The XXXIII Ordinary UEFA Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark has voted on Wednesday for nine seats on the UEFA Executive Committee for the 2009-2013 period, with eight positions available for four-year terms and one position for a two-year term.
UEFA Executive Committee elections
The following members were (re-)elected:
First ballot (absolute majority – half valid votes plus one)
Votes (of 53 cast):
Marios N. Lefkaritis, Cyprus, 50
Theo Zwanziger, Germany, 47 (new)
Giancarlo Abete, Italy, 45 (new)
Geoffrey Thompson, England, 43
Allan Hansen, Denmark, 40 (new)
František Laurinec, Slovakia, 36 (new)
Michael van Praag, Netherlands, 34 (new)
Abraham Luzon, Israel, 28 (new)
Second ballot (simple majority)
Votes (of 53 cast):
Liutauras Varanavicius, Lithuania, 22 (new)
The term of office for Mr Varanavicius is for a two-year period.
Mayer-Vorfelder made honorary member of UEFA
In addition, four European members of the FIFA Executive Committee were (re-)elected for the 2009-2013 period: Michel D'Hooghe, Belgium, Elected by acclamation Şenes Erzik, Turkey, Elected by acclamation Marios N. Lefkaritis, Cyprus, Elected by acclamation Vitaly Mutko, Russia, Elected by acclamation (new)
Outgoing members, Viacheslav Koloskov, Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, Per Ravn Omdal and Giangiorgio Spiess were made honorary members of UEFA.
