The General Assembly of the South West Asian Football Federation unanimously elected Adel Ezzat, the President of the Saudi Football Federation, as first President of the South West Asian Football Federation.
The general assembly also elected Mohammed Shawid, President of The Maldives Football Federation, as first deputy president; Sabrata Dota of India as deputy president for South Asian zone; and Abdullah Al-Jinaibi of the UAE as deputy president for west Asia.
The meeting also endorsed the election of the members of the executive committee including Mahfouza Akhtar of Bangladesh; Karma Chering Sherba of Nepal; Anora De Silva of Sri Lanka; Shaikh Ali Al Khalifa of Bahrain and Fahd Al-Hamlan of Kuwait.
Addressing the meeting, Ezzat recalled that Turki Al-Sheikh, Chairman of the Board of the Saudi General Sports Authority, had earlier launched an initiative to establish this federation, emanating from the Kingdom’s dedication, led by King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to develop sports, in general, and football in particular, as a catalyst to unite people of the region and the world at large.

SOURCE : ARABNEWS