New FIFA Referees' Committee

FIFA has made two significant changes in their Referees' Committee: Angel Maria Villar Llona from Spain has resigned for still unknown reasons as well as Belgian Michel D’Hooghe who was the deputy chairman in charge of competitions.

Jim Boyce of Northern Ireland (c) uefa.com

New President of the Committee is Jim Boyce (photo) from Northern Ireland who is vice-president of the FIFA Executive committee and was the IFA president from 1995 to 2007.
Jilong Zhang from China PR remains the only deputy chairman and Worawi Makudi from Thailand is added as a member.

This is the new committee:

Chairman: Jim BOYCE Northern Ireland    

Deputy Chairman: ZHANG Jilong China PR    

Member: Worawi MAKUDI Thailand    

Member Competition:

Carlos ALARCÓN Paraguay    
Badara SENE Senegal    
Jorge ROMO Argentina    
Peter MIKKELSEN Denmark    
Toru KAMIKAWA Japan    
Carlos BATRES Guatemala    
Magdi SHAMS ELDIN Sudan
Lee HARMON Cook Islands    
Ingrid JONSSON Sweden    
Jorge LARRIONDA Uruguay    
Abdulrahman AL DELAWAR Bahrain
Celestin NTAGUNGIRA Rwanda    
Alfredo TRENTALANGE Italy    
Terence BABWAH Trinidad and Tobago (Medical Committee)

Member Development:

Belaïd LACARNE Algeria    
Michal LISTKIEWICZ Poland    
Ted HOWARD USA    
Lambert MALTOCK Vanuatu    
Katriina ELOVIRTA Finland    
Jacqueline LELEU Australia    
Subkhiddin MOHD SALLEH Malaysia    
Mike RILEY England    
Oscar RUIZ Colombia    
Hector VERGARA Canada    
James SEKAJUGO Uganda (Medical Committee)