Mustapha Larfaoui (born 27 November 1932 in

Algiers Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...

) is a former member of the

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(IOC) from

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

.Larfaoui's bio
as an IOC Member, from the IOC website; retrieved 2009-07-24. From 1988 – March 24, 2009 he served as President of

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, the international federation that oversees Aquatics.Larfaoui is mentioned as the (now) former FINA President in FINA'
FINA General Congress
release, published 2009-07-24, on the 2009 FINA General Congress held in Rome, Italy. Retrieved 2009-07-24. He was the first African to hold the FINA presidency. He is now Honorary Life President of FINA. Larfaoui is a member of the

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's executive committee and part of the IOC's Olympic Games study and marketing commission. He is a member of the IOC's evaluation commission for the 2012

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. He has been president of the African Swimming Confederation for more than 30 years. A former hospital and public health director, he holds degrees in Arabic and French.

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1932 births Living people Algerian International Olympic Committee members World Anti-Doping Agency members Algerian male water polo players Presidents of World Aquatics Sportspeople from Algiers Recipients of the Olympic Order 20th-century Algerian sportsmen {{Africa-waterpolo-bio-stub