Todt reveals his full cabinet
Todt is the first to announce his cabinet members
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Tuesday, 15, Sep 2009 11:24
By Adam Leveridge
FIA presidential candidate Jean Todt has revealed a full list of his cabinet members, who will work for him should he take office on October 23rd.
The former Ferrari team principle, who saw the Maranello-squad to six consecutive constructors' titles, is the first of the candidates to announce his senate members, mobility vce presidents and sport vice presidents.
The Frenchman said that he believes his senate have the exact qualities needed to take the FIA into a new era. He said: "I am delighted to have the support of what I believe is a dynamic leadership team with outstanding experience and knowledge of all the issues central to motoring and motor sport today."
"It is also a team representative of the entire FIA with members from across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, and Latin America.
"I am particularly proud that so many leading members of the FIA family have backed our vision for the future.
"Both the sporting and mobility sides of the FIA share common values supporting fairness for consumers and competitors, for safety and sustainability on road and track, and the right to enjoy the freedom that the automobile can provide.
"To coincide with the submission of our full candidacy list our team is also publishing our 'Road Map to Renewal', which summarises our key policy proposals for motor sport and mobility. We recognise that the FIA needs to renew itself and through innovation, excellence and teamwork, we can better meet the needs of our membership and meet the challenges of the years ahead."
Todt's full candidacy list is:
President¿Jean Todt
Senate President¿Nicholas Craw, President, Automobile Competition Committee of the US (USA)
Deputy President Mobility¿Brian Gibbons, President, New Zealand Automobile Association (New Zealand)
Deputy President Sport¿Graham Stoker, Board Member, Motor Sports Association (UK)
Senate Members¿Hernan Gallegos Banderas, President,
Automovil Club del Ecuador (Ecuador)¿HH Tunku Mudzaffar bin Tunku Mustapha, Chairman, Automobile Association of Malaysia (Malaysia)¿S.H. Rudolf Graf von der Schulenburg, President, Automobilclub von Deutschland (Germany)¿Carlos Slim Domit, Patron, Asociación Mexicana Automovilistica (Mexico)¿Jainchang Yan, Deputy President, Federation of Automobile Sports of China (China)
Mobility Vice Presidents¿Carlos Barbosa, President, Automovel Club de Portugal (Portugal)¿Victor Dumot, President, Touring and Automobile Club of Paraguay (Paraguay)¿Ignacio Gonzalez Fausto, President, Asociación Mexicana Automovilistica (Mexico)¿Gus Lagman, President, Automobile Association Philippines (Philippines)¿Franco Lucchesi, Delegate to the FIA, Automobile Club d'Italia (Italy)¿Jorge Rosales, President, Automobile Club of Argentina (Argentina)¿Danijel Starman, President, Avto-moto zveza Slovenije (Slovenia)
Sport Vice Presidents¿José Abed, President, Organizacion Mexicana del Deporte Automovilistico Internacional (Mexico)¿Michel Boeri, President, Automobile Club de Monaco (Monaco)¿Morrie Chandler, Honorary President, MotorSport New Zealand (New Zealand)¿Enrico Gelpi, President, Automobile Club d'Italia (Italy)¿Carlos Gracia, President, Real Federación Española de Automovilismo (Spain)¿Mohamed ben Sulayem, President, Automobile and Touring Club for United Arab Emirates (UAE)¿Surinder Thatthi, Secretary General, Kenya Motor Sports Federation (Kenya)