(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Rabat - King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to Ahmad Ahmad on his election as president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Ahmad defeated 29-year incumbent, Issa Hayatou, in a vote that took place during the 39th Annual Ordinary General Assembly Thursday, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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The sovereign also took the opportunity to reassert the commitment of the Kingdom of Morocco to support efforts and initiatives undertaken by the Confederation of African Football to make football a lever for economic and social development at the continental level.
CAF new president is also deputy Senate president, the chairman of Madagascar's Football Association and Madagascar's former Minister of Sports.
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