The Royal Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) have lastly settled on somebody to guide them for a full time period, after Rafael Louzan was elected as president on Monday.
Following the compelled resignation of Luis Rubiales, former Vice-President Pedro Rocha had been in cost for a lot of the previous 12 months on an interim foundation. Rocha did then win elections to turn out to be the everlasting president, however was discovered to have exceeded his powers whereas in workplace, and thus was excluded from the race following a two-year suspension.
As reported by Sport, Louzan received the assist of 90 of the 141 members within the RFEF Common Meeting, of which 138 attended. That was greater than double his closest rival Salvador Gomar, with 4 spoiled ballots and one vote excluded.
📺 Sigue, 𝗘𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢, el discurso de Rafael Louzán tras ser elegido presidente de la RFEF: https://t.co/j9Rg0WHdWi pic.twitter.com/v2KUV1w65n
— RFEF (@rfef) December 16, 2024
The 57-year-old is awaiting his personal court docket case decision, which may see him suspended for 7 years, however received the assist of his colleagues all the identical. The Galician is standing accused of prevarication throughout his time as President of the Pontevedra Council. That decision will likely be determined in February, and certainly one of his Vice-Presidents would then assume the function if he’s suspended.
Till now, Louzan was Vice-President himself of the RFEF, and has been President of the Galician Soccer Federation, a publish he has held since 2014.