The annual meeting of the IFBB International Congress, held in Cairo, Egypt, October 27, 2002, was opened by the Chairman, Rafael Santonja, IFBB Executive Assistant to the President, who, along with Dr. Eng. Adel Fahim El Sayed, IFBB Vice President for Africa, welcomed all delegations.

The following countries and delegates attended the Special Electoral Meeting of the IFBB International Congress:

ALBANIA Flamur Topi, Shkendie Topi	ARUBA Giovanni Arends, Rodney Sieternella
AUSTRALIA Paul Gallanos, Carole Graham	AUSTRIA Axel Bauer
AZERBAIJAN Rauf Bunyateliyev	BAHRAIN Shk. Salman Al Khalifa
BARBADOS Shirley Garnes	BELGIUM Andre Wouters
BRAZIL Alexander Pagnani, Mauricio Campos	BULGARIA Torilian Karabilerov, Patrick Anjelov
CANADA Mark Smishek	CHINA Gu Qiao, Zheng Lu
CROATIA Robert Horvat, Damir Siser	CYPRUS George Contopoulos
CZECH REPUBLIC Stanislav Pesat	EGYPT Mohamad Kamal, Mostafa Nory
ENGLAND Wanda Tierney, William Tierney	ESTONIA Ergo Metsla
FINLAND Johnny Kankala	FRANCE Philippe Jolibert, Philippe LeFelle
GERMANY Wolfgang Spieker, Erich Janner	GREECE Jordan Leventelis, Penny Leventeli
GUAM Joe Duenas	HUNGARY Zoltan Vida, Ferenc Levai
INDIA Vivek Singh, Suresh Kadam	IRAN Mohammad Zatparvar
IRAQ Saad Al Hasani, Jihad Saied	IRELAND Des McGregor, Mike Bullman
ITALY Vittorio Panzeri, Carlo Sozzani	JAMAICA Carol Taylor
JAPAN Isao Kato, Hitoshi Tamari	JORDAN Ali Helyel and wife
KOREA Kim Chang Nam, Chang Bo Young	LEBANON Samih Alaywan, Jad Noureddine
LIBYA Abdulla Kawan, Mohamed Elbabour	LITHUANIA Romas Kairaitis
MALAYSIA Francis Yong	MALTA Vladimir Puglisevich
MAURITIUS Goolam Cader Ally, Clifford Dantier	MOROCCO Said Adchane
NETHERLANDS Walter Van Den Brandon Juliette Bergmann	NEW ZEALAND Mark Stewart, Esther Tofilay
PALESTINE Salama Abu Aush, Abu Jaffar	POLAND Pawel Filleborn, Andrew Michalak
QATAR M. Ali Roumani, K.M. Abdulla	ROMANIA Danut Enuta
RUSSIA Vladimir Dubinin, Konstantin Bochkarev	SINGAPORE Calvin Yew
SLOVAKIA Peter Uricek, Michal Capla	SOUTH AFRICA Bev Conlon, Gavin Conlon
SPAIN Jose Ramos	SUDAN Makki Hashim
SWITZERLAND Eros Mellini	SYRIA Ibrahim El Rai, Kamal Buzan
TAIWAN Lin Kao-Cheng	TUNISIA Sabri ben Abdessalem
TURKEY Eryetis Kurtaral	UKRAINE Andrey Dolgokir
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Hussain Al Saffar, Hamid Al Ansari	VENEZUELA Dora Hadfy
VIETNAM Huang Le Tuan, Huynh Anh	YEMEN Najeeb Aljawfi, Abdullah Al-Maghrabi

This year's Congress was a Special Electoral AGM. Every four years, all positions on the Executive Council, except for Presidential appointments, are open for election. All incumbents were re-elected [See current list of IFBB Executive Council members]. *Note: The link opens in a new window. Close window when finished viewing.

With the retirement of Warren Langman, IFBB Vice President for the South Pacific, Joe Duenas (Guam) was elected to this position.

Joe Duenas (Guam), the newly elected IFBB Vice President for the South Pacific,
receiving his new IFBB Executive Council crest from Rafael Santonja, IFBB Executive Assistant to the President

All members of the IFBB Executive Council were given the opportunity to present their annual reports. These reports clearly demonstrated that the IFBB was continuing to experience tremendous growth and development worldwide, particularly in the area of participation at IOC recognized Regional Games.

The various propositions from the National Federations and Executive Council members were presented. The following resolutions were adopted: [See list of resolutions].

The annual presentation of IFBB Awards to various IFBB and National Federation officials took place [See photographs of IFBB Award recipients].

A presentation was made by Mr. Vivek Singh on the progress of the 57th IFBB Men's World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships and IFBB International Congress being held in Mumbai, India, November 5-10, 2003.

Vivek Singh (India), co-promoter of the 57th IFBB Men's World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships and IFBB International Congress, addressing the delegates

The Chairman, Rafael Santonja, closed the Congress by once again expressing his pleasure at seeing participation from 68 countries, 191 athletes, 64 judges and hundreds of other delegates and supporters.

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