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



Tony Rossi   Close Biography
Born on April 9, 1941 in Illinois, USA. Rossi began his administrative career in hockey in the 1970s in Illinois when he started a local hockey club for kids. Rossi was elected to the USA Hockey Board of Directors in 1983. and was named a director of the Central District in 1989. In 1995, Rossi was named the USA Hockey Treasurer where he helped develop the USA Hockey Foundation to promote the growth of hockey in the U.S. Rossi was elected USA Hockey Vice-President in 2003 and most recently was elected to the IIHF Council in 2008.

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