International Election Results 2016/17

20/02/201721/05/2019

Mr Moon Sang-bong has been elected International President Elect for 2017/18.

The results of the elections were announced on Friday during the welcome dinner of the Mid Year Meeting hosted in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Mr Moon, from Yeosu, Korea, has been elected International President Elect for a period of one year, starting 1 July 2017.

Participation in the voting

The deadline for this year’s International Election voting papers was 31 January 2017.

Clubs who sent votes after this date were considered as election participants but their votes were not counted.

Until 15 February, 792 clubs had sent in their voting ballots for International Officers. Based on the number of clubs at 1 August 2016 (1,453 clubs), the participation rate was 54.5%. On the vote concerning the amendments to the Constitution, 764 clubs, or 52.6% sent in their ballots.

Out of the ballots received for International Officers, 13 were late and the IEOs had to declare 97 invalid for various reasons leaving a total of 682 valid voting ballots. Out of the ballots received for amendments to the Constitution, 12 were late and the IEOs had to declare 44 invalid for not being in good standing leaving a total of 703 valid voting ballots

Leaders taking office 1 July 2017:

International Executive Officers