Qatari-Emirati rival in the running for the AFC presidency

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With the closing of the presidential bid for the Continental Union on Thursday, Salman, Ramithi and Muhammedi will win the presidency.

Al Rumaithi is head of the General Authority of Sport of the United Arab Emirates and is also the commander of the Abu Dhabi Police. It is expected that CAF's chairmanship will also be of a political nature after appointing Qatar's Saud Al-Mohannadi, vice-president of CAF and FA of Qatar.

The former president of the Saudi federation, Adel Ezzat, was to run for president of the AFC, but was not appointed to that post. Ezzat said in 2017 that he intended to represent Sheikh Salman in the 2019 elections, after resigning from the presidency of his country's local federation.

Amal Ezzat was hit in October by the withdrawal of the South Asian Association of the South Asian Association. Sheikh Salman said in October that he wanted to run for a third term.

In April 2017, FIFA lifted a one-year ban on Al-Mohannadi, imposed by the independent ethics commission for failing to cooperate with a thorough investigation into the former president of the AFC, Mohamed Bin Hammam.

Salman bin Ibrahim, 52, badumed the presidency of the Continental Union in early 2013, succeeding Ben Hammam, who is suspended for life for espionage for bribery in order to support his candidacy for the presidency. the International Federation. Sheikh Salman finished two years in office of the former president and was re-elected in 2015 for a four-year term.

In September, Sheikh Salman announced his candidacy for a new term and then confirmed that he had the support of the majority of the member states of the Continental Union.

The announcement was made at the meeting of the Executive Board of the Continental Union that was held today in Tashkent, the Uzbek capital, during which Sheikh Salman confirmed his intention to "continue the service of the AFC and promote its achievements".

Under the rules of the Continental Union, candidates must be subject to integrity checks on the part of the Union Electoral Commission to confirm their eligibility for candidacy, in accordance with the rules. 39, Article 9 of the electoral system, before being formally declared.

The elections are expected to take place on April 6, 2019, at the general meeting of the badembly to be held in Kuala Lumpur. The election includes the election of the president, five vice presidents and six members of the FIFA Council.