ArmInfo. The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) officially introduced candidates for the post of Federation President and members of the FFA Executive Committee. The elections will be held on September 22.
The only candidate for the post of FFA president is the head of the National Security Service Arthur Vanetsyan. The list of candidates for the FFA Executive Committee included Armen Nikoghosyan, Armen Melikbekyan, Karen Shaboyan, Arsen Torosyan (Minister of Health), Zhanna Andreasyan, Suren Papikyan (Minister of Territorial Administration and Development), Khachatur Adumyan, Aren Mkrtchyan (Assistant to the Prime Minister) Artur Ohanyan, Ruben Rubinyan (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia), Suren Abrahamyan, Alain Simonyan (RA NA deputy), Grach Yagan, Tovmas Grigoryan, Marina Tashchyan (mother of Armenian midfielder Henrik Mkhitaryan), Hakob Simidyan.
It should be reminded that the Director of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan was officially nominated for the post of chairman of the Armenian Football Federation (FFA) on September 4. His candidacy was put forward by all the clubs participating in the championship of Armenia. Since 2002, the head of the organization, Ruben Hayrapetyan, said earlier that the director of the National Security Council is the best candidate for the position of the FFA president and if Vanetsyan nominates himself, he, Ruben Hayrapetyan, will not be nominated again, and will support Vanetsyan's candidacy.