In addition to the Presidential ticket elections at the FIDE Congress in Khanty-Mansiysk, there were a number of other officials elected and nominated.
Elected Vice-Presidents:
D V Sundar (India)
Mohammad Jafar Kambuzia (Iran)
Nizar Ali Elhaj (Libya)
Nominated Vice-Presidents:
Chu Bo (China)
Ali Nihat Yazici (Turkey)
Israel Gelfer (Israel)
Ilya Levitov (Russia)
Boris Kutin (Slovenia)
Nominated Honorary Vice-Presidents:
Khalifa Al Hitmi (Qatar)
Dabilani Buthali (Botswana)
Prof. Kurt Jungwirth (Austria)
Prof. Vanik Zakarian (Armenia)
Nominated FIDE Ambassador for Life:
Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov – 12th World Champion
Nominated Directors:
Geoffrey Borg – Chief Executive Officer
David Jarrett – Executive Director
Konstantin Kurchenkov – CEO Development
Advisory Panel to Presidential Board:
Senator Prospero Pichay (Philippines)
Ibrahim Al Bannai (United Arab Emirates)
Prof. Dr. Robert von Weizsaecker (Germany)
Nominated Chairpersons of Commissions:
Arbiters Commission - IA Takis Nikolopoulos (Greece)
Chess in Schools Commission - IA Ali Nihat Yazici (Turkey)
Development Commission - Allan Herbert (Barbados)
Events Commission - IA Ignatius Leong (Singapore)
Medical Commission - Dr. Jana Bellin (England)
Qualification Commission - IA Mikko Markkula (Finland)
Technical Commission - IA Dirk de Ridder (Belgium)
Trainers Commission - GM Adrian Mikhalchishin (Slovenia)
Women’s Chess Commission - GM Alexandra Kosteniuk & GM Susan Polgar
World Championship and Olympiad Commission - IM Georgios Makropoulos (Greece)
Nominated Committee Chairmen:
Rules & Tournament Regulations Committee - IA Geurt Gijssen (Netherlands)
Swiss Pairings Committee - IA Christian Krause (Germany)
Nominated Special Project Advisors:
Chess Compositions - GM Andrei Selivanov (Russia)
Social Projects - GM Darcy Lima (Brazil)
A number of other nominations for Special Project Advisors will be made after the next Presidential Board meeting.
Elected members of Ethics Commission
Roberto Rivello (Italy) Chairman
Ian Wilkinson (Jamaica)
Ralph Alt (Germany)
Margaret Murphy (US Virgin Isles)
Ion-Serban Dobronauteanu (Romania)
Elected Members of Constitutional Committee
Roberto Rivello (Italy)
Casto Abundo (Philippines)
Edward Thompson (Ghana)
Willi Iclicki (Monaco)
Francois Strydom (South Africa)
Elected Members of Verification Commission:
Graham Boxall (Jersey) FIDE Auditor & Chairman
Ruth Haring (United States)
Joran Aulin-Jansson (Norway)
CONTINENTAL ELECTIONS
Africa
President: Lakhdar Mazouz (Algeria)
Deputy President: Emelia Ellapen (South Africa)
Treasurer: Dr. Hesham Elgendy (Egypt)
FIDE Executive Board Representatives:
Ibrahima Konate (Mali)
Michel Nguele Viang (Cameroon)
Pedro Lucas Chambule (Mozambique)
Emelia Ellapen (South Africa)
Americas
President: IA Jorge Vega (Guatamala)
Deputy President: GM Darcy Lima (Brazil)
Treasurer: Allan Herbert (Barbados)
Secretary General: Russel Smith (Trinidad & Tobago)
FIDE Executive Board Representatives:
GM Garcia Silvino (Cuba)
Margaret Murphy (US Virgin Isles)
Uvencio Blanco (Venezuela)
Milton Iturry (Peru)
Asia
President: Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan (UAE)
Deputy President: Casto Abundo (Philippines)
Secretary General: Hisham Al-Taher (UAE)
Treasurer: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh (Iran)
FIDE Executive Board Representatives:
Dhafer Abdul Ameer Madhloom (Iraq)
Suuri Enkhtsa (Mongolia)
Rajesh Hari Joshi (Nepal)
Dang Tat Thang (Vietnam)
Europe
President: Silvio Danailov (Bulgaria)
Deputy President: Tomasz Sielicki (Poland)
Vice President: Ion-Serban Dobronauteanu (Romania)
Secretary General: Sava Stoisavljevic (Serbia)
Treasurer: Almog Burstein (Israel)
FIDE Executive Board Representatives:
Roberto Rivello (Italy)
Claude Dirtz (Luxembourg)
Tomasz Sielicki (Poland)
Javier Ochoa de Echaguen (Spain)
