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Rwanda Cycling Federation
The Rwanda Cycling Federation or FERWACY (in French: ''Fédération Rwandaise de Cyclisme'') is the national governing body of cycle racing in Rwanda. FERWACY is a member of the African Cycling Confederation and the Union Cycliste Internationale. Leadership The current FERWACY president is Abdallah Murenzi, formerly a mayor of the Nyanza District, who was elected on 22 December 2019. Murenzi replaced Aimable Bayingana, who resigned earlier that month due to allegations of corruption and sexual abuse, and will serve out the remaining two years of Bayingana's term before being able to seek reelection for a full four-year term. Organization The FERWACY management committee consists of the president, two vice-presidents, a general secretary, a treasurer and three advisors, all of which are elected positions. * President: Abdallah Murenzi * First Vice-president: Marie Agnes Mukazibera * Second Vice-president: Alphonse Nkuranga * General Secretary: Jean Leonard Sekanyange * Treasur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French ( Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lappartient
David Lappartient (born 31 May 1973) is a French politician, sporting administrator and the president of the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland. The UCI issues racing ... (UCI), having been elected to the post in September 2017 at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships. In February 2022 he was elected to serve an eight year term as a member of the International Olympic Committee. References Living people People from Pontivy Presidents of UCI 1973 births International Olympic Committee members {{France-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
