IOC Members

The IOC is currently composed of 106 members, including President Thomas Bach, each being elected by the IOC Session by the majority of the votes cast.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES of THE IOC MEMBERS
The IOC members, natural persons, are representatives of the IOC in their respective countries, and not their country’s delegate within the IOC. As stated in the Olympic Charter:

“Members of the IOC represent and promote the interests of the IOC and of the Olympic Movement in their countries and in the organisations of the Olympic Movement in which they serve” (Olympic Charter 2013, Rule 16).

The IOC members meet at the general assembly, or Session, which is the organisation’s supreme organ, and whose decisions are final. The IOC members are elected for a period of eight years, and their mandate can be renewed. The age limit fixed is 70 years old, except for members co-opted between 1966 and 1999, for whom the age limit is 80. The members meet every year at the IOC Session in order to take decisions concerning the institution and the Olympic Games, such as the election of the host cities of the Games, changes to the Olympic Charter, election of the IOC President, Vice-Presidents, and members of the Executive Board, as well as the cooptation of new members.

(Resource: FACTSHEET IOC MEMBERS UPDATE - JULY 2014)

IOC Members in Egypt throughout History

Mr. Angelo Bolanaki
IOC Member Egypt ( 1910 – 1932) Greece ( 1932 – 1963)


Born: 1877 in Alexandria and died on the 26th of July 1963 in Lausanne
Nationality: Greek -  Egyptian  (until 1932)

Career: Owner of a distillery and a Director of Companies.

Sports Activities: Tennis; Athletics {sprint}; French Schools tennis champion (1896), Egyptian 100 m and 200 m sprint champion (1899 and 1900); and records holder in high and long jump (1896 and 1904).

Sport Achievements: Founder of the Union of Egyptian Sports Associations (1908) and President (1908/1923); Founder of the Egyptian Olympic Committee (1910) and Secretary General (1910/1930); Member of the Committee of the Alexandria Sporting Club (1918/1934); Founding the Alexandria stadium in 1918 was his brainchild; this stadium was used for the first Mediterranean Games in 1951, he hoisted the  Olympic Flag for the first time over the Shatby Stadium on the 5th of April 1914 and he donated this flag to the Olympic Museum in 1960; Member of the International Olympic Committee in Egypt (1910 /1963) and in Greece (1932/1963); he received many foreign decorations and trophies.

 

Mr. Mohamed TAHER Pasha
IOC Member (1934 – 1968)

Born: in 1897and died in 1970.

Education: he studied in Berlin and Lausanne; he holds a PhD in social and political sciences.

Career: he was a Statesman.

Sport Activities: Riding Horses ; Polo; Fencing and Shooting.

Sport Achievements: Founder and President of the Aero Club of Egypt (1931); Co-Founder of Egyptian Airlines (1931); Vice President of the International Aeronautic Federation (1934/1947); President of the National Egyptian Physical Sports Committee (1934/1942); President of the Royal Automobile Club of Egypt (1932/1947); President of the Egyptian Fencing Federation (1936/1952), Founding President of the Egyptian Equestrian Federation and Cairo Equestrian Club (1935/1952); Founding President of the Egyptian Gliding Association; Creator of the Mediterranean Games  and Organizer of the First Mediterranean Games in Alexandria (1951); Organizer of the Fencing World Championships in Cairo (1934), Organizer of the International and European Fencing Championships held in Cairo (1952); he organized two Flying Events in the desert  in 1934 and 1935 {the Oases circuits, the first of their kind}; President of the Egyptian Olympic Committee {1946/1952}, Member of the International Olympic Committee {1934/ 1968}, Member of the Executive Board {1952/1957; Assistant to the President of the IOC {1960/1964}; IOC Honorary Member {1968/1970}.

 

Eng. Ahmed El Demerdash TOUNY
IOC Member (1960 - 1997)


Born: in the 10th of August 1907 in Mallawi and he died in 10 August1997.

Education: Bachelor of Science from Cairo University, an Honorary Diploma from Manchester College.

Languages: Arabic and English.

