List of members of the International Olympic Committee

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This is a list of members of the International Olympic Committee. According to the Olympic Charter, the 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". Currently there are 100 members, 33 honorary members and 1 honour member.[1]

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Current members[edit]

The chairperson of an international organization, who represents an Olympic sport (e.g. the chairman of the athletics IAAF), is represented in the IOC "ex officio" (i.e., because of that position).

Member Country Since Olympic participation (if any) ex officio
Mr Vitali Smirnov  Russia 1971
Mr Peter Tallberg  Finland 1976 sailing (1960–1980)
Mr Kevan Gosper  Australia 1977 athletics (1956–1960)
Mr Richard Pound  Canada 1978 swimming (1960)
Mr Franco Carraro  Italy 1982
Mr Iván Dibós  Peru 1982
HE Mr Pál Schmitt  Hungary 1983 fencing (1968–1976)
HSH the Princess Nora of Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein 1984
HSH the Sovereign Prince Albert II  Monaco 1985 bobsleigh (1988–2002)
Mr Lambis Nikolaou  Greece 1986
Ms Anita DeFrantz  United States 1986 rowing (1976)
HRH the Princess Royal  Great Britain 1988 equestrianism (1976)
Mr Wu Ching-Kuo  Chinese Taipei 1988
Mr Willi Kaltschmitt Luján  Guatemala 1988
Mr Richard Carrión  Puerto Rico 1990
Mr Nat Indrapana  Thailand 1990
Mr Denis Oswald  Switzerland 1991 rowing (1968–1976) FISA (rowing)
Count Jacques Rogge  Belgium 1991 sailing (1968–1976)
Mr Thomas Bach  Germany 1991 fencing (1976)
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah  Kuwait 1992
Mr James Easton  United States 1994
Sir Craig Reedie  Great Britain 1994
Mr Mario Pescante  Italy 1994
Mr Gerhard Heiberg  Norway 1994
Mr Austin Sealy  Barbados 1994
Dr Robin E. Mitchell  Fiji 1994
Mr Alex Gilady  Israel 1994
Mr Shamil Tarpishchev  Russia 1994
Mr Valeriy Borzov  Ukraine 1994 athletics (1972–1976)
Dr René Fasel  Switzerland 1995 IIHF (ice hockey)
Mr Jean-Claude Killy  France 1995 alpine skiing (1964–1968)
Mr Sam Ramsamy  South Africa 1995
Mr Reynaldo González López  Cuba 1995
Mr Olegario Vázquez Raña  Mexico 1995 shooting (1964–1976)
Mr Patrick Hickey  Ireland 1995
Mr Toni Khoury  Lebanon 1995
Syed Shahid Ali  Pakistan 1996
Mr Chang Ung  North Korea 1996
Mrs Gunilla Lindberg  Sweden 1996
Mr Julio César Maglione  Uruguay 1996 FINA (swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming)
Mr Lee Kun-hee  South Korea 1996
Mr Ottavio Cinquanta  Italy 1996
Mr Guy Drut  France 1996 athletics (1972–1976)
Mrs Irena Szewińska  Poland 1998 athletics (1964–1980)
HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1998
General Mounir Sabet  Egypt 1998
Ms Nawal El Moutawakel  Morocco 1998 athletics (1984)
Mr Melitón Sánchez Rivas  Panama 1998
Mr Leo Wallner  Austria 1998
Mr Ng Ser Miang  Singapore 1998
Mr Samih Moudallal  Syria 1998
Mr Joseph S. Blatter  Switzerland 1999 FIFA (football)
Mr Lamine Diack  Senegal 1999 IAAF (athletics)
Mr Gian-Franco Kasper  Switzerland 2000
Mr Yu Zaiqing  China 2000
Mr Timothy Fok  Hong Kong, China 2001
Raja Randhir Singh  India 2001 shooting (1964–1984)
Mr John Dowling Coates  Australia 2001
Mr Issa Hayatou  Cameroon 2001
Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch, Jr.  Spain 2001
HRH Prince Nawaf Faisal Fahd Abdulaziz  Saudi Arabia 2002
Mr Patrick Chamunda  Zambia 2002
HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani  Qatar 2002
Sir Philip Craven  Great Britain 2003 IPC (Paralympics)
HRH Prince Tunku Imran  Malaysia 2006
Mrs Nicole Hoevertsz  Aruba 2006 synchronised swimming (1984)
Mrs Beatrice Allen  Gambia 2006
Mrs Rebecca Scott  Canada 2006 cross-country skiing (1998–2006)
Mr Saku Koivu  Finland 2006 ice hockey (1994–2010)
Mr Andrés Botero Philippsbourne  Colombia 2007
Mr Patrick Baumann  Switzerland 2007 FIBA (basketball)
HRH Princess Haya bint Al Hussein  United Arab Emirates 2007 equestrianism (2000)
Mrs Rita Subowo  Indonesia 2007
Mr Sergey Bubka  Ukraine 2008 athletics (1988–2000)
Dr Uğur Erdener  Turkey 2008
Mr Moon Dae-Sung  South Korea 2008 taekwondo (2004)
Mr Aleksandr Popov  Russia 2008 swimming (1992–2004)
Mrs Claudia Bokel  Germany 2008 fencing (1996–2004)
Mrs Yumilka Ruiz Luaces  Cuba 2008 volleyball (1996–2004)
Mr Richard Peterkin  Saint Lucia 2009
HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark  Denmark 2009
Mr Habu Gumel  Nigeria 2009 FIVB (volleyball)
Mr Habib Macki  Oman 2009
Ms Lydia Nsekera  Burundi 2009
HRH Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein  Jordan 2010
Mr Barry Maister  New Zealand 2010 field hockey (1968–1976)
Mr Pat McQuaid  Ireland 2010 UCI (cycling)
Mrs Marisol Casado  Spain 2010 ITU (triathlon)
Mrs Yang Yang  China 2010 short-track speed skating (1998–2006)
Mrs Angela Ruggiero  United States 2010 ice hockey (1998–2010)
Mr Adam Pengilly  Great Britain 2010 skeleton (2006–2010)
Mr José Perurena  Spain 2011
Dr Gerardo Werthein  Argentina 2011
Mrs Barbara Kendall  New Zealand 2011 boardsailing (1992-2000)
Ms Li Lingwei  China 2012
Mr Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 2012 athletics (1992–2004)
Mr Tsunekazu Takeda  Japan 2012
Mr Pierre-Olivier Beckers  Belgium 2012
Ms Aïcha Garad Ali  Djibouti 2012

