MEVZA Vice Presidents Lubor Halanda and Zdeslav Barac elected to the new FIVB Board of Administration

Lausanne, Switzerland. On Saturday, the FIVB World Congress elected 24 members and two gender-in-minority members who will join the FIVB President and five Continental Confederation Presidents to form the new Board. These include a total of nine (one is a gender-in-minority member) from Europe, among which are also MEVZA’s Vize Presidents Lubor Halanda (SVK) and Zdeslav Barac (CRO).

Those elected to the FIVB Board of Administration for the 2021-2024 Olympic cycle are as follows:

Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC)
•    Craig Carracher (AUS)
•    Cai Yi (CHN)
•    Mohammed Davarzani (IRI)
•    Hugh Graham (COK)
•    Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai (THA)
•    Kenji Shimaoka (JPN)

African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB)
•    Habu Ahmed Gumel (NGR)
•    Sanga Issouf Kone (CIV)
•    Daniel Molaodi (BOT)

European Volleyball Confederation (CEV)
•    Renato Arena (ITA)
•    Zdeslav Bara? (CRO)
•    Geert De Dobbeleer (BEL)
•    Michael Everaert (NED)
•    Lubor Halanda (SVK)
•    Annie Peytavin (FRA)
•    Miros?aw Przedpe?ski (POL)
•    Stanislav Shevchenko (RUS)

South American Volleyball Confederation (CSV)
•    Roberto Wilfrido Escobar Gonzalez (PAR)
•    Juan Antonio Gutierrez (ARG)
•    Marco Tullio Teixeira (BRA)

North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA)
•    Mark Eckert (CAN)
•    Mushtaque Mohammed (TTO)
•    Félix Ambrosio Sabio Gonzalez (HON)
•    Glenn Quinlan (SKN)

In addition, Alejandrina Mireya Luis Hernandez (CUB) and Margaret Ann Fleming MBE (SCO) were elected to the Board of Administration as gender-in-minority members after receiving 137 and 120 votes respectively. The other candidate was Judith Rodriguez (VEN) who received 38 votes.

New members of the FIVB Board of Administration join the body at a historic time for volleyball following the FIVB’s global partnership with CVC Capital Partners and the creation of Volleyball World. 

In addition, the Congress approved the appointment of the internal auditors, who are as follows: Majoré Louis Timba (CMR) and Terry Sasser (MHL). Julio Perez Alfaro (URU) was also approved as the substitute internal auditor.

FIVB President Dr Ary S Graça F° also thanked the outgoing Board of Administration for their hard work over the past four years, stating, “The outgoing Board of Administration was instrumental in ensuring the fantastic results we have discussed during this Congress. Once again, I would like to thank them for their great work, commitment and dedication to Volleyball!”

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