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

Miroslav Subrt

 Life-President
 (CZE)
 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

Alexander Medvedev

 Council
 Member
 (RUS)
Biography



Tony Rossi

 Council
 Member
 (USA)
 Biography

Beate Grupp

 Council
 Member
 (GER)
 Biography



Monique Scheier-Schneider

 Council
 Member
 (LUX)
 Biography



Monique Scheier-Schneider  Close Biography


Monique Scheier-Schneider was elected to the IIHF Council in September 2008 becoming the third-ever female member to join the Council. Born on October 15, 1954, she worked in hockey since 1974 and has been the general secretary of the Luxembourg Ice Hockey Association since 1992. In addition, she has managed various Luxembourg national teams. She has also been the president of the nation’s major hockey club Tornado Luxembourg, which plays in a French minor league, since 2002.

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