VIE 29 DE MARZO DE 2024 - 10:08hs.
Entity’s XVII Congress in Costa Rica

Caixa will not be part of CIBELAE’s Board of Directors for the period 2019-2021

Until tomorrow, October 9th, the XVII CIBELAE Congress is being held in Costa Rica. At the opening session, it was held the Board of Directors meeting, where Uruguayan Luis Gama Hernández was re-elected for the fourth consecutive term as President. In this new period (2019-2021), Caixa Economica Federal, that occupied the second vice-presidency through Paulo Henrique Angelo Souza, will no longer belong to the Board of Directors, as well as ALEA (Argentina) and the National Lottery of Mexico.

Luis Gama, Director of the National Directorate of Lotteries and Quinielas of Uruguay, was re-elected President for the period 2019-2021 and will preside over his fourth consecutive term at the Ibero-American Corporation of Lotteries and State Betting (CIBELAE).

The congress shows a record in registered with more than 150 participants. During the first day it was held the Board of Directors meeting, which had an intermediate room to meet again on the second day 8.30 am.

After this important act, the Corporation Assembly was held with almost all of its members, where the new authorities were appointed for the next period 2019-2021.

In this new period, ALEA, CAIXA and the National Lottery of Mexico will no longer belong to the Board of Directors. The National Benefit Lottery of Panama was elected First Vice President; the ONCE of Spain will hold the position of Second Vice President; National Lottery of Bolivia and Lottery of Medellin will hold the position of Members; and the Board of Social Protection of Costa Rica will hold the position of Treasurer.

Among other issues approved by the Assembly, the Board of Social Protection of Costa Rica was designated as the Sub Headquarters of the Corporation.

New Board of Directors 2019-2021

President: National Directorate of Lotteries and Quinielas (Uruguay)
First Vice President: National Benefit Lottery (Panama)
Second Vice President: ONCE National Organization of the Blind of Spain, (Spain)
General Secretariat: CONAJZAR (Paraguay)
Treasurer: Board of Social Protection (Costa Rica)

Members

SELAE (España)
Santa Casa Da Misericordia de Lisboa (Portugal)
Medellin Lottery (Colombia)
National Lottery (Bolivia)
Pacque des Jeux de la Polinesia ( Filipinas)

Source: GMB