Career: Cooperative Director; Parliament Member {1968/1980}; Member of the National Council for Social Services
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Sports Activities: Diving; Swimming; Gymnastics{Egypt Champion} and Athletics.

Sport Achievements: Founder and President of the Egyptian Gymnastics Federation; Honorary President of the Egyptian Olympic Committee; Honorary President of the Egyptian Swimming Federation ; Honorary President of the African Amateur Swimming Confederation ; President of the Rural Clubs Federation ; Member of the International Olympic Committee {1960/1993} , Honorary member 1993 ; Member of the Commission for the Protection of the Olympic Emblem {1969/1977};Member of the Joint Commission between the NOCs and the IOC {1968/1971}; Member of the Olympic Aid Commission 1961/1963; Member of the Joint Commission IV  1968/1971, 1969/1977; a Representative of the Committee in the Olympic Games {1972/1980}  ; Member of the Commission of the Olympic Program {1972/1980} , Member of the Commission of the International Olympic Academy and Olympic Education {1980/1988}.
Publications: Sport in Ancient Egypt {published in German, English, Japanese and Arabic}

 

Major General/ Mounir SABET
IOC Member 1998


Born: 29 October 1936.

Education: Bsc in Military Sciences, {Aeronautics}   1956.

Languages: Arabic; English and French.

Career: Former Chairman Of the Egyptian Aviation Services; Former Chairman Of the  Egyptian Marisa Alam Aviation Services

Sports Activities: Shooting; Tennis; Gymnastics.

Sport Achievements: Chief of the Egyptian Shooting Delegation at the Wiesbaden {Germany} training center 1983; Volunteer training supervisor of the Egyptian team during the team's preparation for the Games of the XXIII Olympiad in Los Angeles 1984; President Of The Egyptian Shooting Federation {1984/1992}, Chief of the Egyptian Shooting team participating in the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in Seoul 1988; Vice- President of the Egyptian Olympic Committee {1988/1990}; President of the Egyptian Olympic Committee {1990/1992} and {1996/2008}; President Of The African Shooting Confederation {1991/1995}, Member Of The International Shooting Federation {1991/1992}, Chief of the Egyptian Delegation at the Mediterranean Games in Athens 1991 and the All Arab Games in  Syria 1992; 1­st Vice President of the Organizing Committee of the V All Africa Games in Cairo 1991, Chief of the Egyptian Delegation at the Games of the XXV Olympiad in Barcelona 1992; Executive board Member and President of the technical Committee of  the Egyptian Shooting Federation 1992, 2nd Vice President of the Union of African Sports Confederation (UCSA) 1996;Member of the Executive board of the Arab sports confederation 1997; Member of the Executive Board of the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games 1997; ­2nd Vice President Of the International Committee Of the Mediterranean Games 2005; IOC Member since 1998.

 

Dr. Rania ELWANI
IOC Member (2004 - 2012)

Born: 14 October 1977 in Qatar.

Education: Bachelor of biological sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA 1999 ;Bachelor of Medicine, Misr University of science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt 2004.

Languages: Arabic, English and French.

Career: Gynecologist and Obstetrics Doctor; Sports psychology; Co-founder of the junior Egyptian European Partnership Chamber.

Sports Activities: Swimming; Rowing; Tennis and Squash.
Sport Achievements: Egypt Swimming champion {1989/2000} and a record holder; she participated in 3 editions of the Olympic Games {1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta and2000 Sydney}; she participated in the Swimming World Championships in Rome 1994 and in Perth 1998; she received 3 gold medals, 2 silver medals in World Cup {1994/1995}, 6 silver medals and 4 bronze medals at the African championship in 1990; she received various gold. Silver and bronze medals at the African Games in 1991, 1995 and 1999; she received 2 gold and a silver medal in the Mediterranean Games in 1997, silver medalist in the All Arab Games 1997, Also nominated {Athletes of the games, Participated in NCAA championships in the USA, she achieved many records in 50m , 100m & 200m freestyle events , 100m &200m backstroke and 50m & 100m butterfly; . IOC Member and Athletes Commission Member since 2004 till 2012.