FINA Bureau
The Bureau consists of the President, the Honorary Treasurer, five Vice Presidents one from each of the five Continents including the First Vice President and the Second Vice President, and eighteen additional members. The Honorary Life President, the Immediate Past President, the Immediate Past First Vice President, and the Immediate Past Honorary Treasurer are also members of the Bureau with voice, but without vote. The Chair of the Athletes Committee is a member of the FINA Bureau without vote.
From the 25 voting members of the Bureau, 17 are elected by the General Congress in accordance with the elections of their respective Continental Organisations and the following geographical representation: four from Africa, four from the Americas, four from Asia, four from Europe and one from Oceania. Another eight members are elected from the world at large, not exceeding one from Africa, two from Asia, one from Oceania, two from the Americas and two from Europe.
The General Congress elects from among these 17 members the President, the five Vice Presidents (including the First Vice President and the Second Vice President), and the Honorary Treasurer.
According to the FINA Constitution, the rights and duties of the Bureau shall include the following:
President


Dr. Julio C. Maglione of Uruguay is FINA President since 2009. He previously was Member of the Bureau from 1984-1988, Vice-President (1988-1992) and then Honorary Treasurer from 1992-2009.
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First Vice President


Captain Husain Al-Musallam of Kuwait is FINA First Vice-President since July 2017, after serving as Vice-President for many years. He initially joined the FINA Bureau in 1996. He received the FINA ...read more
Second Vice President


Sam Ramsamy of South Africa is FINA Second Vice-President since July 2017, after serving many years as Vice-President (2004-2017) and Bureau member (1996- 2004).
Ramsamy was elected a member...read more
Honorary Treasurer


Pipat Paniangvait of Thailand is a long-time Bureau member before becoming FINA Honorary Treasurer since 2009, the same year President Maglione was elected.
Paniangvait has been the Chief Ex...read more
Vice Presidents


Paolo Barelli of Italy is FINA Vice-President since 2017. He initially joined FINA in July 2009, when he was then named Honorary Secretary (2009-2017).
Barelli was re-elected Ligue Européenn...read more


Matthew Dunn of Australia is a FINA Bureau Member for Oceania since 2012 (and Vice-President since 2019). Prior to this role he was a member of the FINA Athletes Commission, for which he is now the...read more


Dale Neuburger of the U.S. is currently serving his fourth term as FINA VicePresident. In 2015, he was elected as a member of the FINA Executive. He is also Chairman of the FINA Development Commiss...read more
Members


Khaleel Al Jabir of Qatar is a FINA Bureau Member since 2017.
Since 2016, Al Jabir is Vice-President of the Asian Swimming Federation (AASF).
Al Jabir is the Sports Affair Director at...read more


Taha Al-Kishry of Oman is a FINA Bureau Member since 2017.
With more than 30 years of experience in sports management and administration, AlKishry endorses many key roles in Arab and Asian s...read more


Algernon Cargill of the Bahamas is a FINA Bureau Member since 2017, and acted as a FINA official in open water.
Cargill is an Executive Member of the Union American de Natacion (UANA).
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Errol Clarke of Barbados is a FINA Bureau Member since 2013. He was previously a member of the FINA TSC (2009-2013). In 2009, he was awarded the Certificate of Recognition by FINA for his outstandi...read more


Dimitris Diathesopoulos of Greece is a FINA Bureau Member since 2009, as well as the FINA Bureau Liaison for water polo (2009-2017). He was a Water Polo referee for various FINA events throughout t...read more


Dr. Mohamed Diop of Senegal is a FINA Bureau member since 2013, after serving the FINA Masters Committee as a Member.
Diop was elected in 2016 General Secretary and Treasurer of the Confeder...read more


Zouheir El Moufti of Morocco is a FINA Bureau Member since 2017 but initially joined the Federation in 2009 as FINA TOWSC member (until 2013). He was chief referee and referee at several FINA Open ...read more


Mario Fernandes of Angola is a FINA Bureau Member since 2017.
Fernandes is Bureau Member of the Confederation Africaine de Natation (CANA), as well as Vice-President to zone IV.
After...read more


Tamas Gyarfas of Hungary was elected to the FINA Bureau in 2009 and is currently member of the Executive. He was successively FINA Vice-President and Executive Member.
Gyarfas is currently t...read more


Penny Heyns of South Africa is a FINA Bureau Member since 2017, after being nominated FINA Athletes Committee Chairperson. She previously fulfilled the role of Honorary Secretary of the FINA Athlet...read more




Andrey Kryukov of Kazakhstan is a FINA Bureau Member since 2013.
Kryukov is Vice-President of the Asia Swimming Federation (AASF).
Kryukov it the Secretary General of the Swimming Fed...read more


Margo Mountjoy of Canada is a member of the FINA Bureau since 2009 and holds the portfolio of Liaison to the FINA Sports Medicine Committee since 2009, a Committee she initially chaired from 2001-2...read more


Juan Carlos Orihuela Garcete of Paraguay is a FINA Bureau Member since 2017.
Orihuela is the President of the South American Confederation of Swimming (CONSANAT).
Orihuela is the Pres...read more


Donald Rukare of Uganda is a FINA Bureau Member since 2015. He is a former Member of the FINA Masters Committee (2013-2015).
Rukare was elected Vice-President of the Confederation Africaine ...read more


Vladimir Salnikov of Russia is a FINA Bureau Member since 2013.
Considered as one of the greatest swimmers of his generation, Salnikov is currently the Russian Swimming Federation President ...read more


David Sparkes of Great-Britain is a FINA Bureau Member since 2017 and previously was a Member of the FINA Disciplinary Panel.
In May 2016, Sparkes was elected General Secretary of the Ligue ...read more


Daichi Suzuki of Japan is a FINA Bureau Member since 2017.
On a Continental level, Suzuki is Vice-President of the Asia Swimming Federation (AASF).
Suzuki used to be the President of ...read more


Erik Van Heijningen of the Netherlands is a FINA Bureau Member since 2013 and is also the Liaison of the FINA Doping Control Review Board (DCRB).
Van Heijningen used to serve as Vice-Preside...read more


Zhou Jihong of China is a FINA Bureau Member since 2015 but initially joined FINA as an Athletes Committee member (1998-2001), a Committee she chairs since 2014. She was a member of the FINA TDC (2...read more
Executive Director

Honorary Life President


Honorary Bureau Members

















