List of members of the International Olympic Committee

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The main entrance of the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne (Switzerland).

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 103 members, 44 honorary members and one honour member.^[1]

Current members[]

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	Notes
Mr Richard W. Pound, CC OQ CD QC	Canada	1978	swimming (1960)
Mr Pál Schmitt	Hungary	1983	fencing (1968–1976)
HSH Princess Nora of Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	1984
HSH Sovereign Prince Albert II	Monaco	1985	bobsleigh (1988–2002)
Ms Anita L. DeFrantz	United States	1986	rowing (1976)
HRH The Princess Royal	Great Britain	1988	equestrianism (1976)
Mr Richard L. Carrión	Puerto Rico	1990
Mr Denis Oswald	Switzerland	1991	rowing (1968–1976)
Mr Thomas Bach	Germany	1991	fencing (1976)		President since 2013[2]
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah	Kuwait	1992			President of the Olympic Council of Asia and Association of National Olympic Committees
Sir Craig Reedie, GBE	Great Britain	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 Patrick Joseph Hickey	Ireland	1995
Syed Shahid Ali	Pakistan	1996
Mrs Gunilla Lindberg	Sweden	1996
Mr Guy Drut	France	1996	athletics (1972–1976)
HRH The Grand Duke de Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1998
Ms Nawal El Moutawakel	Morocco	1998	athletics (1984)
Mr Ng Ser Miang	Singapore	1998
Mr Yu Zaiqing	China	2000
Mr John Coates, AC	Australia	2001
Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch	Spain	2001			Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2022 Winter Olympics
Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani	Qatar	2002
Mrs Nicole Hoevertsz	Aruba	2006	synchronised swimming (1984)		Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2028 Summer Olympics
Mr Sergey Bubka	Ukraine	2008	athletics (1988–2000)
Mr Uğur Erdener	Turkey	2008		WA (archery)
Ms Lydia Nsekera	Burundi	2009
Prince Feisal Al Hussein	Jordan	2010
Mrs Marisol Casado	Spain	2010		ITU (triathlon)
Dr Gerardo Werthein	Argentina	2011
Mrs Li Lingwei	China	2012
Baron Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant	Belgium	2012			Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Ms Aïcha Garad Ali	Djibouti	2012
Ms Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2013	swimming (2000–2016)		Former Chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission. Elected to full membership in 2021.[3]
Mr Octavian Morariu	Romania	2013
Mr Bernard Rajzman	Brazil	2013	volleyball (1976–1984)
Mrs Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski	Philippines	2013
Mr Paul K. Tergat	Kenya	2013	athletics (1996–2004)
Mrs Dagmawit Girmay Berhane	Ethiopia	2013
Mr Poul-Erik Høyer	Denmark	2014	badminton (1992–2000)	BWF (badminton)
Ms Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada	2014	ice hockey (1998–2014), softball (2000)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Mr	Senegal	2015
Mr	Serbia	2015		UWW (wrestling)
Mrs Nita Ambani	India	2016
Mrs Sari Essayah	Finland	2016	athletics (1992–1996)		Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2026 Winter Olympics
Mr Ivo Ferriani	Italy	2016	bobsleigh (1988)	IBSF (bobsleigh & skeleton)
Mr Luis Alberto Moreno	Colombia	2016
Ms Auvita Rapilla	Papua New Guinea	2016
Mr	South Africa	2016
Ms Tricia Smith	Canada	2016	rowing (1976–1988)
Mr	Austria	2016
Ms Britta Heidemann	Germany	2016	fencing (2004–2012)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Mr Ryu Seung-min	South Korea	2016	table tennis (2004–2012)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Mr Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	2016	swimming (2004–2016)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Mrs Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	2016	athletics (2004–2012)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Ms Sarah Walker	New Zealand	2016	BMX racing (2008–2012)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Ms Baklai Temengil	Palau	2017			Member of the IOC Women in Sport Commission
Mrs Kristin Kloster Aasen	Norway	2017
Mrs Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul	Thailand	2017
Mr Luis Mejía Oviedo	Dominican Republic	2017
Mr Neven Ilic	Chile	2017			Member of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the Youth Olympic Games Nanjing 2014
Mr Jean-Christophe Rolland	France	2017	rowing (1992–2000)	FISA (rowing)	Member of the IOC Sustainability and Legacy Commission
Mr Ingmar De Vos	Belgium	2017		FEI (equestrian)
Mr Jiří Kejval	Czech Republic	2018
Ms Emma Terho	Finland	2018	ice hockey (1998–2014)		President of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Ms Zhang Hong	China	2018	speed skating (2014–2018)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Mrs Samira Asghari	Afghanistan	2018			Member of the IOC Athletes' Entourage Commission
Mrs Daina Gudzinevičiūtė	Lithuania	2018	shooting (1996–2012)
Mr	Paraguay	2018
Mrs Felicite Rwemarika	Rwanda	2018
Mr	Uganda	2018
Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck	Bhutan	2018
Mr Andrew Parsons	Brazil	2018		IPC (Paralympics)
Mr Morinari Watanabe	Japan	2018		FIG (gymnastics)
Mr Giovanni Malagò	Italy	2019			President of Organizing Committee of 2026 Winter Olympics
Ms	Cameroon	2019
Ms	Cape Verde	2019
Mrs	Lesotho	2019
Mr Tidjane Thiam	Cote d'Ivoire	2019
Mrs Laura Chinchilla	Costa Rica	2019
Mr Erick Thohir	Indonesia	2019
Mr Spyros Capralos	Greece	2019	water polo (1980–1984)
Mr Mustapha Berraf	Algeria	2019			President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
Mr	India	2019		IHF (field hockey)
Mr	South Korea	2019
Mr Yasuhiro Yamashita	Japan	2020	judo (1984)
Mr David Haggerty	United States	2020		ITF (tennis)
Mr Gianni Infantino	Switzerland	2020		FIFA (football)
Mrs María de la Caridad Colón Rueñes	Cuba	2020	athletics (1980)
Mrs Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović	Croatia	2020
Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud	Saudi Arabia	2020
Mr	Mongolia	2020
Lord Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	2020	athletics (1980–1984)	IAAF (athletics)	President of Organizing Committee of 2012 Summer Olympics
Mrs Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	Norway	2021	cross-country skiing (2010–2018)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Mr Pau Gasol	Spain	2021	basketball (2004–2020)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Mr Yuki Ota	Japan	2021	fencing (2004–2016)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Mrs Federica Pellegrini	Italy	2021	swimming (2004–2020)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Mrs Maja Martyna Włoszczowska	Poland	2021	cross-country cycling (2004–2020)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Mr Humphrey Kayange	Kenya	2021	rugby (2016)		Member of the IOC Athletes' Commission

