Sports Desk News :: Businessman and politician Tabith Awal has been elected as the new president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) beating AFM Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, a grassroot level organiser cum coach from Dinajpur District, by 23-5 votes in the BFF Election 2024<\/p>\n
The election was held at a hotel in Dhaka on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Tabith Awal, also a former footballer, who was elected BFF vice president in 2012 and in 2016, ended the long 16-year four-term tenure of Kazi M Salahuddin, who quit the election this time.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Bashundhara Kings president Imrul Hasan, was elected senior vice president (SVP) unopposed after his rival businessman and sports organiser Tarafder Md Ruhul Amin withdrew his candidature in the dying moment.<\/p>\n
He will replace long-serving BFF senior vice president, national booter, and former parliament member Abdus Salam Murshedy.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the annual general meeting of BFF was held at the same venue on Saturday morning with outgoing president Kazi Md Salahuddin in the chair.<\/p>\n
A total of 128 councillors out of 133 exercised their voting rights from 2 pm to 6 pm to elect the 21-member BFF executive committee, including one president, one senior vice president, four vice presidents, and 15 executive committee members, among the 46 intending candidates.<\/p>\n
Six candidates competed in the four vice president posts, while 37 competed in the 15 executive committee members.<\/p>\n
Counting for the post of four vice presidents and 15 EC members was in progress till filing this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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