Nomination for Presidential tickets
FIDE has received, within the specified deadline of 3 July 2018, 17:00 (Athens time), the following three (3) Presidential Tickets of Arkady Dvorkovich, Georgios Makropoulos and Nigel Short for the upcoming FIDE elections 2018 (listed alphabetically):
a) Nominated by 13 National Federations, the Presidential Ticket of Arkady Dvorkovich:
Arkady Dvorkovich – President Bachar Kouatly – Deputy President Sewa Enyonam Fumey – General Secretary Mahir Mammedov – Vice President Julio Granda Zuniga – Vice President Zhu Chen – Treasurer
The National Federations which nominate Arkady Dvorkovich’s ticket, alphabetically by continent:
Africa (4):
Ghana Sudan Togo Tunisia
Americas (1):
Nicaragua
Asia (3):
Iraq Mongolia Qatar
Europe (5):
Azerbaijan Belarus France Moldova Russia
b) Nominated by 64 National Federations, the Presidential Ticket of Georgios Makropoulos:
Georgios Makropoulos – President Malcolm Pein – Deputy President Sundar Damal Villivalam – General Secretary Martha Fierro – Vice President Chitalu Chilufya – Vice President Adrian M. Siegel – Treasurer
The National Federations which nominate Georgios Makropoulos’ ticket, alphabetically by continent:
Africa (12):
Algeria Comoros Islands Congo Egypt Gabon Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Mauritania Senegal Swaziland Zambia
Americas (22):
Argentina Aruba Barbados Bolivia Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Honduras Mexico Netherlands Antilles Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay US Virgin Islands
Asia (12):
Bangladesh Guam Hong Kong India Laos Maldives Nauru Nepal Pakistan Philippines Solomon Islands Timor-Leste
Europe (18):
Andorra Cyprus Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia Georgia Germany Greece Guernsey Kosovo Liechtenstein Malta Monaco Montenegro Romania San Marino Scotland Serbia Spain Switzerland
c) Nominated by 6 National Federations, the Presidential Ticket of Nigel Short:
Nigel Short – President Lukasz Marek Turlej – Deputy President Ruth Haring – General Secretary Olalekan Adeyemi – Vice President Paul Spiller – Vice President Panu Laine – Treasurer
The National Federations which nominate Nigel Short’s ticket, alphabetically by continent:
Africa (1):
Nigeria
Americas (1):
USA
Asia (1):
New Zealand
Europe (3):
England Finland Poland
For information:
The Secretariat has received the following candidates for Continental Presidential elections 2018 (by Continent alphabetically) by the deadline (midnight):
Africa: a) Essis Essoh (Ivory Coast) b) Lewis Ncube (Zambia) c) Tshepo Sitale (Botswana)
http://www.africa-chess.org
Americas:
Jorge Vega (Guatemala)
https://www.fideamerica.com
Asia:
a) Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan (UAE) b) Ignatius Leong (SIN) – (this candidature was sent and received nearly an hour later the announced deadline and included only three signed nominations. In accordance with FIDE Electoral Rules and Chapter 6 of FIDE Statutes, its acceptance and regularity is under review by the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, taking into account the specific rules of the Asian Continental Association, if applicable).
Letter to Chairman of Electoral Commission from ACF Statutes Committee regarding Asian Chess Federation tickets
http://asianchess.com
Europe:
Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia)
http://www.europechess.org/ecu-circular-letter-no-22018
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