Photo: CIJM.
Le International Committee of the Mediterranean Games maintains its team for the 2026-2030 cycle. The elective Ordinary General Assembly took place on August 20 on the eve of the opening of the Taranto Mediterranean Games. The Italian Francesco Purromuto was elected presidentsucceeding Mehrez Boussayene, who had held the position since the death of President Davide Tizzano. Francesco Purromuto was president of the Italian Handball Federation From 1997 to 2017, member of the CONI National Council and president of the Mediterranean Handball Confederation.
Within the CIJM, he notably assumed the role of Chairman of the Ethics and Legal Commissionculminating in the adoption of the CIJM's first Code of Ethics in 2023, Mehrez Boussayene (First Vice-President), Bernard Amsalem (Second Vice-President), Iakovos Filippousis (Secretary General), and Yiotis Ioannides (Treasurer) were also elected. Yasser Idris (Egypt), Maja Pekovic (Montenegro), Pedro Farroba (Portugal), Cayetano Cornet (Spain), Abdellatif Idmahamma (Morocco), Blaz Perko (Slovenia), and Ayda Uluc (Turkey) were elected as members of the Executive Committee.
