Linard is Belgium's new president
Monday, June 26, 2017
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Gérard Linard began a two-year mandate as the new president of the Royal Belgian Football Association (URBSFA/KBVB) with four key words emphasising his aims - "harmonise, digitalise, centralise and modernise".
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Gérard Linard has been elected as the new president of the Royal Belgian Football Association (URBSFA/KBVB).
The 74-year-old succeeds François De Keersmaecker, who has stepped down after eleven years at the association’s helm. Linard has been given a two-year mandate, and is the eleventh president in the FA’s history.
A financial expert, Linard was a member of the Belgian FA’s Executive Committee from 2009, and was interim general secretary between February 2015 and October 2016.
Linard identified four key words for his presidency – “harmonise, digitalise, centralise and modernise. I want to be the president of everyone.”