Belgium: Gérard Linard, 74 years old, elected to the presidency of the Federation (URBSFA)

"Gérard Linard was elected president of the URBSFA on Saturday, 24/06/2017. During the vote, Gérard Linard won with a clear majority (14-8) against the other candidate for the presidency, Gilbert Timmermans. His (Linard) two-year term takes effect immediately," said the governing body of Belgian football on 24/06/2017.

Gérard Linard, 74 years old, has been a member of the executive committee of the Belgian Football Federation since 01/07/2009. He succeeds François De Keersmaecker, the 10^th president of the URBSFA, who, on the eve of the ballot, chose not to stand for a seventh term.

"Gérard Linard, president of the Francophone wing of the association, is the first French-speaking president since George Hermesse, half a century ago," said the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir on 24/06/2017.

The vice-presidents are Bart Verhaeghe (URBSFA), David Delferière (ACFF, the French-speaking wing), and Jos De Ryck (Voetbal Vlaanderen, the Flemish wing).

"There is one solution: playing abroad..." (G. Linard, URBSFA Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football Association. In English, the "Royal…