Peter Mühlematter is a Swiss handball administrator. He was born on 2 January 1945 in

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. While working as manager for a Swiss printing machine manufacturer, he started his IHF career as member of the

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before becoming a member and then President of the IHF Commission of Organising and Competition. Thus, by virtue of his office, he had also been a member of the IHF Council. At the IHF Congress in 2004, he was elected Secretary General of the

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(IHF). During the

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a conflict emerged between Mühlematter and the President of the IHF, Hassan Moustafa.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Swiss referees and umpires Handball in Switzerland {{Switzerland-handball-bio-stub