Sheikh Talal Fahad Al-Sabah speaks at the 42nd Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Congress in Bangkok, Thailand on July 8, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)
Sheikh Talal Fahad Al-Sabah was elected as new Olympic Council of Asia president.
BANGKOK, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) elected Sheikh Talal Fahad Al-Sabah as its new president at the 42nd OCA Congress here on Saturday.
Sheikh Talal received 24 of the 44 votes cast. The other candidate, the OCA director general and president of World Aquatics Husain Al-Musallam, who is also from Kuwait, received 20 votes.
Sheikh Talal, 58, is the son of the first OCA president Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who was president from 1982 to 1990, and the younger brother of the previous OCA president Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah, who led the organization from 1991 to 2021.
Delegates attend the 42nd Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Congress in Bangkok, Thailand on July 8, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)
Sheikh Talal joined the OCA in 2007 and served as chair of the OCA Rules Committee and a member of the OCA Executive Board.
Sheikh Talal's motto was "One Asia, One Family" and promised good governance, financial sustainability, development plan for sports and activities, education programs and high-quality Asian Games. ■
