Chicken Franchise Genesis BBQ Group Chairman Yoon Hong-geun was elected as the 33rd President of the Korea Ice Skating Federation.
The Korea Ice Skating Federation President's Election Management Committee said, "As a result of reviewing the reasons for disqualification of the executives regarding the sole runner, Yoon Hong-geun, no problems were found, so we decided to elect the president."
Chairman Yoon said, "We will do our best to create a fair and transparent ice environment." It.
After being approved by the Korean Sports Association, Chairman Yoon will take office as the president of the Korea Ice Skating Federation.
The term of office is 4 years, until January 2025.
The Korea Ice Skating Federation has been sponsored by the Samsung Group in 1997, and a person from Samsung has served as the chairman.
However, after the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, it was designated as a management organization by exposing various problems, and accordingly, Samsung, who served as the chairman, naturally ended the support when former chairman Kim Sang-hang resigned.
After that, the Ice Skating Federation continued its management organization, and after organizing the Election Commission in February of this year, he committed to appoint a new president.
The federation, which has elected a new president, is planning to proceed with preparations for normalization of the federation's operation after requesting the Korea Sports Association to cancel the designation of the management group.
(Photo = Courtesy of the Korea Ice Skating Federation, Yonhap News)