Angolan Olympic Committee Explained

Angolan Olympic Committee
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Country:Angola
Code:ANG
Recognized:1980
Association:ANOCA
Headquarters:Luanda, Angola
President:Gustavo Dias Vaz da Conceição
Secretary General:António Pedro Garcia Monteiro
Website:www.comiteolimpicoangolano.com/pt

Angolan Olympic Committee (Portuguese: Comité Olímpico Angolano) (IOC code: ANG) is the National Olympic Committee representing Angola. It was created on 17 February 1979 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in February 1980.

History

The committee was founded on 17 February 1979[1] and was recognised provisionally by the Executive Board of the IOC at Nagoya, Japan in October 1979.[2] This recognition was confirmed at the 82nd Session of the IOC at Lake Placid in February 1980.

Presidents

President Term
Augusto Lopes Texeira1979-1980
Augusto Germano de Araujo1981-1992
Rogerio Torres Cerveira Nunes da Silva1993-2004
Gustavo Dias Vaz da Conceição2004–present

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. April 1985. Angola and Olympism. Olympic Review. 210. 289. International Olympic Committee. 11 January 2013.
  2. November 1979. Around the National Olympic Committees. Olympic Review. 145. 669. International Olympic Committee. 11 January 2013.