New president takes the helm at IFJ

At its World Congress on Thursday, 31 May 2007, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) announced the election of Jim Boumelha of the National Union of Great Britain and Ireland as its president.

Boumelha and other elected IFJ officials will serve their terms for the next three years.

Osvaldo Urriolabeitia of the Federacion Argentina de Trabajadores de Prensa was elected to the post of senior vice president. Younouss Mjahed of the Syndicat National de la Press Marocaine and Khady Cisse of the Syndicat des Professionnels de l'Information et de la Communication du Sénégal were elected as vice presidents, and Uli Remmel of the Deutscher Journalisten Verband was elected treasurer.