AIPS President Giani Merlo to go unopposed as candidatures for Rome 2022 elective congress are announced

PRESIDENT
Gianni Merlo (Italy), USSI (Unione Stampa Sportiva Italiana)

1st VICE PRESIDENT

TREASURER 
Jura Ozmec (Croatia), CSJA (Croatian Sports Journalists Association)

VICE PRESIDENT (15 candidates)
Nargiz Mahmudzada (Azerbaijan), ASJA (Azerbaijan Sports Journalists Association)
Vicente Dattoli (Brazil), ABRACE (Brazilian Sports Journalists Association)
Jie Zhou (China), CSPA (China Sports Press Association)
Marc Ventouillac (France), UJSF (Union des Journalistes de Sport en France)
Ioannis Daras (Greece), PSAT (Greek Sports Journalist Association)
Zsuzsa Csisztu (Hungary), HSJA (Hungarian Sports Journalists’ Association)
Seyed Abdolhamid Ahmadi (Iran), ISJA (Iranian Sports Journalists Association)
Evelyn Watta (Kenya), SJAK (Sports Journalists Association of Kenya)
Hee Don Jung (Korea), KSPU (Korea Sports Press Union)
Sattam Alsehali (Kuwait), KSMC (Kuwait Sports Media Committee)
Mohamed Ould El Hassan (Mauritania), ACSM (Association des Commentataires Sportifs Mauritanienne)
Mitchell Obi (Nigeria), SWAN (Sports Writers Association of Nigeria)
Amjad Aziz Malik (Pakistan), PSWF (Pakistan Sports Writers Federation)
Mohammed Hiji Ali (Qatar), QSPC (Qatar Sports Press Committee)
Ernesto Ortiz Gomez (Uruguay), CPDU (Circulo de Periodistas Deportivos del Uruguay)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (24 candidates)
Josef Langer (Austria), SMA (Sports Media Austria)
Nargiz Mahmudzada (Azerbaijan), ASJA (Azerbaijan Sports Journalists Association)
Fernando Nurnberg Zambrana (Bolivia), CPDB (Circulo de Periodistas Deportivos en Bolivia)
Vicente Dattoli (Brazil), ABRACE (Brazilian Sports Journalists Association)
Nayden Todorov (Bulgaria), BASJ (Bulgarian Association of Sports Journalists)
Jie Zhou (China), CSPA (China Sports Press Association)
Jura Ozmec (Croatia), CSJA (Croatian Sports Journalists Association)
Marc Ventouillac (France), UJSF (Union des Journalistes de Sport en France)
Ioannis Daras (Greece), PSAT (Greek Sports Journalist Association)
Zsuzsa Csisztu (Hungary), HSJA (Hungarian Sports Journalists’ Association)
Seyed Abdolhamid Ahmadi (Iran), ISJA (Iranian Sports Journalists Association)
Hiroshi Takeuchi (Japan), JSPA (Japan Sports Press Association)
Mohamed Ould El Hassan (Mauritania), ACSM (Association des Commentataires Sportifs Mauritanienne)
Morad Moutaouakkil (Morocco), AMPS (Association Marocaine de la Presse Sportive)
Mitchell Obi (Nigeria), SWAN (Sports Writers Association of Nigeria)
Salim Saleem Alhabsi (Oman), OJA (Oman Journalists Association)
Amjad Aziz Malik (Pakistan), PSWF (Pakistan Sports Writers Federation)
Mohammed Hiji Ali (Qatar), QSPC (Qatar Sports Press Committee)
Emanuel Fantaneanu (Romania), APS (Romanian Sports Press Association)
Abdoulaye Thiam (Senegal), SSPA (Senegal Sports Press Association)
Adel Al Zahrani (Saudi Arabia), SPMF (Saudi Sports Media Federation)
Jose Zidar (Slovenia), DŠNS (Slovenian Sports Press Association)
Juan Antonio Prieto Rodriguez (Spain), AEPD (Asociación Espanola de Prensa Deportiva)
Ernesto Ortiz Gomez (Uruguay), CPDU (Circulo de Periodistas Deportivos del Uruguay).