From a press release issued by the FIM:

Mies, January 20, 2004

Nicolas Schmit

FIM Honorary President Nicolas Schmit passed away on Sunday evening in Luxembourg, at the age of 85.

Mr Schmit was elected FIM President at the Congress in Benalmadena, Spain, in October 1983, as the successor of Don Nicolas Rodil del Valle, and then re-elected in 1986 at the Congress of Palermo (Italy) for a second three-year mandate. He retired in 1989 at the Congress of Maastricht.

Nicolas Schmit entered the FIM at the 1966 Congress in Warsaw, as a member of the Commission Internationale de Tourisme Motocycliste. At the Congress in Ljubljana in 1969 he became Treasurer of the FIM, a function he would keep until his election as FIM President in 1983. He was also President of the Motor Union of Luxembourg for several years.

The funeral will be held for the family only. A mass will be celebrated at the decanal church in Wiltz, Luxembourg, on Thursday 22 January at 16h30.

All the members of the FIM present their sincere condolences to his family and friends.