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Manila: The XXII FIBA congress has elected a new President and members of the Central Board for the upcoming 2023-2027 cycle in Manila today, August 23, 2023.
HE sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani, who succeeds Hamane Niang in becoming the new President of FIBA, was elected unanimously by all in attendance. HE Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani has been FIBA Vice President for the previcycle, which began in 2019, and President of FIBA Asia since 2002, having formerly been President of the Qatar basketball Federation and a Vice President of the Qatar Olympic Committee.
HE Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani said upon his election: "It is a great honor to take over this responsibility: for me, for my country of Qatar, and for our continent of Asia. I now represent the interests of all 212 National Federations across all five Regions.
"Basketball is a global sport and this is our most important strength. I can only make one promise today and that is that I will work hard with the leaders of FIBA and the entire Central Board for the good of basketball and for the good of FIBA."
Ingo Weiss from Germany was re-elected for his third term as FIBA Treasurer.
The following are the members of the Central Board for the term of 2023 to 2027:
Carol Callan from USA
Yamil Alejandro Bukele Perez of El Salvador
Usie Richards of Virgin Islands
Yuko Mitsuya of Japan
Yao Ming of China
Carmen Tocala of Romania
Matej Erjavec of Slovenia
Asterios Zois of Greece
Tor Christian Bakken of Norway
Jubilee Kuartei of Palau
Burton Ross Shipley of New Zealand
Pascale Mugwaneza of Rwanda
Jean-Michel Ramaroson of Madagascar
These Central Board members, along with the newly elected President and Treasurer, will join FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis as well as the Presidents of FIBA's five Regions for the term of 2023-2027: Anibal Manave of Africa, Fabian Borro of the Americas, Dr. K Govindraj of Asia, Jorge Garbajof Europe and David Reid of Oceania.
The Central Board will appoint to the Central Board a representative of the National Basketball Association (NBA) of the and a representative of the players. In addition, the Central Board may co-opt additional members (with full voting rights) for the vision, skill and special expertise that they will bring.
The newly-formed Central Board will meet for the first time on Saturday, September 9, in Manila, on the occasion of the Finals weekend of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.
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