The Malaysian Red Crescent (MRC) was successfully elected as a Member of the Governing Board at the recent elections of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Cross Societies at the 17th Session of the General Assembly held in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya from 18-21 November 2009.  

The MRC represented by its Deputy National Chairman received third highest votes in the Asia Pacific Region, ranking amongst the top 10 in the overall placing of National Societies elected into the Governing Board.

The composition of the new Governing Board is as follows:

President:    Mr. Tadateru Konoe (Japan)

Vice Presidents:    
Africa             :    Mr. Paul Birech (Kenya)
Americas      :      Dr. Jaslin U. Salmon (Jamaica)
Asia Pacific  :      Dr. Mohamed Al Maadeed (Qatar)
Europe          :     Dr. Bengt Westerberg (Sweden)

Members:
Africa          :     South Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia and Cote d'Ivoire
Americas      :     United States of America, Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador and Dominican Republic
Asia Pacific   :    Republic of Korea, Australia, Malaysia, Syrian Arab Republic and UAE
Europe          :     France, Italy, Netherlands, Austria and Russian Federation

Secretary General : Mr. Bekele Geleta

Chairman of Finance Commission    :    UK
Chairman of Youth Commission    :    Guyana