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ANTIGUA, Guatemala, October 24, 2009 – Mexican
Saul Castro Verdugo and Trinidadian Mushtaque
Mohammed were elected by the XX NORCECA Congress
to fill the vacancies of the organization in the
FIVB Board of Administration.
The candidature of both sport leaders was
submitted by the Executive Committee of NORCECA
and received the unanimous vote of the assembly.
Castro Verdugo replaces Mrs. Marta Centeno de
Sajche who was elevated to FIVB Executive Vice
President and Mushtaque substitutes Puerto Rican
Carlos Beltran, who had resigned the position.
Previously Mrs.Centeno de Sajche had filled the
vacancy created by the retirement of the former
FIVB President, the Mexican Dr. Ruben Acosta.
Castro Verdugo is currently the General Director
of the Sport Institute of Baja California,
Mexico and has been the president of the
organizing committee of three FIVB World
Championhips held in Tijuana and Mexicali since
2007 in the Youth and Junior categories.
Mushtaque has presided for many years the
Caribbean Zone Volleyball Association (CAZOVA)
and is a Vice President of the Trinidad & Tobago
Olympic Committee.
In other resolutions of the NORCECA Congress:
Castro Verdugo was elected as NORCECA First
Executive Vice President replacing the late
Professor Alejandro Salinas de la Garza.
Costa Rican Jose Luis Jimenes Lao replaced
Centeno de Sajche as Secretary General as the
later was elected as Vice President for the
Central American Zone as new President of
AFECAVOL.
Puerto Rican Nelson Perez was elected as member
of the Board of Administration in place of
Beltran who resigned.
Also Puerto Rican Arnaldo Sanchez was elected as
President of the Beach Volleyball Commission and
Nicaraguan Judith Sandino as President of the
created Statistics and VIS Commission.
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