The squash icon - who dominated the sport two decades ago when he won a record ten British Open titles and established an unbeaten record for more than five years - will serve a further two years as president after first being elected in 2002, following four years as a vice president.
Fifty-seven delegates representing member nations of the WSF attended the three-day conference and AGM in Mauritius, held for the first time independently of a major World Championships.
Joyce Buckley (Ireland) and Sani Karim (Malaysia) were also re-elected as vice presidents of the federation. The third position, made available following the retirement of New Zealand's Neven Barbour, was won by Mohamed El Menshawy from Egypt.
A special guest in Mauritius was Christian Leighton, the Chilean-born Venezuelan who will become chief executive of the WSF in January on the retirement of Ted Wallbutton.
In one of the most competitive series of World Championships' bids in recent times, Canada won the rights to stage the 2006 Women's World Team Championships in Edmonton; South Africa was elected to host the World Masters Championships in Cape Town in 2006; India secured the rights to the 2007 Men's World Team Championships; Hong Kong will stage the 2007 Women's World Junior Championships; Switzerland won the vote to stage the 2008 Men's World Junior Championships; and New Zealand was given the rights to host the World Masters Championships in 2008.
Furthermore, Australia presented a bid to host the World Doubles Championships in 2005 in advance of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006, and India put forward a bid to stage the 2009 Women's World Open in Delhi, the year before the Commonwealth Games will be held in that city.
The sport is bidding to secure Olympic status in 2012.
