An IIHF Council member since 2016, Reindl has now thrown his hat in the ring to succeed President René Fasel when he steps down at the IIHF Semi-Annual Congress in the last week of September, which is due to be held in Russia city St Petersburg.

The DEB has nominated Reindl, an Olympic bronze medallist at Innsbruck 1976 with West Germany, for the post.

"I have dedicated my life to ice hockey - first as an athlete and Olympian, and more recently as President of the German Federation and IIHF Council member," Reindl said.

"The world of ice hockey has shaped me to be the person I am today so it is my greatest honour to now stand for IIHF Presidency. 

"Thank you to the German National Federation for supporting my candidacy."

Reindl has led the DEB since 2014.

The German chairs the IIHF's Competition and Coordination Committee, and was chief executive of the IIHF World Championships Germany hosted in 2001, 2010 and 2017.

As a player he appeared at three Olympics and nine IIHF World Championships.

Reindl was an assistant coach in the German set-up at three IIHF World Championships and two Olympic Games.

Now 66, Reindl has also spent time as a time club coach and as the first chief executive of the German Ice Hockey League (DEL).

A manifesto will be published in the coming weeks, the DEB promised.

Reindl is the first person to publicly declare their candidacy.

June 15 is the deadline for officials to be nominated for the IIHF Presidency.

Swiss official Fasel has led the IIHF since 1996.

An International Olympic Committee member, Fasel had been due to step down as IIHF President in 2020 before his term was extended after the electoral Congress was postponed until this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.