• Athlete's commission members are elected for eight year terms.

Honorary Members[]

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
King Constantine	Greece	1963	1974	sailing (1960)
Mr Niels Holst-Sørensen	Denmark	1977	2002	athletics (1948)
Mr	Mongolia	1977	2007
Mr Mustapha Larfaoui	Algeria	1995	2009		Former president of FINA (1988–2009)
Ms Manuela Di Centa	Italy	1999	2010	cross-country skiing (1984–1998)	Former member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
Mr Kipchoge Keino	Kenya	2000	2011	athletics (1964–1972)
Mr Phillip Walter Coles, AM	Australia	1982	2012	canoeing (1960–1968)
Mr Chiharu Igaya	Japan	1982	2012	alpine skiing (1952–1960)
Prof Arne Ljungqvist	Sweden	1994	2012	athletics (1952)
Mr Antun Vrdoljak	Croatia	1995	2012
Intendant Général Lassana Palenfo	Côte d'Ivoire	2000	2012		Former president of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
Mr Francisco J. Elizalde	Philippines	1985	2013
Mr Carlos Arthur Nuzman	Brazil	2000	2013	volleyball (1964)	President of Organizing Committee of 2016 Summer Olympics
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands	Netherlands	1998	2013
Mr Richard Kevan Gosper, AO	Australia	1977	2014	athletics (1956–1960)
Mr Jean-Claude Killy	France	1995	2014	alpine skiing (1964–1968)	President of Organizing Committee of 1992 Winter Olympics
Raja Randhir Singh	India	2001	2014	shooting (1968–1984)
Prince Nawaf Bin Faisal Bin Fahad Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	2002	2014
Mr Melitón Sánchez Rivas	Panama	1998	2015
Mr James L. Easton	United States	1994	2015
Mr	Zambia	2002	2016
Dr Julio César Maglione	Uruguay	1996	2016		President of FINA (aquatics)
Mr Olegario Vázquez Raña	Mexico	1995	2016	shooting (1964–1976)	Former president of the ISSF (shooting)
Mr	Lebanon	1995	2016
Mr	Greece	1986	2016
Mr Vitaly Smirnov	Russia	1971	2016
Mr Ottavio Cinquanta	Italy	1996	2016		Former president of the ISU (skating)
Mr Alexander Popov	Russia	2000	2016	swimming (1992–2004)	Former member of the IOC Athletes' Commission
General Mounir Sabet	Egypt	1998	2017
Mr Timothy Tsun Ting Fok	Hong Kong, China	2001	2017
Mr Issa Hayatou	Cameroon	2001	2017
Mr Gerhard Heiberg	Norway	1994	2017		President of Organizing Committee of 1994 Winter Olympics
Prince Tunku Imran	Malaysia	2006	2019
Mr Mario Pescante	Italy	1994	2019
Mr Sam Ramsamy	South Africa	1995	2019
Mr Chang Ung	North Korea	1996	2019
Mr Franco Carraro	Italy	1982	2020
Mr	Peru	1982	2020
Mr Willi Kaltschmitt Luján	Guatemala	1988	2020
Sir , KT	Barbados	1994	2020
Mr	Syria	1998	2020
Mr Habu Gumel	Nigeria	2009	2020		Vice-president of the FIVB (volleyball)
Mrs Beatrice Allen	Gambia	2006	2021
HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark	Denmark	2009	2021

Honour Member[]

Member	Country	Honour Since
Mr Henry Kissinger	United States	2000

Former members[]

Original members[]

Member	Country	From	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
Oleksiy Butovsky	Russian Empire	1894	1900
Leonard A. Cuff	New Zealand	1894	1905
Charles Herbert	Great Britain	1894	1906
José Benjamín Zubiaur	Argentina	1894	1907
Ferenc Kemény	Austria-Hungary	1894	1907	First Secretary (1895–1907)
Ernest Callot	France	1894	1913	Treasurer (1894–1895)
Viktor Balck	Sweden-Norway	1894	1921
William Milligan Sloane	United States	1894	1924
Baron Pierre de Coubertin	France	1894	1925	President (1896–1925)
Jiří Guth-Jarkovský	Bohemia	1894	1943

References[]

External links[]

• IOC Members list