Dr Joe Mifsud, the MFA President was yesterday re-elected on the UEFA Executive Committee after obtaining 28 votes out of 52.

For Dr Mifsud it was yet another successful venture to obtain a seat in the highest UEFA echelons. His will be a four-year term after having been on the Executive Committee for the last 13 years. He has occupied the prestigious post since 1994.

At the end of this new term, Dr Mifsud, 56, will have been in UEFA’s top committee for a staggering 17 years and surely one of the longest-serving members in this post.

Contacted yesterday, Dr Mifsud said he was very satisfied with the results. “It means that my work has been appreciated and that gives me a lot of satisfaction. We are a small country. We had the East bloc contesting us this time. Yet we have overcome that obstacle. Gaining 28 votes from a possible 52 when there were 13 contestants for the six available berths was very encouraging for me,” he said.

Asked what the election of Platini as new UEFA president meant to him, Dr Mifsud said: “He is still young, but is well known as a former top European footballer. I am sure he will be a good ambassador for European football as was his predecessor Lennart Johansson. I am sure we will be working for the common good of European football and to continue the progress registered under the previous administration,” said Dr Mifsud.

Dr Mifsud, is married to Angela and has four daughters. He graduated as a lawyer in 1975, but had long been working in football administration.

He became MFA President in 1992 and under his leadership the MFA made big strides forward in all sectors of administration.