Candidates for election at 41st Ordinary UEFA Congress
Thursday, February 9, 2017
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A total of 13 candidates from UEFA member associations are standing for the eight vacant positions available on the UEFA Executive Committee.
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The UEFA Executive Committee was today informed of the list of candidates standing for election at the 41st Ordinary UEFA Congress in Helsinki, Finland, on 5 April 2017.
A total of 13 candidates from UEFA member associations are standing for the eight vacant positions available on the UEFA Executive Committee for a four-year term from 2017 to 2021.
The candidates for eight seats on the UEFA Executive Committee are (in alphabetical order):
• Zbigniew Boniek (Poland)
• Kairat Boranbayev (Kazakhstan)
• John Delaney (Republic of Ireland)
• Armand Duka (Albania)
• David Gill (England)*
• Reinhard Grindel (Germany)
• Marios N. Lefkaritis (Cyprus)*
• Elkhan Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
• Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
• Kieran O’Connor (Wales)
• Michele Uva (Italy)
• Michael van Praag (Netherlands)*
• Servet Yardımcı (Turkey)
* standing for re-election
The elections will take place at the 41st Ordinary UEFA Congress, to be held at the Messukeskus Helsinki, Expo and Convention Centre in Helsinki on 5 April 2017.
