Saul Castro Verdugo
Guatemala’s Marta Centeno de Sajche will be also part of the executive committee as one of the two female persons of the gender in minority.
Andre Meyer of Luxembourg was appointed as second executive vice-president and Dr Amr Elwani of Egypt was selected as treasurer.
NORCECA representatives in the Board of Administration are: Douglas Beal (United States of America), Castro Vedugo (Mexico), Marte Hoffiz (Dominican Republic), Mushtaque Mohammed (Trinidad and Tobago), Hugh Wong (Canada) and Centeno de Sajche (Guatemala).
The decision formed part of the new measures taken by Dr Ary Da Silva Graca, elected last Friday as new president of the FIVB for the period 2012-16 by the World Congress in the first democratic elections in the history of the organization.
The FIVB Executive Committee, which is composed of 12 members – five confederation presidents and five members proposed by the President, plus the gender in minority persons – and the President, was also confirmed with the following persons appointed:
Africa: Dr Amr Elwani (Egypt), Habu Gumel (Nigeria) Asia: Dr Saleh Bin Nasser (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Essa Hamza Ahmad Al Failakawi (Kuwait), Europe: André Meyer (Luxembourg), Aleksandar Boricic (Serbia), NORECA: Cristobal Marte Hoffiz (Dominican Republic), Saul Castro Verdugo (Mexico), South America: Rafael Lloreda (Colombia), Roberto Escobar (Paraguay). The representatives of the gender in minority are Rita Subovo (Indonesia) and Marta Centeno de Sajche (Guatemala).
In addition, Italy’s Carlos Magri and Poland’s Miroslaw Przedpelski, were chosen as co-opted members for the upcoming World Championships.
Honorary titles were also given as follows: President for life Jizhong Wei (China) as President for life and advisor to the Board of Administration, and Theofanis Tsiokris (Greece) and Sivanthi Adityan (India) as vice-presidents.
