Mounir Sabet

Mounir Sabet ( Arabic منير ثابت) (Born October 29, 1936 in Qina , Egypt ) is an Egyptian general and sports functionary.

General

Mounir Sabet, born in 1936, was the son of the Egyptian pediatrician Saleh Sabet and his Welsh wife Lily May Palmer. Mounir Sabet had a younger sister, Suzanne , who later became the wife of the former President Husni Mubarak . Mounir Sabet began studying and graduated with a BS in military science in 1956, specializing in aeronautics .

Career as a sports official

Mounir Sabet was active as a marksman and was a member of the Egyptian national team in 1965. After his active career, he devoted himself to various tasks in sports administration. In 1983 he was the head of the delegation of the Egyptian rifle team at the training camp in Wiesbaden . In preparing the team for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , he was a volunteer advisor to the coaching staff.

Also in 1984 Sabet became President of the Egyptian Rifle Association. At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 he worked as a team leader for the Egyptian rifle team. The Egyptian NOK elected him president in 1990. He held the office until 1992. Another election for NOK president took place in 1996. This time Sabet remained in office for 13 years, after which he became an honorary member. From 1991 to 2013 Sabet was the President of the African Shooting Association. At the same time he was a council member of the International Shooting Sport Federation .

Sabet worked as head of delegation for Egyptian teams at several major events, such as the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens , the 1992 Pan-Arab Games in Damascus and the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona .

Activities within the IOC

Mounir Sabet was elected an IOC member in 1998. He has been an honorary member since 2017. He served on several committees at the IOC. From 1999 to 2015 he was a member of the Committee on Culture and Olympic Education, from 2000 to 2004 in the Commission for the Coordination of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and since 2015 in the Commissions for Women's Sports and Culture and Olympic Heritage.

Honors

The International Shooting Sport Federation presented Mounir Sabet with the Blue Cross Award in 2002. The Association of National Olympic Committees awarded him an honorary award in 2002.