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BWF Annual general meeting. Caption: Picture courtesy of Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul via Facebook.

PETALING JAYA: Badminton World Federation (BWF) will be under the leadership of Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul, who has been appointed as president for the 2025-2029 term.

At the BWF annual general meeting in Xiamen on Saturday (April 26), Patama, who also serves as the president of the Badminton Association of Thailand, was elected unopposed, succeeding Poul Erik Hoyer, who chose not to seek re-election.

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