Slovenia’s Aleksander Ceferin elected UEFA President
Q. Which country’s head of federation has been elected as UEFA’s seventh president?- Published on 16 Sep 16a. Slovenia
b. Siberia
c. Samoa
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Slovenia
Ceferin has been elected the 7th president at the extraordinary congress in Athens
- He is an accomplished lawyer with little record in football before heading the Slovenian federation in 2011
- In a vote for UEFA presidency, he beat vice president Michael van Praag of Netherlands 42-13 in what many see as a verdict for change
- He was publicly backed by nations like Russia, Italy, France and Germany
- He has a degree in law and represents professional athletes and sports clubs
- He will also have to seek reelection before the next major event of UEFA, 2020 Euros
- UEFA or Union of European Football Associations is an administrative body for association football in EU
- Several member states are primarily or entirely located in Asia
- It is one of six continental confederations of world football’s governing body FIFA
- UEFA comprises 55 national association members
- Till 1959, its main HQ was located in Paris and later in Bern
- In 1995, the UEFA HQ was made in Nyon, Switzerland.
- The first president was Ebbe Stewart and Henri Delaunay was the first general secretary.
