| 9.1. |
The President represents FIDE officially. |
| 9.2. |
The President presides over the meetings of the General
Assembly, the Executive Board and the Presidential Board. He executes the
decisions of these organizations. He offers himself as intermediary to the
members in the interest of the expansion of chess. |
| 9.3. |
The President supplies the General Assembly with the annual
report. |
| 9.4. |
Every party concerned may appeal decisions of the President to
the General Assembly. |
| 9.5. |
If the President is unable to act then he is represented by a
Deputy President who shall exercise the powers of the President. (GA '95)
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| 9.6. |
At the conclusion of elections for the Presidential ticket, the
President shall be entitled to nominate 2 additional Vice-Presidents and no
more, as the 2nd and 3rd Vice-Presidents with voting rights on the Presidential
Board to be covered under the financial regulations for an initial term of four
years. |
| 9.7. |
At the close of elections to the Presidential Board, the
President may nominate no more than 4 Honorary Vice-Presidents to serve on the
Presidential Board for a 4-year term.
- the persons so nominated by the President as Honorary Vice-Presidents shall
be chosen based on their personal merits and service to FIDE and shall be
confirmed by the General Assembly.
- The Honorary Vice-Presidents shall have non-voting positions on the
Presidential Board.
- They shall be responsible for payment of their expenses to meetings of the
Presidential Board.
- They shall hold themselves out to represent FIDE in special events and act
as intermediaries on FIDE's behalf in their approaches to sponsors.
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| 9.8. |
The Continental Presidents will be specifically charged with
the activities of their respective continents.
In matters concerning only the interests of the members of
their continents and their Zonal Presidents, but not concerning the rights and
duties of a member towards FIDE, the Continental Presidents have equal rights
and duties towards the members of the continent or Zonal Presidents as the
President towards all members of FIDE. |
| 9.9. |
When electing a Continental President the General Assembly -
apart from exceptional cases - shall agree in principle with the opinion
expressed in majority of representatives of the members belonging to the
Continent.
The appeal against a decision of a Continental President must
be made in writing to the President with a copy to the Continental President.
The Continental President must immediately send his comments to the President
When an appeal is made by a member federation it has to be signed by the
federation's President and Permanent FIDE Delegate.
The appeal against a decision of a Continental President must
be made in writing to the President |
| 9.10. |
In certain cases the President can also delegate specific tasks
to other persons |
