Vito Ippolito wins a third term as FIM President
Earlier today at the FIM General Assembly held in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, sixty-two-year-old Venezuelan-born Vito Ippolito was re-elected for a third four-year term of office as FIM President.
One hundred and three national federations took part in the election. Vito Ippolito secured his victory by attracting a total of sixty-two votes against forty-one votes obtained by the only other candidate, Jorge Viegas of Portugal.
Speaking immediately after learning of his re-election, Vito Ippolito said: “I am extremely pleased to have been given the opportunity to continue in my role as FIM President and would like to personally thank all those who have given me their loyal support, not only today but over the past eight years.”
Vito concluded by stating: “I feel the FIM has achieved much in recent times, but we still have work to do and I am delighted that I will be able to steer and assist the FIM as we look towards the future and the many challenges that we still have to meet over the next four years.”
About Vito Ippolito
- Manager of the team Venemotos whose rider Carlos Lavado became 250 Grand Prix World Champion in 1983 and 1986
- President of the FMV (Venezuelan Federation) from 1992 to 2006
- President of the ULM (Union Latino-Americana de Motociclismo) from 1984 until 1998
- Member of the FIM Road Racing Commission from 1984 until 1990
- FIM Vice-President from 1990 to 1996
- FIM Deputy President from 1997
- FIM President since 2006
In a further election for three positions on the FIM Board of Directors, the three candidates Messrs Nasser Khalifa Al Atya of Qatar, Andrzej Witkowski of Poland and Jacques Bolle of France were elected by the FIM General Assembly.
More on the FIM election, from the Times of London: