The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today elected two new Vice-Presidents and two Executive Board (EB) members, as well as eight new IOC Members - four women and four men - during its 142nd IOC Session meeting in Paris, France.
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Fifteen IOC Members within the age limit were also re-elected, the term of office of one Member was extended and two Honorary Members were elected.
Changes to the IOC Executive Board
During today’s proceedings, the Session elected Ms Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) and Dr Gerardo Werthein (ARG) as IOC Vice-Presidents, whose terms of office will start on 10 August after the conclusion of the 142nd IOC Session, when the terms of Mr John Coates (AUS) and Mr Ser Miang Ng (SGP) will come to an end.
Mrs Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski (PHI) was also re-elected for a second term to the IOC Executive Board, and Mrs Li Lingwei (CHN) was elected as an EB member. The term for the EB members is four years.
Election of eight new IOC Members including three Olympians
Eight new IOC Members – four women and four men – were elected and took the oath during the Session meetings today. The terms of office for six of the Members will begin immediately, while one will start at the end of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and one on 1 January 2025.
Reaffirming the IOC’s commitment to lead by example and close the gender gap across its leadership positions, women now account for 42.3 per cent of IOC Members, with 47 women out of a total of 111 Members. With the election of three female Olympians, the IOC membership now consists of 43 Olympians (23 women and 20 men).
Three women and one man were elected as Independent Individuals:
* Election made possible in accordance with Rule 16.1.1. of the Olympic Charter. This rule allows for up to seven IOC Members to be elected in special cases without a nationality or National Olympic Committee (NOC) requirement.
Three members were elected linked to their function within an NOC:
One member was elected linked to his function within an International Federation (IF):
Member re-election, term extension and Honorary Members
Fifteen IOC Members arriving at the end of their eight-year term, following their election or re-election in 2016, were re-elected by the IOC Session for another eight years, with the age limit being taken into consideration for the end of the terms (80 for those elected before December 1999 and 70 for those elected after that date):
The Session also extended for four years the term of office of Mr Mustapha Berraf (Algeria, membership linked to his function as President of the Association of the National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), year of birth: 1954, elected in 2019, whose age limit, 70, will be reached at the end of 2024), starting from 1 January 2025 and running until the end of 2028. This is due to his position as President of ANOCA and his pioneering role in promoting the Olympic Movement and its values through the National Olympic Committees in Africa.
The Session also elected as Honorary Members, as of 1 January 2025, Mr John Coates (Australia, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1950, elected in 2001) and Mr Uğur Erdener (Türkiye, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1950, elected in 2008), whose terms of office are coming to an end on 31 December.
Re-election of a member of the IOC Ethics Commission
Finally, pursuant to Rule 22.2 of the Olympic Charter and Article 2 of the IOC Ethics Commission’s statutes, the Session re-elected Mrs Amina Mohamed (year of birth: 1961, Kenya) to the IOC Ethics Commission for a four-year term in her capacity as an independent member. Mrs Mohamed was first elected to the IOC Ethics Commission in 2020.
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