchesi (Italy)
Danijel Starman (Slovenia)
 
Region II
Gus Lagman (Philippines)
 
Region III
Ignacio Gonzalez Fausto (Mexico)
 
Region IV
Victor R. Dumot Martinez (Paraguay)
Jorge Rosales (Argentina)
 
Members
Region I
Zoltan Kovacs (Hungary)
Werner Kraus  (Austria)
Niklaus Lundsgaard Hansen (Switzerland)
Peter Meyer (Germany)
Sebastiá Salvadó (Spain)
Maria Spetz (Sweden)
Thierry Willemarck (Belgium)
Guido van Woerkom (Netherlands)
 
Region II
Mike Harris (Australia)
Geoff Lange (New Zealand)
HH Tunku Mudzaffir (Malaysia)
Setsuo Tanaka (Japan)
Bernard Tay (Singapore)
 
Region III
Robert Darbelnet (USA)
Earl Jarrett (Jamaica)
Tim Shearman (Canada)
 
Region IV
Iván Dibós (Peru)
 


FIA President
Jean Todt  (France)

FIA Deputy President for Sport
Graham Stoker (United Kingdom)

Vice Presidents for Sport
Jose Abed (Mexico)
Michel Boeri (Monaco)
Morrie Chandler (New Zealand)
Enrico Gelpi (Italy)
Carlos Gracia Fuertes (Spain)
Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)
Surinder Thatthi (Tanzania)

Members
Shk Abdulla Bin Isa Alkhalifa (Bahrain)
Garry Connelly (Australia)
Vassilis Despotopoulos (Greece)
Luis Pinto de Freitas (Portugal)
Zrinko Gregurek (Croatia)
Wan Heping (China)
Victor Kiryanov (Russia)
Henry Krausz (Dominican Republic)
Vijay Mallya (India)
Hugo R. Mersan (Paraguay)
Radovan Novak (Czech Republic)
Lars Österlind (Sweden)
Vicenzo Spano (Venezuela)
Teng Lip Tan (Signapore)

President of the International Karting Commission
Nicolas Deschaux (France)

President of the FOM
Bernard Ecclestone (United Kingdom)

President of the FIA Manufacturers' Commission
François Cornelis (Belgium)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Note to Editors

Each World Council is composed of 26 members.

 

For the World Council for Automobile Mobility & Tourism, the FIA President and FIA Deputy President for Automobile Mobility & Tourism are members by right, the additional 24 members are elected from a list of nominations received from the FIA’s Mobility Regions.  Region I (Europe, Africa, and Middle East) is entitled to 11 members, Region II (Asia Pacific) six members, Region III (North America) four members, and Region IV (South America) three members.

 

For the World Motor Sport Council, the FIA President, the FIA Deputy President for Sport, the President of the International Karting Commission, the President of the Promotional Entity for the Formula One World Championship and the President of the FIA Manufacturers' Commission are members by right, the additional 21 members are elected from a list of nominations received from FIA National Sporting Authorities.

 

The Vice Presidents of Each World Council were elected on the Presidential list, the rest of members were elected by simple majority from the remaining lists of nominees.

 

 

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