The Board of Directors of the International Organization for Social Insurance (ISSA) has elected the Governor of General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) Sulaiman bin Saad Al-Hamid as ISSA's Vice Chairman. Al-Hamid was elected to the post during the Board's meeting, which concluded its three-day deliberations On May 9, 2012, in Geneva. The GOSI Governor was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the organization at their current three-year session during the International Conference on Social Insurance which was held recently in Cape Town, South Africa.