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Nominations: FIA World Councils

31/08/2009

Nominations for the World Council for Automobile, Mobility, and Tourism (WCAMT) and the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) closed on 28 August.

The nominations received by the FIA Secretariat are*:

WORLD COUNCIL FOR AUTOMOBILE,
MOBILITY, AND TOURISM

WORLD MOTOR SPORT COUNCIL

REGION I
Carlos Barbosa, ACP (Portugal)
Zoltan Kovacs, MAK (Hungary)
Werner Kraus , ÖAMTC (Austria)
Franco Lucchesi, ACI (Italy)
Niklaus Lundsgaard Hansen, TCS (Switzerland)
Peter Meyer, ADAC (Germany)

Sebastiá Salvadó, RACC (Spain)
Maria Spetz, M (Sweden)
Danijel Starman, AMZS (Slovenia)
Thierry Willemarck , TCB (Belgium)
Guido van Woerkom, ANWB (Netherlands)

REGION II
Brian Gibbons, NZAA (New Zealand)
Mike Harris, AAA (Australia)
Gus Lagman, AAP (Philippines)

HH Tunku Mudzaffir, AAM (Malaysia)
Setsuo Tanaka, JAF (Japan)
Bernard Tay, AAS (Singapore)

REGION III
Robert Darbelnet, AAA (USA)
Ignacio Gonzalez Fausto, AMA (Mexico)
Earl Jarrett, JAA (Jamaica)

Tim Shearman, CAA (Canada)

REGION IV
Iván Dibós, TACP (Peru)
Victor R. Dumot Martinez, TACPy (Paraguay)
Jorge Rosales, ACA (Argentina)

Jose Abed, OMDAI (Mexico)
Shk Abdulla Bin Isa Alkhalifa, BMF (Bahrain)
Jacek Bartos, PMZ (Poland)
Michel Boeri, ACM (Monaco)
Morrie Chandler, MSNZ (New Zealand)
Garry Connelly, CAMS (Australia)
François Cornelis, RACB (Belgium)
Nicholas W. Craw, ACCUS (USA)
Nicolas Deschaux, FFSA (France)
Vassilis Despotopoulos, ELPA (Greece)
Ahmed Fadli, FRMSA (Morocco)
Thomas Frank, MNASZ (Hungary)
Luis Pinto de Freitas, FPAK (Portugal)
Enrico Gelpi, ACI (Italy)
Carlos Gracia Fuertes, RFEA (Spain)
Zrinko Gregurek, CCKF (Croatia)
Wan Heping, FASC (China)
Yoshiki Hiyama, JAF (Japan)
Prince Feisal Ben Al Hussein, RACJ (Jordan)
Victor Kiryanov, RAF (Russia)
Henry Krausz, FDA (Dominican Republic)
Derek Ledger, YCTA (Yemen)
Vijay Mallya, FMSCI (India)
Hugo R. Mersan, TACPy (Paraguay)
Antonis Michaelides, CAA (Cyprus)
John Naylor, RIAC (Ireland)
Radovan Novak, ACCR (Czech Republic)
Lars Österlind, SBF (Sweden)
Roger Peart, ASNC (Canada)
Cleyton Pinteiro, CBA (Brazil)
Arie Ruitenbeek, KNAF (The Netherlands)
Kari O. Solhberg, AKK (Finland)
Vicenzo Spano, TACV (Venezuela)
Graham Stoker, MSA (United Kingdom)
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, ATCUAE (UAE)
Mumtaz Tahincioglu, TOSFED (Turkey)
Teng Lip Tan, SMSA, (Signapore)
Surinder Thatthi, AAT, (Tanzania)
Hermann Tomczyk, DMSB (Germany)
Jack Wavamunno, FMU (Uganda)

* Provisional list of all the applications for the FIA World Councils elections received by the FIA as of midnight on 28 August 2009 (closing deadline), subject to their conforming to the criteria and conditions specified in the provisions of the statutes currently in force. Document liable to rectification.

Note to Editors

Each World Council is composed of 26 members.

For the WCAMT, the FIA President and FIA Deputy President for Automobile, Mobility, and Tourism are members by right, the additional 24 members are nominated by the FIA’s Mobility Regions. Region I is entitled to 11 members, Region II six members, Region III four members, and Region IV three members.

For the WMSC, 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 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.

Candidates standing for the position of FIA President must choose their list candidates for Vice President from the World Council nominees, seven from each. In the case of the Vice Presidents for Automobile, Mobility, and Tourism each Region must have at least one Vice President. Following the selection of Vice Presidents and election of a Presidential list, the FIA General Assembly will elect by simple majority the members of each world council from the remaining list of nominees.

For further information please consult the FIA Elections homepage here

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