Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA)’s 67th Congress has successfully ended in Manama City, Bahrain on Thursday.
All the 211 member associations including Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) convened in the day long congress that followed a series of confederation meetings earlier in the week.
Uganda was ably and heavily represented by the FUFA top brass officials led by President Eng. Moses Magogo, first Vice president Justus Mugisha and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Edgar Watson.
In the earlier CAF Congress, the FUFA President reaped big following the appointment on the CAF Executive committee as a co-opted member and on two organizing committees as Chairperson on the Beach Soccer and Futsal committee as well as vice chairperson on the women football organizing committee.
The supreme FIFA body a few important decisions to validate reports on FIFA’s activities in 2016, and, more importantly, to agree on key steps for the future of the organization.
These included:
- Approval of the detailed budget for 2018, with a total investment of USD 2.899 billion – 91% of which is allocated to football activities, chief among which is the organization of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
- The ratification of the next stages of the bidding process to select the host(s) of the 2026 FIFA World Cup™.
- Election of the members of the Audit and Compliance Committee, the Governance Committee and the judicial bodies.
Members of the judicial bodies, the Audit and Compliance Committee, and the Governance Committee
The 67th FIFA Congress has elected the members below, each for a term of office of four years, effective immediately:
Disciplinary Committee:
Chairman: Justice Anin Yeboah (Ghana)
Supreme Court Justice:
Deputy chairman: Alejandro Piera (Paraguay) – Lawyer and University Lecturer with extensive international experience
Members: Asia: Jo Setright (Australia), Yasser Al-Misehal (Saudi Arabia), Lim Kia Tong (Singapore)
Africa: Maclean Letshwiti (Botswana), Guy Akpovi (Togo), Mahmoud Hammami (Tunisia)
Europe: Thomas Hollerer (Austria), Guðni Bergsson (Iceland), Andriy Pavelko (Ukraine)
North, Central America and Caribbean: Charlie Cuzzetto (Canada), Theresa Pitcairn (Cayman Islands), Mateo Fábrega (Panama)
Oceania: Talissa Koteka (Cook Islands), Lord Ve’ehala (Tonga)
South America: Jorge Palacio (Colombia), Leonardo Stagg (Ecuador), Carlos Terán (Venezuela)
2. Appeal Committee:
Chairman: Thomas Bodström (Sweden) – Former Minister of Justice and elite football player
Deputy chairman: Neil Eggleston (USA) – Law Professor and Former White House Counsel
Members:
Asia: Randall Cunliffe (Guam), Salman Al-Ansari (Qatar)
Africa: Jean-Louis Atangana Amougou (Cameroon), Alberto Simango (Mozambique)
Europe: Christian Andreasen (Faroe Islands), Larissa Zakharova (Russia)
North, Central America and Caribbean: Víctor Garza (Mexico), Oliver Smith (Turks and Caicos Islands)
Oceania: Samuel Ram (Fiji), Dan Kakaraya (Papua New Guinea)
South America: Damian Dupiellet (Argentina), Laureano González (Venezuela)
Ethics Committee – investigatory chamber
Chairwoman: María Claudia Rojas (Colombia) – Former President of the Council of State
Deputy chairman: Bruno de Vita (Canada) – Queen’s Counsel
Deputy chairman: Martin Ngoga (Rwanda) – Former Prosecutor
General Members:
Asia: He Jiahong (China)
Africa: Janet Katisya (Kenya)
Europe: Michael Llamas (Gibraltar)
North, Central America and Caribbean: José Ernesto Mejía (Honduras)
Oceania: John Tougon (Vanuatu)
4 Ethics Committee – adjudicatory chamber
Chairman: Vassilios Skouris (Greece) – Former and longest-serving President of the European Court of Justice
Deputy chairman: Fiti Sunia (American Samoa) – Judge and Former Attorney
General Members:
Asia: Mohammad Ali Al Kamali (United Arab Emirates)
Africa: Justice Ayotunde Phillips (Nigeria)
Europe: Aivar Pohlak (Estonia)
North, Central America and Caribbean: Margarita Echeverría (Costa Rica)
Oceania: Jack Kariko (Papua New Guinea)
South America: Flavio Zveiter (Brazil)
5. Audit and Compliance Committee
Chairman: Tomaž Vesel (Slovenia) – President of the Court of Auditors in Slovenia
Deputy chairman: Christopher Mihm (USA) – Chair of the United Nations Independent Audit Advisory
Committee Members:
Asia: Nakajima Yuuchiro (Japan)
Africa: Andrew Kamanga (Zambia)
Europe: Ivančica Sudac (Croatia)
North, Central America and Caribbean: Enrique Bonilla (Mexico)
Oceania: Rajesh Patel (Fiji)
South America: Gustavo Favre (Chile)
6 Governance Committee
Chairman: Justice Mukul Mudgal (India) – Former Chief Justice Indian High Court
Deputy chairman: Olli Rehn (Finland) – Former Vice-President of the European Commission
Members:
Asia: Muhannad Fahmi Hamad (Bahrain)
Africa: Fouzi Lekjaa (Morocco), Navi Pillay (South Africa – independent)
Europe: Rainer Koch (Germany), Ron Popper (Switzerland – independent)
North, Central America and Caribbean: Adela Torrebiarte (Guatemala), Molly Rhone (Jamaica – independent)
South America: Eduardo Ache (Uruguay), Felipe Cuantuarias (Peru – independent)
MAIN PHOTO: The 211 Members Associations of FIFA at the 67th Congress in Manama in Bahrain
PHOTO CREDITS: FIFA Media
