Mojtaba Maleki Elected President of Iran’s Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation
The elective assembly of Iran’s Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation was held today, Tuesday, August 11, in the presence of Seyed Mohammad Shervin Asbaghian, Deputy Minister of Sports for Championship and Professional Sports Development; Kamyar Soltani, Director General of the Office for Joint Federation Affairs; and Mehdi Ali-Nejad, Secretary-General of the National Olympic Committee.
Initially, 17 candidates had been approved to participate in the election. However, Saeed Amadeh, Ayat Arjmand, Afshid Khoshnevis and Issa Pournaderi withdrew before the assembly began. Mohammad Reza Soltani-Nejad, Ahad Mirzaei and Hossein Shirvani also declined to attend the assembly.
The election therefore proceeded with 10 candidates: Ahad Elahvardi Khan-Vaziri, Abbas Aghali, Amir Zandi, Moharram Abdipour, Peyman Fozounkhah, Mojtaba Maleki, Seyed Hamid Reza Mirzahed, Mohammad Nasiri, Ali Nik-Razm and Hossein Yarmohammadian.
Following the presentation of their programs, the candidates went through the first round of voting. Mojtaba Maleki received 19 votes, while Mohammad Nasiri received 12 votes. Amir Zandi, Seyed Hamid Reza Mirzahed and Hossein Yarmohammadian each received 6 votes.
As no candidate secured the required majority, the election went to a second round between Mojtaba Maleki and Mohammad Nasiri.
In the second round, Maleki received 35 votes, compared with 15 votes for Nasiri. Thus, out of a total of 50 votes, Mojtaba Maleki was elected president of Iran’s Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation for a four-year term.
Maleki is a prominent figure in Iran’s strength competitions. He was runner-up in the Iron Men competition on three occasions and won the Iranian National Strongest Man Championship twice.
