Olympic Council of Malaysia, or commonly OCM or MOM, ( ms, Majlis Olimpik Malaysia, IOC code: MAS) is the

National Olympic Committee A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...

representing Malaysia. It is also the body responsible for Malaysia's representation at the Commonwealth Games.

History

The body was founded in 1953 as the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council (FMOC). The FMOC received its recognition as the National Olympic Committee of the

Federation of Malaya The Federation of Malaya ( ms, Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi script, Jawi: ) was a federation of what previously had been British Malaya comprising eleven states (nine Malay states and two of the British Empire, British Straits Settlements, P ...

in May 1954. On 16 September 1963, Singapore and the British crown colonies of

North Borneo North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British Protectorate, British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, which is present day Sabah. The territory of North Borneo ...

and Sarawak joined the

to form Malaysia. On 5 May 1964, the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, the Sarawak Sports Olympic Committee and the Sabah Olympic Committee and the FMOC was merged to form the Olympic Council of Malaysia. On 9 August 1965, Singapore ceased to be part of Malaysia and re-established its own National Olympic Committee.

List of Presidents

*E. M. McDonaldHistory of the Olympic Council of Malaysia-The Sports Museum. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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Henry Lee Hau Shik Colonel Tun Sir Henry Lee Hau Shik (19 November 1900 – 22 June 1988), also known as H.S. Lee, was a Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the Minister of Finance and Minister of Transport under former Chief Minister and former Pr ...

Abdul Razak Hussein Tun Haji Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein ( ms, عبد الرزاق بن حسين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 11 March 1922 – 14 January 1976) was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia f ...

*1976–1998: Hamzah Abu Samah *1998–2018: Tunku Imran *2018–Present:

Mohamad Norza Zakaria Tan Sri Dato' Sri (Dr.) Mohamad Norza Zakaria (born in 1966) is a Malaysian chartered accountant and a fellow of CPA Australia. He is the President of Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) and also hold the post of President of Commonwealth Games A ...

References

External links

Olympic Council of Malaysia

Olympic Council of Malaysia at Olympic Council of Asia website
Malaysia Malaysia Malaysia at the Olympics 1953 establishments in Malaya Oly Sports organizations established in 1953 {{Malaysia-sport-stub

History

List of Presidents

See also

References

External links