LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Narinder Dhruv Batra, president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and International Hockey Federation (FIH), is one of ten nominees submitted Wednesday by the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for election as new IOC members to the IOC Session that will meet ere in June.
The vote is due to be held on 26 June.
Seven of the 10 proposed new members are individual members, while there are three candidatures linked to a function within a National Olympic Committee (NOC) or a Continental Association of NOCs.
In line with Olympic Agenda 2020, the candidates were selected by the IOC Members Election Commission taking into consideration several criteria: their expertise in different domains (including medical, sociological, cultural, political, business, legal and sports management expertise), in addition to geographic and gender balance.
IOC president Thomas Bach said: “IOC Members are representatives of the IOC in their respective countries, where they promote Olympism and its values. These 10 new members proposed to the IOC Session have different backgrounds, but they all have a great passion for and knowledge of the Olympic and sports movement, which will help their mission and will be beneficial for the entire Olympic Movement.”
Four women and three men make up the group of seven candidates for individual membership, while the candidates linked to a function within an NOC or a Continental Association of NOCs are three men, chosen in close consultation with the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).
All the proposed members have been vetted by the IOC Ethics Commission, which has conducted integrity checks.
The seven proposed Individual Members are:
Ntsama Assembe Celestine Odette Epse Engoulou
(Female, 25.09.1970, Cameroon)
Spyros Capralos
(Male, 15.04.1955, Greece)
Laura Chinchilla
(Female, 28.03.1959, Costa Rica)
Matlohang Moiloa-Ramoqopo
(Female, 01.11.1967, Lesotho)
Filomena Maria Spencer Africano Fortes
(Female, 10.04.1966, Cape Verde)
Tidjane Thiam
(Male, 29.07.1962, Côte d’Ivoire)
Erick Thohir
(Male, 30.05.1970, Indonesia)
The three proposed Members whose candidatures are linked to a function within an NOC or a Continental Association of NOCs are:
Narinder Dhruv Batra
(Male, 19.04.1957, India, President of the Indian Olympic Association)
Mustapha Berraf
(Male, 21.02.1954, Algeria, President of ANOCA)
Kee Heung Lee
(Male, 03.01.1955, Republic of Korea, President of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee)
The addition of the 10 new members would bring the total number of IOC members to 105.
The 134th IOC Session that will be responsible for their election is scheduled to take place here from 24 to 26 June.
