FEI 1998 General Assembly

The annual general assembly of The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) was held on April 30-May 1 1998 in Hong Kong in the invitation of the Hong Kong Horse Society and the Hong Kong Jockey Club. In connection with the general assembly, both the bureau and the executive board met twice. The events were extremely well organized by the host federation and held in an excellent atmosphere.

63 National Federations (NF) sent their own delegate(s) while 15 more NF's were represented.

Three new countries were elected to membership: Andorra, Mongolia, and Trinidad & Tobago. On the other hand, 9 NF's had to be suspended for non-payment of their membership dues. They can be reinstated once the outstanding debt is paid.

HRH the Infanta Dona Pilar deBorbon was confirmed as President of the FEI for a second term of four years.

Freddy Serpieris (GRE) is the new 1st Vice-President replacing Professor Vittorio de Sanctis (ITA) and Tsunekazu Takuda (JPN) is the new 2nd Vice-President replacing Noel Vanososte (VEN).