PNVF president Ramon “Tats” Suzara is the brand new AVC president. MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
PNVF president Ramon “Tats” Suzara on Friday was elected the brand new chief of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the continental governing body for volleyball.
Suzara will serve a four-year term because the ninth president and only the second Filipino—after Nemesio Yabut who was president from 1976 to 1979—of the AVC.
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“The best boost shall be derived from the region’s grand tradition and wealthy history in volleyball,” Suzara said in a press lease. “The legacy of inspiring wisdom and nurturing leadership of previous administrations might be carried on, at the same time as the AVC story continues to unfold.”
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Suzara earned 48 votes to win by landslide over his lone opponent, Qatar’s Ali Ghanem Al-Kuwari, who got 15 out of the 63 total votes—20 made by proxy and with Brunei and Mongolia a no-show within the twenty fifth AVC General Assembly, Congress and Election on the Grand Fourwings Convention Hotel.
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He succeeded Indonesia’s Rita Sibowo, who headed the organization for the past Olympic cycle from 2020 to 2024.
Suzara was accompanied within the Congress by his Philippine National Volleyball Federation chairman Dr. Arnel Hajan, vice chairman Ricky Palou and secretary-general Donaldo Caringal.
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Suzara’s election got here almost a 12 months before a milestone solo hosting by the Philippines of the FIVB Volleyball Men World Championships in September next 12 months.
Also elected within the AVC were first senior executive vice chairman Craig Carracher of Australia, executive vice chairman Mohamed Latheef of Maldives, secretary-general Hugh Graham of Cook Islands, treasurer Marina Tsui of Hong Kong and internal auditor Hasan Alfransiny of Bahrain.
