Egyptian Olympic Committee
Encyclopedia
The Egyptian Olympic Committee is a non-profit organization
serving as the National Olympic Committee
of Egypt
and a part of the International Olympic Committee
. It was formed in 1910, with the symbolic participation of Egypt in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games
. Egypt was the 14th country to join the IOC.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
serving as the National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
of Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
and a part of the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
. It was formed in 1910, with the symbolic participation of Egypt in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
. Egypt was the 14th country to join the IOC.
List of presidents
The following is a list of presidents of the Egyptian Olympic Committee since its creation in 1910.- Prince Omar Toussoun (1910–1934)
- Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim (1934–1938)
- Prince Isma'il Daoud (1938–1946)
- Muhammed Taher PashaMuhammed Taher PashaMuhammed Taher Pasha was an Egyptian doctor of Turkish origin in political sciences and the founder of the Mediterranean Games...
(1946–1954) - Abdel Rahman Amin (1954–1960)
- Hussein el-ShafeiHussein el-ShafeiHussein Mahmoud Hassan el-Shafei, , also known as Hussein el-Shafei , was a member of Egypt's July, 1952 revolutionary leadership council and served as vice-president under two former Egyptian presidents, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat...
(1960–1962) - Muhammad Talaat Khayri (1962–1967)
- Muhammad Abu el-Ezz (1967–1971)
- Mostafa Kamal TolbaMostafa Kamal TolbaMostafa Kamal Tolba is an Egyptian scientist most famous for his 17-year tenure as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme ....
(1971–1972) - Abdel Moneim Wahbi Hussein (1972–1974)
- Muhammad Ahmad Muhammad (1974–1978)
- Abdel Azim AshryAbdel Azim AshryAbdel Azim Ashry was an Egyptian basketball player, referee and sports administrator.-Career:Ashry played in the Egyptian first division basketball league in the 1930s and 1940s...
(1978–1985) - Abdel Karim Darwish (1985–1990)
- Mounir Saleh SabetMounir SabetMounir Sabet is an Egyptian general and sports official.Born in the Upper Egyptian city of Qena, Mounir Sabet is the son of Saleh Sabet, an Egyptian pediatrician, and his Welsh wife Lily May Palmer...
(1990–1993) - Gamal ed-Din Mukhtar (1993–1996)
- Mounir Saleh SabetMounir SabetMounir Sabet is an Egyptian general and sports official.Born in the Upper Egyptian city of Qena, Mounir Sabet is the son of Saleh Sabet, an Egyptian pediatrician, and his Welsh wife Lily May Palmer...
(1996–2009) - Mahmoud Ahmad Ali (since 2009)