André Reis succeeds Daniel Monteiro as President of FADU ©FADU

André Reis has been elected President of the Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sport (FADU).

Reis succeeds Daniel Monteiro and will serve a two-year term from 2019 to 2021.

He was elected by an absolute majority at a meeting of the FADU this week.

A student at the University of Lisbon - School of Economics and Management, Reis will begin his tenure as FADU President next month.

The FADU also elected seven vice-presidents during the meeting ©FADU
The FADU also elected seven vice-presidents during the meeting ©FADU

"We want to increase the number of athlete students with regular sports practice," Reis said. 

"Informal sport is a priority, to create new habits and to increase the weight of sport in young people's daily lives. 

"Working with the other national sports federations is also a priority, in a logic of cooperation and convergence around Portuguese sport."

Seven officials were elected to become vice-presidents of the FADU at the meeting – Alexandre Gençer, Bernardo Rodrigues, Eric Habibo, Frederico Teixeira, Luís Alves, Marco Carneiro and Rafael Bento.