Nomination for Presidential Tickets FIDE has received, within the specified deadline of 11 May, 17:00 UTC+2, the following two (2) Presidential Tickets of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Garry Kasparov for the upcoming FIDE elections 2014: *a) Nominated by 56 national federations, the Presidential Ticket of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov:* Kirsan Ilyumzhinov - President Georgios Makropoulos - Deputy President Abraham Tolentino - General Secretary Aguinaldo Jaime - Vice President Martha Fierro Baquero - Vice President Adrian Siegel - Treasurer The national federations which nominate Kirsan Ilyumzhinovs ticket, alphabetically by continent: *AFRICA (22)* 01. Algeria 02. Angola 03. Botswana 04. Cameroon 05. Comoros Islands 06. Egypt 07. Gabon 08. Gambia 09. Madagascar 10. Malawi 11. Mauritania 12. Mauritius 13. Morocco 14. Mozambique 15. Namibia 16. Seychelles 17. Sierra Leone 18. Swaziland 19. Togo 20. Tunisia 21. Uganda 22. Zambia *AMERICAS (18)* 23. Argentina 24. Barbados 25. Brazil 26. Colombia 27. Dominican Republic 28. Ecuador 29. Guatemala 30. Guyana 31. Haiti 32. Honduras 33. Mexico 34. Netherlands Antilles 35. Nicaragua 36. Panama 37. Peru 38. Surinam 39. Uruguay 40. Venezuela *ASIA (9)* 41. Bhutan 42. Cambodia 43. India 44. Iran 45. Korea 46. Maldives 47. Nepal 48. Qatar 49. Uzbekistan *EUROPE (7)* 50. Cyprus 51. Georgia 52. Greece 53. Romania 54. Russia 55. Switzerland 56. Turkey *b) Nominated by 20 national federations, the Presidential Ticket of Garry Kasparov:* Garry Kasparov - President Jan Callewaert - Deputy President Ignatius Leong - General Secretary Afrika Msimang - Vice President Ian Wilkinson - Vice President Rex Sinquefield- Treasurer The national federations which nominate Garry Kasparovs ticket, alphabetically by continent: *AFRICA (5)* 01. Ghana 02. Ivory Coast 03. Kenya 04. Rwanda 05. South Africa *AMERICAS (2)* 06. Jamaica 07. USA *ASIA (8)* 08. Afghanistan 09. Australia 10. Hong Kong 11. Kyrgyzstan 12. Macau 13. Myanmar 14. Philippines 15. Singapore *EUROPE (5)* 16. Belgium 17. Croatia 18. Iceland 19. Portugal 20. Ukraine On 9 May 2014 the ticket of Garry Kasparov was submitted to the FIDE secretariat, by lawyer Morten Sand, with the name of Sheikh Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Hamed as Vice-President. The next day, on 10 May, the FIDE Secretariat received an email from Garry Kasparov stating: “(s)ince that filing, Sheikh Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Hamed has informed me that he has become incapable to run for election, and Ian Wilkinson has agreed to replace him as Vice President on my ticket”. Above the 20 nominating federations of Garry Kasparov’s ticket, there were 3 that nominated Sheikh Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Hamed in Garry Kasparov’s ticket (Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Puerto Rico).
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 15:38:36 +0000
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