Colin Graves has been re-elected as chairman of cash-strapped Yorkshire.
The choice was made at a board assembly on Friday, a day after he was controversially appointed as a non-executive director.
Graves’ first spell between 2012 and 2015 was through the interval for which the membership was later fined for failing to deal with the systemic use of discriminatory or racist language.
The 76-year-old referred to as his return to Headingley “an honour and privilege”.
He succeeds the interim chair, Baroness Tanni Gray-Thompson, who will stay on the board as a non-executive director, and former chair Harry Chathli.
Yorkshire’s members accepted a mortgage supply to the debt-ridden membership from Graves, who beforehand served as chairman and helped to avoid wasting them from monetary spoil in 2002.
Talking on Thursday, Graves mentioned it was his intention to “work tirelessly with the board to resolve the monetary place during which the membership at the moment finds itself, and to revive monetary stability and sustainability to Yorkshire cricket for generations to come back”.
“It’s my private pledge to members and to all the Yorkshire public that, no matter background, group or ethnicity, all might be welcome within the totally inclusive tradition and atmosphere of the Yorkshire County Cricket Membership,” he mentioned.
“There’ll by no means be any exceptions. Classes have been discovered and can proceed to be acted on as we transfer ahead and deal with the way forward for our nice membership.”
Final month, Graves “personally and unreservedly” apologised for the racism scandal.
He had beforehand denied information of any racist behaviour throughout his time on the membership however was criticised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) final 12 months after suggesting some incidents have been “banter”.
Former Yorkshire participant turned whistleblower Azeem Rafiq – who revealed he skilled racism on the county – had called on Yorkshire’s sponsors to oppose Graves’ return.
A takeover by a consortium led by Graves was accepted by Yorkshire members at a common assembly final week.
Talking to members at that assembly, Chathli mentioned administrators could be “discharging our obligation of care” in the event that they put the membership into administration “simply because we did not like a character”.
Chief government Stephen Vaughan added that Graves’ consortium was the one deal “that can maintain the enterprise solvent going ahead”.
Yorkshire had been in search of contemporary funding since shedding sponsors over their dealing with of the racism scandal, whereas the membership additionally needed to agree compensation packages with sacked workers who gained claims for unfair dismissal.
The ECB initially withdrew Yorkshire’s proper to stage profitable worldwide matches at Headingley and solely reinstated it after main governance adjustments have been enacted.
Charity Sporting Equals mentioned Graves’ return would “make a mockery” of victims of racism.
However Yorkshire insisted a “rigorous course of” by the board had been performed “to make sure the membership stays operational”.