22-SEPTEMBER-2012
ARY GRAÇA ELECTED
AS NEW FIVB PRESIDENT
 

Ary Graça has been elected as the fourth FIVB President at the FIVB Congress at Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, USA on Friday.

Needing a 50 per cent plus one majority of the eligible votes, Ary Graça, who was president of the Brazil Volleyball Federation and the South America Confederation and a member of the FIVB Board of Administration, recorded 103 votes, with USA Volleyball CEO Doug Beal obtaining 86 and Australia Volleyball Federation President Chris Schacht 15.
With 206 participating federations, two votes were recorded as invalid.

Former FIVB President Jizhong Wei promised the FIVB’s first democratic election and that was exactly what happened with each federation voting by secret ballot with a choice of three candidates.

“Dear friends, dear colleagues,” President Graça, 69, told the Congress. “I would like to address my thanks for those who trusted me, for those who voted for me and I would like to thank most of all President Wei, who is always saying the FIVB is undergoing an evolution. I think FIVB had a revolution".

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