Hafizullah Wali Rahimi

Hafizullah Wali Rahimi is the current President of the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee as of April 2018.[1] He is of Tajik ethnicity.[2]

Hafizullah Wali Rahimi
NationalityAfghan
Known forPresident of the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee

On 5 April 2018, at the NOC's third Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) in Kabul, Rahimi was elected to become the committee's President for four terms via election.[3] The elections were supervised by IOC representatives from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), including the continental body's Asian Games Head of Department, Haider Farman. Rahimi succeeded Mohammad Zahir Akhbar as President of the committee.[4][5][6]

Prior to this, Rahimi was the Food Quality Control Commission member (2013) and Head of Physical Training and Sports Directorate (2017-2018).[7] The President is accompanied by CEO Dad Mohammad Paida Akhtari, secretary general Mohammad Yonus Popalzay, Vice Presidents Bawar Hotak and Mohammad Hashim Karimi, and Vice President for the women's division, Robina Jalali.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Afghanistan Nation Olympic Committee". Olympic.org.
  2. "Rahimi, Hafizullah Wali - Database". Afghan-bios.
  3. Butler, Nick (9 April 2018). "Rahimi elected as president of Afghanistan NOC". Inside the games.
  4. Shah, Amir (7 July 2018). "2018 EGA of Afghanistan NOC". Afghanistan Rugby.
  5. "Olympic Council of Asia - Afghanistan National Olympic Committee". Ocasia.org.
  6. "Olympic Council of Asia". Ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13.
  7. "Database - previous functions". Afghan-bios. See "2. Previous Functions Hafizullah Wali Rahimi".CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. "Leadership of A-NOC". Olympic.af - Afghanistan National Olympic Committee's official website. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29.
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