Shagdarjavyn Magvan

Biographical information

RolesAdministrator
SexMale
Full nameShagdarjavyn•Magvan
Used nameShagdarjavyn•Magvan
Name orderOriental
Original nameШагдаржавын•Магван
Born20 August 1927 in Aldarkhaan sum, Zavkhan (MGL)
NOC Mongolia

Biography

Shagdarjav Magvan is, through 2014, the only Mongolian to have been a member of the IOC. He studied at the State University of Mongolia and later became a professor of philology and Mongolian literature through 1958. He then moved into politics and was Secretary of the Party Committee from 1958-60, Vice-Director of the Department of the Party Central Committee from 1960-65, and then Secretary-General of the Central Soviet Trade Unionists of Mongolia from 1965-69. Magvan later entered the business world, becoming director and CEO of a porcelain factory.

In sports admininstration Magvan was President of the Mongolian Olympic Committee from 1972-79, and of the Council of the Mongolian Union for Physical Education and Sports from 1969-78. He was a member of the NOC Executive Board after he stepped down as President, and in 1987 founded the Mongolian Olympic Museum. Co-opted onto the IOC in 1977, Magvan remained on the IOC until 2007 and then became an Honorary Member.

Organization roles

Role Organization Tenure NOC As
President Mongolian National Olympic Committee 1969—1978 MGL Shagdarjavyn Magvan
Member International Olympic Committee 1977—2007 MGL Shagdarjavyn Magvan
Honorary International Olympic Committee 2007— MGL Shagdarjavyn Magvan

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