Mahmoud Khosravivafa

Mahmoud Khosravivafa
President of National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 August 2022
Preceded by	Reza Salehi Amiri
Member of Islamic City Council of Tehran
In office 29 April 2003 – 29 April 2007 Alternative: 30 April 2007–3 September 2013
Majority	98,390 (18.67%)
President of National Paralympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
In office 5 February 2001 – 13 December 2022
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Ghafour Karegari
Personal details
Born	1953 (age 70–71) Tehran, Iran
Political party	Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces[1] Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran

Mahmoud Khosravivafa (Persian: محمود خسروی‌وفا) or Mahmoud Khosravi-Vafa, is an Iranian conservative politician, who is the President of National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran since 2022. He was a Tehran councillor member from 2003 to 2007. He was also the President of Iran's National Paralympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2001 to 2022, and the President of Sports Federation for the Disabled, in two period of times from 1981 to 1985, and from 1990 to 2017.[2]

He was appointed by Mohammad Aliabadi as one of his deputies in the Physical Education Organization, and unsuccessfully ran for president of National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2014.[3]

References

1. "Popular Front of the Islamic Revolution comes into existence". Tehran Times. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
2. "Khosravi-Vafa remains as Iran's NPC president". Tehran Times. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
3. "Iran's National Olympic Committee to elect new president". Mehr News Agency. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

• Councillor profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Reza Salehi Amiri	President of National Olympic Committee of Iran 28 August 2022–Present	Incumbent
New title Committee founded	President of I. R. Iran National Paralympic Committee 2001–2022	Succeeded by Ghafour Karegari
Preceded by Hossein Sarkheil	President of Iranian Sports Federation for the Disabled 1990–2017 1981–1985	Succeeded by Hamid-Ali Samimi
Preceded by Mansour Borjian		Succeeded by Hossein Sarkheil