The Council of Europe nominated French sports minister Jean-Francois Lamour for president of the World Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday.

The 46-nation body endorsed Lamour, a two-time Olympic fencing champion, to succeed Dick Pound, whose term as WADA's president expires next year. Lamour is regarded as one of Europe's most outspoken officials on doping.

Lamour, a gold medalist at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and four years later in Seoul, became Sports Minister in 2002.

The council confirmed Danish sports minister Brian Mikkelsen as a candidate to WADA's executive board.

Vyacheslav Fetisov, Russia's sports minister and the head of WADA's athletes committee, was nominated for representative of the Council of Europe member states and foundation board of WADA.