The Moroccan National Olympic Committee
( ar, اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية, french: Comité National Olympique Marocain, es, Comité Olímpico Nacional Marroquí, abbreviated as CNOM) is a
non-profit organization
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serving as the
National Olympic Committee
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of
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
. It was formed in 1959 and recognized by the
International Olympic Committee
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(IOC) in the same year.
Presidents
Executive committee
* President:
Faïçal Laraïchi
Faïçal Laraïchi (1961–present) is president of the Moroccan Olympic Committee and president of the Société National de la Radio Télévision (SNRT).
Early life
He was born Meknès, Morocco.
Laraïchi earned his diploma in engineering fro ...
* Vice Presidents:
Kamal Lahlou,
Fouzi Lekjaa
Fouzi Lekjaa (Arabic: فوزي لقجع; born on 23 July 1970) is a Moroccan football administrator and businessman, who is the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation since 2014, and a member of the FIFA Council since 2021. On 7 Oct ...
,
Abdeslam Ahizoune
* Secretary General:
Mamoun Belabes
* Treasurer:
Omar Bilali
* Members:
Jawad Belhadj,
Tahar Boujouala,
Mohammed Belmahi,
Youssef Fathi et Abdelatif Idmahama
See also
*
Morocco at the Olympics
Morocco first participated at the Olympic Games in 1960, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Morocco also boycotted the ...
References
External links
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Olympic
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Sports
Competitions
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** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...
Morocco at the Olympics
Morocco at the Paralympics
1959 establishments in Morocco