October 5 – Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa will run opposed for the AFC presidency within the upcoming Asian confederation elections, the fourth time he will likely be chosen to run soccer within the area.
His first time period in 2013 was filling in an unexpired time period following the disgraced departure of Mohamed bin Hamman who beat Shaikh Salman in a bitterly contested election in 2011 that fractured the Asian nations and their solidarity.
Since then Shaikh Salman has led the confederation although a significant revision of its growth programmes and competitors constructions with extra nations aggressive on a world foundation than ever earlier than.
He additionally oversaw the engineering of a significant revision of the confederation’s industrial constructions and the introduction of a brand new long run industrial and advertising and marketing companion.
Maybe the most important problem has been the covid pandemic which hit Asia first and which the confederation is simply now returning to full play from. It’s a testomony to his diplomacy throughout the huge geographic expanse of the AFC’s footprint and his private contact together with his Asian nationwide federation members that this has been achieved with out main lack of competitors or industrial construction.
The AFC presidency comes with a seat on the FIFA Bureau the place Shaikh Salman, because the longest serving confederation president is FIFA’s senior vice chairman. He’s additionally the chair of FIFA’s growth committee.
The AFC will stage a full set of elections at its subsequent congress for 5 AFC vice-presidencies, six FIFA Council memberships and 14 spots on the AFC government committee.
Lebanon’s Hachem Haidar, Iran Mehdi Taj, Kyrgyz’s Dastanbek Konokbaev, Bhutan’s Ugen Tsechup, Myanmar’s Zaw Zaw and Mongolia’s Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar will search the place of vice-president.
China’s Du Zhaocai, Japan’s Kohzo Tashima, Korea’s Mong Gyu Chong, Malaysia’s Haji Amin, Philippines’ Mariano Araneta, Qatar’s Sheikha Hamad Al Thani and Saudi Arabia’s Yasser Almishehal will contest six seats on the FIFA Council. Araneta, Du Zhaocai and Tashima are present members of the Council. With Saoud Al Mohannadi, Qatar has a consultant on FIFA’s apex council. Praful Patel, who exited the AIFF through the again door, is not going to stand for reelection.
Palestine’s Susan Shalabi, Bangladesh’s Mahfuza Akhter, Laos’ Kanya Keomany, Tapei’s Liu Fang and North Korea’s Han Un Gyong will function feminine members on the manager committee, with 5 seats reserved for ladies.
The additional 9 government committee seats will likely be disputed by Iraq’s Adnan Motar, Jordan’s Louie Oumeish, Kuwait’s Abdullah Alrabeea, Oman’s Salem Al Wahaibi, UAE’s Abdullah Aljneibi, Turkmenistan’s Arslan Aynazarov, Uzbekistan’s Irmatov Ravshan, India’s Shaji Prabhakaran, Maldives’ Bassam Jaleel, Nepal’s Pankaj Nembang, Australia’s Chris Nikou, Thailand’s Somyot Poompanmoung, Vietnam’s Tran Tuan and Hong Kong’s Eric Fok.
All candidates will likely be topic to an eligibility verify.
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