Hafizullah Wali Rahimi

Hafizullah Wali Rahimi
4th President of the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 April 2018
(in exile as of September 2021)
Preceded byMohammad Zahir Aghbar
Succeeded byNazar Mohammad Mutmaeen
(appointed in 2021 by the Taliban regime, unrecognized)
Personal details
NationalityAfghan
Known forPresident of the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Hafizullah Wali Rahimi has been serving as president of the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (formerly Afghanistan National Olympic Committee) since April 2018. In September 2021, Rahimi left Afghanistan after the Taliban's return to power. He is still recognized as the Committee's president in exile.[1] He is of Tajik ethnicity.[2] Rahimi is also a member of the Peace Through Sport Committee.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Afghanistan Nation Olympic Committee". Olympic.org.
  2. ^ "Rahimi, Hafizullah Wali - Database". Afghan-bios.
  3. ^ "OCA » Dr Hafizullah Wali Rahimi". ocasia.org. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  4. ^ "Peace Through Sport Committee". ocasia.org. Retrieved 2021-07-03.