Hamad Kalkaba Malboum

He has been at the helm since 2003, when he replaced Lamine Diack who became President of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF).

Throughout his education he was interested in sports and music (German label Analog Africa has released a compilation of his songs called "Hamad Kalkaba and The Golden Sounds 1974-1975"), and played handball and athletics.

[2] He also served from 1996 to the present as founder and organiser of the "Espoir" Race (ascension of Mont Cameroon).

[3] Following the exit of Senegal's Lamine Diack as IAAF president, Malboum became the most influential athletic administrator in Africa.

[4] Though Africa did not present a candidate to replace Diack, the continent remained an important element to the sport's governance given the success of its athletes.