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Presidium
The daily business of EMA is carried out by the five-member presidium (in the statutes called the board).
At the 2023 General Assembly the following presidium was elected:
President |
Vice President |
Vice President |
Presidium member |
Presidium member |
Marco Montebelli Italy |
Gemma Sakamoto United Kingdom |
Tina Christensen Denmark |
Luc Humbert Switzerland |
Manuel Kameda Schlich Germany |
Board
Each country appoints a member of the EMA board (not currently described by the statutes).
The board functions as contact point between EMA and the respective national organizations.
The board can make decisions between General Assemblies on matters such as: certification of tournaments, rule revisions, ranking system revisions.
EMA board appointed 2023:
Austria |
Belarus |
Belgium |
Czech Republic |
Denmark |
Finland |
France |
Germany |
|
Michael Gürtl-Dusleag |
... | Nathan Germeau |
Vojtech Trmal |
Tina Christensen |
Konsta LENSU |
Alexandre LOCK KOON |
Manuel Kameda Schlich |
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United Kingdom |
Hungary |
Ireland |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Norway |
Poland |
Portugal |
|
Gemma Sakamoto |
Ildikó Hargitai |
Andrew ZP Smith |
Marco Montebelli |
Ivar Bouwman |
Glenn Ivar HUSOM |
Mateusz Maćkowski |
Sergio MATOS LIMA |
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Romania |
Russian Federation |
Slovakia |
Spain |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
Ukraine |
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Rene Khezam |
... | Tomas Siron |
Edgar RUBIO RODILLA |
Petter Ranefall |
Luc Humbert |
Maksym Ivanov |
President of European Mahjong Association
2005-2009 | 2009-2011 | 2011-2017 | 2017-2023 | 2023-... |
Uwe Martens |
Robert Rijnders |
Tina Christensen |
Luc Humbert |
Marco Montebelli Italy |
Ranking Manager
2005-2008 | 2008-... |
Uwe Martens |
Sebastien BERRET |
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These are the 21 member countries and their representatives:
National organizations can apply for EMA membership by sending a written application to the presidium. The General Assembly will decide on admission
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History
EMA was founded in 2005 during the first Open European Mahjong Championship (OEMC) in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
The \'founding members\' were: Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and the Netherlands.
The EMA is registered at The Central Business Register in Denmark (CVR: det centrale virksomhedsregister) at The Danish Commerce and Companies Agency (Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen).
In 2008 Finland, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden applied for the EMA membership, followed in 2009 by Belgium and Portugal. All organizations were admitted during the GA of 2009 in Baden, Austria.
In 2011 EMA’s biennial General Assembly (GA) in Mestre, Italy, accepted the memberhips of Poland and United Kingdom, bringing the current membership to 16 countries.