IOC elects six new members

The 121st IOC Session today elected six new members from four different continents to the International Olympic Committee. In other decisions, Mario Pescante and Ser Miang Ng became IOC Vice-Presidents, and Craig Reedie as well as John Coates joined the IOC Executive Board. The Session also elected five honorary members.

The new IOC members are Richard Peterkin (St Lucia); HRH Frederik, the Crown Prince of Denmark; Habu Ahmed Gumel (Nigeria); Habib Abdul Nabi Macki (Oman); Lydia Nsekera (Burundi); and Göran Petersson (Sweden. he members will serve eight-year terms. As of today, the IOC has 112 members.
Mario Pescante and Ser Miang Ng, who were EB members to date, have been elected as Vice-Presidents. They are replacing Lambis Nikolaou (Greece) and Chiharu Igaya (Japan) whose terms of office for Vice-Presidency ended.
Furthermore, Craig Reedie and John Coates were elected as members of the Executive Board. An IOC member since 1994, Reedie is also a member of the London 2012 Organising Committee Board. Coates, an IOC member since 2001, is President of the Australian National Olympic Committee.

Oct 10, 2009 12:10

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