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FIA vote Mohammed Ben Sulayem as new President

The FIA have elected Mohammed Ben Sulayem as their new President, as Jean Todt stepped down after serving 12 years in the role. Ben Sulayem, from the United Arab Emirates, was one of two candidates in the running for the FIA’s top job the other being the UK’s Graham Stoker who served as Jean Todt’s Deputy President for Sport. The vote was held at the FIA’s AGM in Paris on Friday and concluded with 61.62% of the FIA Member Clubs voting for Ben Sulayem, 36.62% for Stoker, while 1.76% abstained. Sixty year old Ben Sulayem competed as a rally driver from 1983 to 2002, during which he won the Middle East Rally Champion 14 times. Before becoming the first non-EU President of the FIA he...
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