Guyanese Yolander Persaud elected FIDE Ethics Commission Chairman

The FIDE General Assembly took place on September 21-24, parallel to the Chess Olympiad 2024, with Guyanese Yolander Persaud elected chair of the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission.

The morning session was chaired by FIDE President Arkadij Dvorkovich. The delegates quickly elected Allen Priest of the Chairman of FIDE Verification Commission and Roberto Rivello of the Chairman of FIDE Constitutional Commission, as they were the only candidates for the positions.

The key part of FIDE General Assembly day one came after the lunch break- the election of the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) chairman.

The EDC chairman election started with Vishy Anand welcoming the delegates back to the hall, as President Dvorkovich had another event to attend. Anand invited Roberto Rivello to chair the EDC election.

The voting started and the 170 eligible delegates proceed to vote manually.

Some 10+ delegates were missing, as they went to play the round.

At the first vote, Yolander Persaud had 77 ahead of Daniel Florea 59 in the election for FIDE EDC chairman. But not with majority. Babur Tolbaev is out with 27 votes. There were total of 165 votes, of them 163 valid. There had to be round two of voting.

In the second vote, Yolander Persaud was elected FIDE Ethics Commission Chairman with 86-75 over Florea. (Republished from Chessdom)