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| President of AVC | |
|---|---|
since 1952 | |
| Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) | |
| Appointer | AVC General Assembly |
| Term length | Four years renewable |
| Formation | 1952 |
| First holder | Masaichi Nishikawa |
| Succession | Senior executive vice-president |
| Website | asianvolleyball.net |
The following is a list of presidents of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), one of five continental bodies of governance in volleyball. It governs indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and other disciplines in Asia and Oceania, excluding the transcontinental countries of Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel.[1]
Masaichi Nishikawa acted as the first president. The current president is Ramon Suzara, a Philippine National Volleyball Federation president, who was elected as AVC's ninth president at the 25th AVC General Assembly in Bangkok in August 2024.[2][3]
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Country | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |
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Masaichi Nishikawa (1899–1986) |
1952 | 1976 | 24 years | ||
| 2 | Nemesio Yabut (1925–1986) |
1976 | 1979 | 3 years | |||
| 3 |
|
Yutaka Maeda (1915–1997) |
1979 | 1985 | 6 years | ||
| 4 |
|
Yasutaka Matsudaira (1930–2011) |
1985 | 1996 | 11 years | [4] | |
| 5 |
|
Yuan Weimin (1939–) |
1997 | 2001 | 4 years | [5] | |
| 6 |
|
Wei Jizhong (1936–) |
2001 | 2008 | 7 years | [6] | |
| 7 |
|
Saleh Ahmad Bin Nasser (1942–) |
4 November 2008 | 27 October 2020 | 11 years, 354 days | [7][8] | |
| 8 |
|
Rita Subowo (1948–) |
27 October 2020 | 30 August 2024 | 3 years, 308 days | [9][10] | |
| 9 |
|
Ramon Suzara | 30 August 2024 | Incumbent | 227 days | [11][12] | |