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Qatar's Al Hiji elected AIPS vice president

Published: 12 May 2017 - 10:19 pm | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 04:14 am
Mohammed Al Hiji

Mohammed Al Hiji

The Peninsula

Qatari journalist Mohammed Al Hiji was elected as vice president of the Executive Committee during the 80th International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Congress which was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea .
Al Hiji will be one of the seven vice presidents who will serve for a four-year term under the Presidency of Gianni Merlo who was re-elected during the Congress.
The newly elected AIPS Executive Committee:
President: Gianni Merlo (Italy)
First Vice President: Esat Yilmaer (Turkey)
Treasurer: Jura Ozmec (Croatia)
Vice Presidents: Evelyn Watta (Kenya), Nikolai Dologopolov (Russia), Ioannis Daras (Greece), Mohammed Al Hiji (Qatar), AIPS Africa President Mitchel Obi (Nigeria), AIPS America President Gabriel Cazenave (Paraguay), AIPS Europe President Charles Camnezuli (Malta)
Members: Seyed Abdolhamid Ahmadi (Iran), Zsuzsa Csisztu (Hungary), Vicente Dattoli (Brazil), Emanuel Fantaneanu (Romania), Hee Don Jung (Korea), Ahmadi Kawari Isa (Malaysia), Josef Langer (Austria), Amjad Amzaz Malik (Pakistan), Morad Moutaouakkil (Morocco), Juan Antonio Prieto (Spain), Jean Paul Savart (France). Hiroshi Takeuchi (Japan), Joze Zidar (Slovenia).