Madam Pang elected president of the Football Association of Thailand

Nualphan Lamsam, former manager of the Thai national football team, was approved by a majority vote as the new president of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) today, becoming the first woman to head the association in its 107-year history.

She received 68 out of the 73 votes from members of the association, while Warong Tiewtat, received two votes and Thanasak Suraprasert received one vote. One member abstained and one vote was declared invalid. Two other candidates, Pauline Payurin Ngarmpring and Komkrit Napalai, received no votes.

A fifth-generation scion of the Lamsam family, Nualphan is known to many Thais as the CEO of Muang Thai Insurance and the sole distributor of Hermes branded luxury goods in Thailand. She is already well known in international soccer circles, having previously led Thailand’s women’s national football team.

In her first press conference as…