FEI President and IOC member Ingmar De Vos (BEL) has been re-elected on the Council of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF). The election took place on 31 May on the occasion of the 47th ASOIF General Assembly held in Lausanne (SUI), and was opened with a speech by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach who congratulated ASOIF on their achievements and the indispensable role of International Federations delivering and modernising the Olympic Games. Other items on the agenda included decisions on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games International Federation revenue share scheme, ASOIF Statute amendments and membership admissions.
This is President De Vos’ second term as ASOIF Council member. Since 2016, he has been a member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Governance Taskforce, and was first elected to the ASOIF Council in 2019 for a four-year term, which ended this year. The second term runs from 2023 to 2027. The ASOIF Council is composed of eight individual members – all leaders of Summer Olympic International Federations (IFs), and the ASOIF Executive Director (ex officio without voting rights) – see here for more information.
Ingmar De Vos was elected FEI President in 2014, re-elected for a second term in 2018 and re-elected for a third and final term in 2022. He was elected as a Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in September 2017 and is a member of the following IOC Commissions: Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad Los Angeles 2028 (2019 – ); Legal Affairs (2018 – ); and Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (2019 – ). In addition, he is SportAccord Executive Committee member, ASOIF representative on the WADA Executive Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of the Belgium Olympic Committee.
“Being on the ASOIF Council is an honour and a great responsibility,” Ingmar De Vos said.
“As the unique umbrella organisation for the Olympic International Federations, the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations plays a crucial role in representing the interests of the federations in the Olympic movement. Under the excellent leadership of President Francesco Ricci Bitti our federations have been well represented and a constructive dialogue has been established. But ASOIF does much more and besides unifying the International Federations and establishing a constructive dialogue, it provides services to the members and the best example is the governance assessment initiative of ASOIF to help the federations to improve their governance.
“I would like to thank the ASOIF members for their support and confidence.
“I also take the opportunity, on behalf of the FEI, to wish ASOIF a happy 40th birthday and look forward to continuing all the positive work.”
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