30th General Assembly
August 6th, 2007
Thai Minister of Education Prof. Dr. Wichit Srisa-an opens the FISU General Assembly
Bangkok - From August 5th to 6th, FISU held its 30th General Assembly in Bangkok, Thailand, host city of the 24th Summer Universiade. The Assembly was opened by the Thai Minister of Education Prof. Dr. Wichit Srisa-an. During the General Assembly, the representatives of the Member Associations listened and approved the reports of the President, Secretary-General, Treasurer, Auditor and the strategic review of the Challenge 21 Group. The General Assembly also accepted three new Member Associations bringing the total number of MA to 144: - Bhutan (BHU); - Dutch Antilles (AHO); - Montenegro (MNE).
The Local Organising Committees of the future Summer Universiades, Belgrade 2009 and Shenzhen 2011, as well as the future Winter Universiades, Harbin 2009 and Erzurum 2011, presented their progress reports to the Assembly as well as the final report of the 2007 Winter Universiade in Torino. However the main issue of this General Assembly was the election of the new Executive Committee for the period 2007-2011. As you know, the Executive Committee shall be composed of members elected by the General Assembly of FISU and by the Presidents of the Continental Organisations having the status of Associate Member of the FISU (according to the new statutes approved by the General Assembly, art n°7.1 and 7.3). This was a way to include the Continental Federations within the FISU EC as Associated Members. If a President of a Continental Organisation is elected as a FISU Executive Committee member, this continental organisation can be represented by a member of its Executive Committee (that's the case for Mr. Hassan Chikh who's FASU President and for Mr. Zhang Xinsheng who's AUSF President). After a long session of ballots the new Executive Committee was elected out of 69 candidates. It is clear that the General Assembly wants the Executive Committee to continue its work as George E. Killian and Claude-Louis Gallien were re-elected as President and 1st Vice-President respectively, as well as most of the Assessors. Newcomers in the EC are Luciano Cabral (BRA), Oleg Matytsin (RUS), Omar Al Hai (UAE), Hisato Igarashi (JPN), Verena Burke (GER) and Peninnah Kabenge (UGA). With the adition of the latter two assessors the number of women in the EC is now four.
FISU Executive Committee 2007-2011
President George E. Killian (USA) (re-elected) 1st Vice-President Claude-Louis Gallien (FRA) (re-elected) Vice-Presidents Stefan Bergh (SWE) (re-elected) Hassan Chikh (ALG) (re-elected) Zhang Xinsheng (CHN) (re-elected) Luciano Cabral (BRA) (newly elected) Treasurer Danzandorj Bayasgalan (MGL) (newly elected in this function) 1st Assessor Malumbete Ralethe (RSA) (newly elected in this function) Assessors Chong Yang Kim (KOR) (re-elected) Chen Tai-Cheng (TPE) (re-elected) Kairis Ulp (EST) (re-elected) Alison Odell (GBR) (re-elected) Leonz Eder (SUI) (re-elected) Stavros Douvis (GRE) (re-elected) Marian Dymalski (POL) (re-elected) Kemal Tamer (TUR) (re-elected) Sinisa Jasnic (SRB) (re-elected) Pedro Dias (POR) (re-elected) Verena Burk (GER) (newly elected) Omar Al Hai (UAE) (newly elected) Oleg Matytsin (RUS) (newly elected) Peninnah Kabenge (UGA) (newly elected) Hisato Igarashi (JPN) (newly elected) Continental delegates EUSA: Alberto Gualtieri (ITA) ODUPA: Julio Jakob (URU) FASU: Silvanus Lamiayi Lamptey (GHA) AUSF: to be nominated Continental Association Oceania: to be created Auditor Adrian Gagea (ROM) (re-elected)
To view the individual portraits of the new EC members click on the link below.
Registration for the General Assembly
The three new FISU Member Associations: Dutch Antilles, Montengro and Buthan (from left to right)
Canada voting
Belgrado 2009 presents its Progress Report
