Perurena appointed

published on 28 April, 2016

28 April 2016

José Perurena to Represent SportAccord Associate Members

IWGA President José Perurena has been designated to represent the Associate Members on the SportAccord Council. The delegates of the ten Associate Members such as IWGA, FICS or FISU agreed that José Perurena will serve as their representative until the next SportAccord Convention in April 2017.

One of his duties will be to take care of establishing proper electoral procedures for this group of associations. Based on these procedures, a new process of nomination and election will take place at next year's SportAccord Convention.

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