Honorary Members[edit]

Most honorary members are former members who, after finishing their terms of office, are made honorary members.

Member Country Since Honorary Since Olympic participation Notes
HRH the Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1946 1998
HM King Constantine II  Greece 1963 1974 sailing (1960)
Mr Gunnar Ericsson  Sweden 1965 1996
Mr Berthold Beitz  Germany 1972 1988 Chairman of the Olympic Museum Foundation
Mr Ashwini Kumar  India 1973 2000
Mr Niels Holst-Sørensen  Denmark 1977 2002 athletics (1948)
Mr Günther Heinze  Germany 1981 1992
Mr Vladimír Černušák  Slovakia 1981 2002
Ms Flor Isava-Fonseca  Venezuela 1981 2002
Dame Mary Alison Glen-Haig  Great Britain 1982 1994 fencing (1948–60)
Sir Tennant Tay Wilson  New Zealand 1988 2006
Mr Borislav Stanković  Serbia 1988 2006 Retired as Secretary General of FIBA (basketball) in 2006
HRH the Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón  Spain 1996 2006
Mr Shagdarjav Magvan  Mongolia 1977 2007
Mr Fidel Mendoza Carrasquilla  Colombia 1988 2006
Mr Hein Verbruggen  Netherlands 1996 2006 Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008
Mr Mustapha Larfaoui  Algeria 1995 2009
Mr He Zhenliang  China 1981 2010
Mr Fernando Lima Bello  Portugal 1989 2010 sailing (1968–72)
Mr Tamás Aján  Hungary 2000 2010
Mr Walther Tröger  Germany 1989 2010
Ms Manuela Di Centa  Italy 1999 2010 cross country skiing (1984–98)
Mr Kipchoge Keino  Kenya 2000 2010 athletics (1964–72)
Mr Phillip Walter Coles  Australia 1982 2012 canoeing (1960–68)
Mr Chiharu Igaya  Japan 1982 2012 alpine skier (1952–60)
Mr Shunichiro Okano  Japan 1990 2012 football (1968)
Professor Arne Ljungqvist  Sweden 1994 2012 athletics (1952)
Mr Antun Vrdoljak  Croatia 1995 2012
Intendant Général Lassana Palenfo  Côte d'Ivoire 2000 2012
Mr Francisco Elizalde  Philippines 1985 2013
Mr Alpha Ibrahim Diallo  Guinea 1994 2013
Mr Carlos Arthur Nuzman  Brazil 2000 2013 volleyball (1964)

