oct.09.2009

IOC welcomed six new members including the Crown Prince of Denmark HRH Frederik on board here on Friday at the 121st IOC Session.

    The IOC members also witnessed the elections of two vice presidents and two Executive Board members after Jacques Rogge was re-elected as the IOC president for a final four-year term.

    The other five new IOC members are president of the St. Lucia Olympic Committee Richard Peterkin, president of the Nigerian Olympic Committee Habu Ahmed Gumel, Habibi Abdul Nabi Macki, who is the vice president of the Oman Olympic Committee and also the Olympic Council of Asia, ISAF president Goran Petersson from Sweden, president of Burundi Football Federation Lydia Nsekera.

    Nsekera became the first female president of an African football association in 2004. Now, she became one of the 17 female members among the total of 112 IOC members.

    Besides, Mario Pescante from Italy and Ser Miang Ng of Singapore became IOC vice presidents. They replaced Lambis Nikolaou of Greece and Japan's Chiharu Igaya whose terms of office for vice presidency ended.

    Britain's Craig Reedie and Australian John Coates joined the IOC Executive Board.

    Chaired by Rogge, the Executive Board now has 15 members.

    Rogge, 67, met no challenge at all as he was the only candidate that joined the campaign. Then he claimed his final four-year term with an 88-1 vote for his re-election