Mehdi Taj elected as AFC Vice President: Central Zone
Tehran Times – KUALA LUMPUR, The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed its five Vice Presidents for the next term and Mehdi Taj, head of Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI), has been elected as the Vice President from the Central Zone.
In the elections took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Qatari Saoud A Aziz M A Al-Mohannadi was elected as the Vice President from the West Zone, Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat (Pakistan) took the same post from the South Zone, Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar (Mongolia) and Zaw Zaw (Myanmar) were also elected from the East Zone and the ASEAN Zone, respectively.
The 29th Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress concluded on Saturday with AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (Bahrain) re-elected unopposed for a second four-year term (2019-2023) at the helm of a new-look AFC Executive Committee, the-afc.com reported.