Honour Members[edit]

Member Country Honour Since
Henry Kissinger  United States 2000

Former members[edit]

Some recent former members[edit]

Member Country Since Until Olympic participation notes
Johann Olav Koss  Norway 1999 2002 speed skating (1988–1994) Concluded his term of office
Roland Baar  Germany 1999 2004 rowing (1988–1996) Concluded his term of office
Charmaine Crooks  Canada 1996 2004 athletics (1984–1996) Concluded her term of office
Manuel Estiarte  Spain 2000 2004 water polo (1980–2000) Concluded his term of office
Bruno Grandi  Italy 2000 2004 Concluded his term of office
Bob Hasan  Indonesia 1994 2004 Expelled for corruption
Paul Henderson  Canada 2000 2004 sailing (1964–1968) Concluded his term of office
François Narmon  Belgium 2002 2004 Concluded his term of office
Sir Matthew Pinsent  Great Britain 2002 2004 rowing (1992–2004) Concluded his term of office
Ivan Slavkov  Bulgaria 1987 2005 Expelled for alleged corruption
Kim Un-Yong  South Korea 1986 2005 Resigned after being convicted of corruption and embezzlement in his home country
Marc Hodler  Switzerland 1963 2006 Died in office
Kikis Lazarides  Cyprus 2002 2006 Concluded his term of office
Anton Geesink  Netherlands 1987 2010 judo (1964) Died in office
Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 2002 2010 alpine skiing (1992–1998) Concluded her term of office
João Havelange  Brazil 1963 2011 swimming/water polo (1936, 1952) Resigned to avoid being expelled[2]
Francis Nyangweso  Uganda 1988 2011 boxing (1960) Died in office[3]
Göran Petersson  Sweden 2009 2012
Mario Vázquez Raña  Mexico 1991 2012 Resigned[4]
Francesco Ricci Bitti  Italy 2006 2013 Concluded her term of office
Dagmawit Girmay Berhane  Ethiopia 2010 2013 Concluded his term of office
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez  Mexico 1972 2013 Died in office[5]
Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands  Netherlands 1998 2013 Resigned following ascension to the Dutch throne

Original members[edit]

Member Country Since Until Notes
Mario Lucchesi-Palli  Italy 1894 1894
Demetrios Vikelas  Greece 1894 1897 President (1894–1896)
Arthur Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill  Great Britain 1894 1898
Alexei de Butowski  Russian Empire 1894 1900
Leonard A. Cuff  New Zealand 1894 1905
Charles Herbert  Great Britain 1894 1906
Jose Zubiaur  Argentina 1894 1907
Ferenc Kemény Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary 1894 1907
Ernest Callot  France 1894 1913 Treasurer (1894–1895)
Viktor Balck Sweden Norway-Sweden 1894 1921
William Milligan Sloane United States 1894 1924
Baron Pierre de Coubertin  France 1894 1925 General Secretary (1894–1896), President (1896–1925)
Jiří Guth-Jarkovský  Bohemia 1894 1943

References[edit]

  1. ^ IOC Members list
  2. ^ Havelange resigns from IOC after nearly half-a-century as member to avoid expulsion
  3. ^ IOC member Francis Nyangweso dies at age of 72
  4. ^ Resignation of Mario Vázquez Raña
  5. ^ Death of IOC Honorary Member Pedro Ramírez Vázquez

External links[edit]
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