IIHF Council

Presidents, Vice Presidents and Council Members 2008 - 2012

The General Congress elects the President, three Vice Presidents and seven Council Members for a four or five-year term. The General Secretary is a non-voting member of the IIHF Council. Click on the links below for biographies of the council members.

René Fasel

 President
 (SUI)
 Biography

Horst Lichtner

 General
 Secretary 
 (GER)
 Biography



Shoichi Tomita

 Vice-President
 (JPN)
 Biography

Kalervo Kummola

 Vice-President
 (FIN)
 Biography



Murray Costello

 Vice-President
 (CAN)
 Biography

Frederick Meredith

 Council
 Member
 (GBR)
 Biography



Ernest Aljancic

 Council
 Member
 (SLO)
 Biography

Frank Gonzalez

 Council
 Member
 (ESP)
Biography



Juraj Siroky

 Council
 Member
 (SVK)
 Biography

Christer Englund

 Council
 Member
 (SWE)
 Biography



Christer Englund

 Council
 Member
 (SWE)
 Biography

Alexander Medvedev

 Council
 Member
 (RUS)
Biography



Christer Englund  Close Biography

Born on August 29, 1947. Englund was a board member in the Swedish Ice Hockey Association from 1993-2001 and was active on several committees. In 2004, he was named the chairman of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association. The former bank manager has also served as the General Manager for the Swedish national team from 1994-96 and has represented the IIHF at several congresses dating back to Moscow in 1986. Englund was voted to the IIHF Council in 2008.

Beate Grupp

 Council
 Member
 (GER)
 Biography

Monique Scheier-Schneider

 Council
 Member
 (LUX)
 Biography



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