Mayglothling, technical coordinator at British Rowing since 2001, defeated the Australian, former secretary general of FISA, who is now a member of the ruling Executive Committee.

Mayglothling, a former leading rower in Britain who was already a member of the Competitive Rowing Commission, polled 71 of the valid votes cast to beat Boultbee by eight votes. 

Boultbee had last September stood unsuccessfully to replace Denis Oswald as President of FISA, losing to France's Jean-Christophe Rolland, who officially took over as the sport's new head last month. 

The Netherlands' Jacomine Ravensbergen, the competition director at the 2014 World Rowing Championships, which finished in Amsterdam yesterday, was also officially elected as chair of the Women's Rowing Commission.

Ravensbergen, Dean at the School of Sports and Nutrition at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, had originally been appointed in March. 

The Congress, the first overseen by Rolland, also re-elected the chairs of several Commission, including Hong Kong's Mike Tanner of Events, Belgium's Pat Lambert for Event Promotion and Norway's Tone Pahle of Masters Rowing.

Hong Kong's Fay Ho and Belgium's Patrick Rombaut, also retained their positions as Para-Rowing and Umpiring Commissions respectively. 

Jean-Christophe Rolland chaired the FISA Ordinary Congress for the first time since taking over as President earlier this year from Denis Oswald ©World Rowing

The Congress provisionally attributed the 2016 World Rowing Under-23 Championships to Rotterdam, which for the first time ever will be combined with the 2016 World Rowing Senior and Junior Championships.