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| Formation | July 27, 1975 |
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| Headquarters | United Arab Emirates, Sharjah |
| Membership | 22 member states |
| President | Sheikh Dr. Khaled Bin Humaid Alqasimi |
| Website | www.arabchess.org |
The Arab Chess Federation (ACF) (Arabic: الاتحاد العربي للشطرنج) is a non-profit organization that promotes chess within the Arab world. Though unaffiliated with the Arab League, it includes 22 of the latter's member states.
History
Formed on July 27, 1975, in Damascus, Syria, the federation was established under the motto "Arab as one Nation". Nahed El Khany was the organization's first president.
Governance
United Arab Emirates - *President: Sheikh Dr. Khaled Bin Humaid Alqasimi
- Official representatives:
Qatar – Al-Mudahka, Mohd - 1st Vice-President
Syria – Abbas, Ali - 2nd Vice-President
Algeria – Brahim Djelloul, Azzedine - 3rd Vice-President
Libya – Ali, Fouzi Fathullah - 4th Vice-President
Lebanon – Hammoud, Rawad
Yemen – Sallam, Sabri Abdul-Mawla
Mauritania – Tajedine, Sidi Mohamed
Morocco – Amazzal, Mustapha
Palestine – Omar Awad Aljaberi- United Arab Emirates – Hassan, Abdullah
- Syria – Adeeb Zehrawi
- Members:
|Bahrain |
Egypt |
Iraq |
Jordan |
Kuwait |
Oman |
Saudi Arabia |
Sudan |
Tunisia |
Comoros |
Djibouti |
Somalia
References
External links
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