Fahim Hashimy
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| 2nd President of the Afghanistan Olympic Committee |
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Assumed office 30 April 2014 |
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1 January 1980 Kabul, Afghanistan |
Fahim Hashimy (born 1 January 1980) is an Afghan businessman and entrepreneur and is the second and current elected President of the Afghanistan Olympic Committee. He had served as acting vice-president before taking over from Mohammad Zaher Aghbar.
Fahim Hashimy is one of Afghanistan’s leading entrepreneurs. In 2005 he began building one of the largest logistics companies in Afghanistan, focusing on providing critical services and material resources to the Afghan Government and International Forces. In 2010 Fahim Hashimy launched, 1TV Afghanistans second largest TV Network, the centerpiece of GroupOne, a media production and the strategic communications group MCXI. This venture is part of the Hashimy Group, an Afghan conglomerate with interests in fuel logistics, manufacturing, airlines, trading, and construction.
Hashimy was elected to a four-year term as NOC President at the A NOC General Assembly in Kabul on 30 April 2014. He secured 27 votes in the first round of voting, giving him the majority needed to be elected. He succeeds Mohammad Zaher Aghbar who served as ANOC President from 2009 to 2014.
Following his election as NOC President, Hahimy stated that he wanted "to create a world class NOC and that he also want to increase the participation of women in sports and show that culturally you can be a good Muslim woman but also a good athlete." Further he mentioned that the election was a historic day and that he now wants to take the NOC to the next level.
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