Husain Al-Musallam

Dr. Husain AHZ Al-Musallam is the present Director General of Olympic Council of Asia and Secretary General of Kuwait Olympic Committee.[1][2][3] He is a former aeroplane pilot.[4][5]

Dr. Husain AHZ AL-Musallam
Director General of Olympic Council of Asia
In office
September 2005 – present
Secretary General of Kuwait Olympic Committee
In office
March 2019 – present
First Vice President of International Swimming Federation
In office
July 2017 – present
Personal details
Born (1960-05-19) 19 May 1960
Kuwait
NationalityKuwaiti
EducationUniversity of Berlin - Sports Management Diploma
Alma materOxford Air Training School
ProfessionSportsperson, pilot

Early life and career

Mussallam was born on 19 May 1960 in Kuwait.

He joined the swimming club of Kazma Sports Club at the age of 8 and became a member of the national team at 13. Between 1974 and 1976, he competed in all Pan-Arab, Asian and World Swimming Championships.

In 1978 he joined Kuwait Airways Corporation as a co-pilot and promoted to airline captain in 1988. He worked as a training and check captain since 1994.

He joined the Olympic Council of Asia on 25 December 1982, and became Deputy Director General and Technical Director in December 1998. He joined the OCA Executive Board on 23 January 2003. He is serving as the Director General since September 2005.[6]

In February 2019, he received an Honorary Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Honoris Causa in Sports Science from Kookmin University.[7]

In 2015 he was elected as First Vice President of International Swimming Federation (FINA).[8]

On 30 June 2019 he was elected as the Secretary General of Kuwait Olympic Committee.[9]

Controversy

Implication in FIFA bribery scandal

In May 2017, The Times identified Hussain Al-Musallam as "co-conspirator #3" in a US Department of Justice indictment of Richard Lai, a former member of FIFA's Audit and Compliance Committee and head of the Guam Football Association. In his guilty plea, Richard Lai admitted to accepting $750,000 in wire transfers from accounts controlled by "co-conspirator #3 or his assistants.[10] [11] The OCA, in a written statement to The Times, denied the allegations and "asked the OCA ethics committee to carry out a full review."[11]

References
  1. Bridge, Sam. "Olympic Council of Asia chief hopes Kuwait ban over by 2020". ArabianBusiness.com. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  2. "Kuwait Olympic Committee Election Results". aroundtherings.com. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  3. Herald, The Korea (2019-02-15). "OCA director-general receives honorary degree from Kookmin University". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  4. "Administration - Olympic Council of Asia". www.ocasia.org. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  5. "Swimming delegates re-elect top two officials". ESPN.com. 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  6. "IOC Ethics Board investigating Al Musallam corruption claims". Sports Integrity Initiative. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  7. OCA. "Husain Al-Musallam, Receives Honorary Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Honoris Causa In Sports Science By Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  8. "Al-Musallam threatens legal action over newspaper reports before FINA Congress that he asked for cut of sponsorship money". www.insidethegames.biz. 31 Jul 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  9. "Kuwait Olympic Committee Election Results". aroundtherings.com. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  10. "FINA Vice President Husain Al-Musallam Connected With FIFA Corruption". Swimming World News. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  11. Reporter, Martyn Ziegler, Chief Sports. "Senior swimming executive implicated in Fifa bribery scandal". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
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