The IOC Executive Board also recommends the re-election of 11 IOC members below the age limit, as well as the extension of the mandate of two members, a change of status of one member and the election of two honorary members. With these proposals submitted to the IOC Session, the Executive Board follows the recommendations made by the commission for the election of IOC members.
Nomination of the first female Olympian (badminton) from Iran as an IOC member
Following the appointment of five new members to the IOC Athletes’ Commission at the beginning of the month, Soraya Aghaei is now proposed as a candidate for the position of IOC member. Soraya Aghaei competed at the Tokyo 2020 Games, becoming the first badminton player to represent Iran at the Olympic Games. A member of the athletes’ commission of the Iranian National Olympic Committee (NOC), she has coached at the national level.
In accordance with regulations, a background check by the Ethics Commission was carried out before her election to the Athletes’ Commission during the Paris 2024 Games, where Soraya Aghaei was a candidate.
Proposal for re-election of 11 IOC members
The Executive Board will submit to the Session the proposal to re-elect 11 IOC members who will reach the end of their eight-year mandate in 2026, following their election or re-election in 2018. Ten members will be proposed for re-election for an additional eight years, the age limit being taken into account for the end of these mandates (80 years for members elected before December 1999 and 70 years for those elected after this date):
- HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani Amir (Qatar, independent individual member, born in 1980, elected in 2002)
- HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein (Jordan, independent individual member, born in 1963, elected in 2010)
- Mr Jiří Kejval (Czech Republic, independent individual member, born in 1967, elected in 2018)
- Ms. Samira Asghari (Afghanistan, independent individual member born in 1994, elected in 2018)
- Ms Daina Gudzineviciute (Lithuania, independent individual member, born in 1965, elected in 2018)
- Mr. Camilo Pérez Lopez Moreira (Paraguay, independent individual member, born in 1969, elected in 2018)
- Ms Felicite Rwemarika (Rwanda, independent individual member, born in 1958, elected in 2018)
- Mr. William Frederick Blick (Uganda, independent individual member, born 1974, elected 2018)
- HRH Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck (Bhutan, independent individual member, born in 1984, elected in 2018)
- Mr. Andrew Parsons (Brazil, membership linked to his function as president of the International Paralympic Committee, born in 1977, elected in 2018)
- Mr. Morinari Watanabe (Japan, membership linked to his function as president of an International Federation (FIG), born in 1959, elected in 2018)
Extension of the mandate of two IOC members
The Executive Board will also submit to the Session a proposal to extend the mandate of two IOC members by four years.
- Mr Anant Singh (South Africa, independent individual member, born 1956, elected 2016) will reach the age limit of 70 years at the end of 2026. Due to his role on multiple IOC commissions, a four-year extension of Mr Singh’s mandate in the same capacity will be proposed, until the IOC Session in 2030.
- Mr. Karl Stoss (Austria, independent individual member, born in 1956, elected in 2016) will also reach the age limit of 70 years at the end of 2026. Due to his roles as Chairman of the Olympic Program Commission and the Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games, a four-year extension of Mr. Stoss’s mandate in the same capacity, until the IOC Session in 2030.
Change of status for an IOC member
The Executive Board agreed to submit to the Session a proposal to modify the IOC member status of Mr. Michael Mronz (Germany, born 1967) in order to ensure the representation of Germany within the IOC. Mr. Mronz was elected in 2023 as an independent individual member, in accordance with Rule 16.1.1.1 of the Olympic Charter, in the special category which allows the election of up to seven members whose membership is not linked to any nationality or NOC requirement.
Due to the resignation of the IOC Honorary President, Mr. Thomas Bach, there are currently no members representing the IOC in Germany. The IOC Executive Board will therefore propose that Mr Mronz’s membership status be changed to become an independent individual member in his capacity as a German national.
Proposal of two IOC members as honorary members
The Executive Board will propose to the Session to elect two members of the IOC as honorary members, from 1is January 2027, when their mandate expires.
The 145th IOC Session will be held in Milan on February 3-4, 2026, just before the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, which will take place from February 6-22.
Elections to the IOC Ethics Commission
The Executive Board will recommend to the IOC Session the election of HE Ms. Patricia O’Brien as President of the IOC Ethics Commission, for a term of four years. A former Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs of the United Nations, Ms. O’Brien is an independent personality who is not an active, honorary, honorary or former member of the IOC. She has served as interim president of this commission since her appointment in June 2025.
The executive commission will also propose the election for a four-year term of:
- M. Karl Stossin his capacity as a member of the IOC;
- SEM Kim Won-Soo, former Korean Ambassador and former Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, as an independent personality unrelated to IOC membership.
Additionally, the executive board will recommend the re-election of two current members:
- Mme Auvita Rapillafor a four-year term as an IOC member.
- M. Pau Gasolin his capacity as an IOC member and representative of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, until the end of his current mandate.
Following the recommendations of the IOC Ethics Commission, the IOC Executive Board approved amendments to the Statute of the IOC Ethics Commission and its Procedural Regulations governing cases of possible violation of the IOC Code of Ethics.
These changes aim to reflect the creation, as of July 1, 2025, of the new position of Secretary of the IOC Ethics Commission, separate from that of the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, and the subsequent distribution of responsibilities between these two functions.
The Statute and Procedural Regulations are part of the IOC Code of Ethics. The text in its updated version is available here.
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