Imran served as the Federation’s Vice President for eleven years and is also the chair of the Sports Committee.

Fennell, who has overseen successful games in Kuala Lumpur (1998), Manchester (2002), Melbourne (2006) and Delhi (2010), will become a Life Vice President of the CGF.

Imran has an impressive record both on and off the sports field. The 63-year-old; is a former Malaysian squash champion and national team member.

He is the President of the Olympic Council of Malaysia and has been an IOC member since 2006.

“I am absolutely delighted, and proud, to be the seventh President of the Commonwealth Games Federation,” Imran said.

“Mike Fennell is going to be a very hard act to follow, but we have a strong board, and a clear vision and strategy for the future of the Games.

“I’m now looking forward to getting stuck in and building on Mike’s legacy and our strengths to make these great Games even better.”

Providing further stability to the organization, four of the six Regional Vice Presidents were re-elected as well, with The Gambia’s Abdoulie M. Touray (Africa), Sri Lankan Hemasiri Fernando (Asia), St Lucia’s Fortuna Belrose (Caribbean) and Samona’s Tapasu Leung Wai (Oceania) all receiving the endorsement of their regions.

Wales’ Christopher Jenkins will take over as Vice-President for Europe and Guyana’s Kalam Azad Juman-Yassin takes on the responsibility for the Americas.

The newly elected Executive first meeting will be held on Saturday November 12th;  and will seek to fill the positions of Honorary Legal Adviser, Honorary Medical Adviser and Athlete Representative.