(ATR) President of the Barbados Olympic Committee, Steve Stoute, is the first president of the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization from the Commonwealth Caribbean.
Stoute, 75, is replacing former CACSO president Héctor Cardona who died on June 16. As first vice president, Stoute has been named acting president in accordance with CACSO statutes.
"There will be no special election," CACSO's press chief officer Carlos Uriarte tells Around the Rings from San Juan, Puerto Rico. "In August there will be a meeting of the Executive in Barranquilla, Colombia to confirm the progress of the preparations for the Central American and Caribbean Games in the summer of 2018 where Stoute will manage that meeting as president."
Stoute now becomes the sixth president of CACSO since its foundation in 1959 during the Pan American Games of Chicago. Past presidents include: Julio Enrique Monagas (Puerto Rico), José Beracasa (Venezuela), Germán Rieckehoff (Puerto Rico), José Joaquín Puello (Dominican Republic) and the late Héctor Cardona (Puerto Rico) who held the position from 2003 to 2017.
The mandate of Stoute will continue until 2019 when CACSO will hold elections for a new executive board for the sports cycle of 2019 to 2023. The next group of leaders will focus on the next installment of the regional Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama in 2022.
Stoute is the only person from the Eastern Caribbean to be awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee, according to the CACSO website.
Written by Miguel Hernandez and translated by Kevin Nutley.
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