National Olympic Committee of Iraq

The National Olympic Committee of Iraq (NOCI) (Arabic: اللجنة الاولمبية الوطنية العراقية‎) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Iraq. It was established in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year. It was officially dissolved in May 2003 by L. Paul Bremer under Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2.[1]

National Olympic Committee of Iraq
Country/Region Iraq
CodeIRQ
Created1948
Recognized1948
Continental
Association		OCA
HeadquartersBaghdad, Iraq
PresidentRaad Hammoudi
Secretary GeneralAdil Fadhil
Websitewww.nociraq.iq

Its current Director General is Tiras Odisho an ethnic Assyrian Christian, a Karate expert and coach, based in Sweden.

The committee organizes the Iraqi participation in the Olympic Games, choose the participants and run the training program. It has 16 Olympic national federations members and 7 by the IOC national federations members.

See also

References
  1. Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2: Dissoulution of Entities Archived 2005-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
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