Paris, France, July 24, 2024: The International Olympic Committee has today elected two new Vice Presidents and two Executive Board members, as well as eight new IOC Members - four women and four men - during its 142nd IOC Session meeting in Paris, France.
During Wednesday’s proceedings, the Session elected Ms Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) and Dr Gerardo Werthein (ARG) as IOC Vice Presidents. Their term of office will start on August 10 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 (Mikee) 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.
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).
The eight new IOC Members are: Mrs Aya Medany (Egypt), Mrs Sarah Walker (New Zealand), Mrs Paula Belen Pareto (Argentina), Sir Hugh Robertson (Great Britain), Mrs Damaris Young (Panama), Mr Gene Sykes (USA), Mr Ian Chesterman (Australia), Mr Johan Eliasch (Great Britain).
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). They included IOC President Thomas Bach and India’s Mrs Nita Ambani.
(Olympics.com)