The European Weightlifting Federation held its Electoral Congress before the European Championships in Forde, Norway.
The president of the Malta Weightlifting Association, Mr. Jesmond Caruana was elected for the second time in the Technical and Scientific Committee for 2016-2020 .
Elected committee.
| President | Antonio URSO | ITA |
| General Secretary | Hasan AKKUS | TUR |
| Treasurer | Astrit HASANI | KOS |
| 1st Vice President | Sergey SYRTSOV | RUS |
| Vice Presidents | Jaan TALTS | EST |
| Tryggve DUUN | NOR | |
| Emilio ESTARLIK | ESP | |
| Members | Tina BEITER | DEN |
| Colin BUCKLEY | IRL | |
| Oleksiy TOROKHTIY | UKR | |
| Oren SHAI | ISR | |
| Alexander KURLOVICH | BLR | |
| Antonio CONFLITTI | MDA | |
| Technical & Scientific Committee Members | ||
| Members | Tom GOEGEBUER | BEL |
| Eduards ANDRUSKEVICS | LAT | |
| Damjan CANZEK | SLO | |
| Jesmon CARUANA | MLT | |
| Pashik ALAVERDYAN | ARM | |
| Milan MIHAJLOVIC | SRB | |
| Boguslaw MOKRANOWSKI | POL | |
| Georgeta ION | ROU | |
| Medical Committee Members | ||
| Members | Dr Daniel KOPKO | POL |
| Dr Maria RUBIO LLEONART | ESP | |
| Dr Laszlo KRIVANEK | HUN | |
| Dr Dado MEDIC | SRB | |
| Dr Zurab KAKHABRISHVILI | GEO | |
| Dr Nicola VOGLINO | ITA | |
| Auditors Committee | ||
| Members | Marina MUSCIONI | SMR |
| Michel TSCHAN | SUI | |
| Nedim MASIC | BIH | |