The Union Mondiale de Billard, UMB, has elected a new President and a new board member during the General Assembly in Cairo past Saturday, January, 16th.
Mr. Farouk Barki was elected with a large majority over the other candidate, Mr. Torsten Danielsson, Both, former UMB Board Members.
The General Assembly, the two-yearly congress that was held in the Mena House Hotel in Cairo, had to appoint a new president after the resignation Mr. Jean-Claude Dupont last year. At the Congress in Cairo, 260 votes were delivered for the election of the president. Farouk Barki received 240 votes, Torsten Danielsson 15, five votes were blank.
The UMB congress elected not only Farouk Barki (President) and Fernando Requena (Vice-President with 234 votes ), both with a large majority, but also, unanimously, the Korean Steve Lee as a new board member. The UMB Committee includes the four confederation presidents.
On Thursday, before the congress, the Egyptian financial control commission, granted discharge to the board. The statement of account provided for the years 2014/2015, included the amount totally recovered from the previous president.
The distribution of functions within the new UMB board took place on Sunday, January 17th, during the traditional evaluation Board Meeting over the activities and decisions from the General Assembly. The board completed with the addition of German Rayner Selgrath.Mr. Danielsson left the UMB board after his defeat in the election.
Mr. Santos Chocron was already appointed in Terneuzen as UMB Office Manager.
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