At the 18th Congress of the African Athletic Confederation (13-15 April), Ahmed Malboum Kalkaba (CMR) won the election for the Presidency by a majority of 24/41 votes, so succeeding IAAF President Lamine Diack.
The IAAF President who had held the area role since the confederation's creation in 1973, announced in Tunis last August his decision to step aside in order to give fuller attention to his leadership of all the continental federations, following the confidence expressed in his IAAF presidency in Edmonton in 2001.
President:
Colonel Ahmad Malboum KALKABA (Cameroon)
Vice – Presidents:
Dr. Alaa GHEITA (Egypt)
Vivian GUNGARAM (Mauritius)
Idrissa BAH (Mali)
Younès CHETALI (Tunisia)
Treasurer:
Doudou JOOF (The Gambia)
IAAF African Area Representative:
Leonard CHUENE (South Africa)
Council Members:
Hissaine NGARO (Chad)
Aurelio France LE BON (Mozambique)
Théophile MONTCHO (Benin)
Colonel/ Pascal SAWADOGO (Burkina Faso)
Abderrahmane BELAID (Algeria)
Khaled AMARA (Tunisia)
Siddig Ahmed IBRAHIM (Sudan)
David OKEYO (Kenya)
Frank FREDERICKS (President of the African Athletes Association)