Florentino Perez has been re-elected unopposed as president of Real Madrid for a sixth time period, the Spanish champions introduced on Tuesday.
The 74-year-old was the one candidates to use after nominations opened in the beginning of the month.
A membership assertion mentioned: “A single candidate was validated by the electoral committee….and D. Florentino Perez Rodriguez is proclaimed president”.
Perez, the top of main development group ACS, had already been re-elected unopposed twice: in 2013 and 2017. He is approaching 18 years answerable for Real.
He was the person behind Madrid’s star-studded ‘Galacticos’ period in his first spell as membership president between 2000-2006.
His newest mandate runs till 2025.
He referred to as for brand spanking new elections at a board assembly on April 1, and the membership’s electoral committee met at one minute previous midnight Tuesday to permit any late runners to look earlier than the deadline.
Perez’s fourth consecutive time period, and sixth in complete, was confirmed quarter of an hour later.
Critics say a reform within the membership’s statutes from 2012 makes it tougher to run for president.
Since then, any candidate should have been a Real Madrid member for no less than 20 years and be capable of assure part of the workforce’s funds with their private belongings.
His private wealth is estimated by Forbes Magazine at $2.2 billion {dollars} (1.85 billion euros).
Among essentially the most urgent objects in his in-tray are the renovation of Real’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium, the membership’s steadiness sheet within the wake of the coronavirus, and the membership’s two important switch targets – Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe and/or Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland.
Real Madrid face Liverpool within the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at Anfield on Wednesday, main 3-1 from the primary leg as they pursue a 14th European crown.
After the weekend’s 2-1 Clasico win they moved above Barcelona into second, one level behind Atletico Madrid within the hunt for a Liga/Champions League double
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