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Mr Maurice HERZOG

Mr Maurice HERZOG

Maurice HERZOG
Entry in the IOC 1970
Country FRA (France)
Born 15 January 1919, LYON
Education
Chaptal College; Faculty of Law, Paris; Faculty of Sciences, Lyon; Business diplomas, science degree, law degree

Career
Secretary of State for Youth and Sport (1958-1966); Deputy (1962-1978); Mayor of Chamonix (1968-1977); company director

Sports practised
Mountaineering, skiing, golf

Sports career
Head of the French expedition to the Himalayas; conqueror of Annapurna (1950)

Publications
“Annapurna First 8000” (sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, translated into 50 languages. The rights have been transferred in full to the French Committee of the Himalayas); “A look at Annapurna”; “The Expedition to Annapurna”; “The Mountain”; “The Alps I love”; “The Alps”; “Great Adventures of the Himalaya”; “The Other Annapurna”

Awards and distinctions
Commander of the Legion of Honour; many foreign awards

IOC History
Member of the IOC from 1970 to 1995; Honorary Member since 1995; Chief of Protocol (1975-1978); member of the following Commissions: New Sources of Financing (1983-1987), Press (1989-1991), Preparation of the XII Olympic Congress – Congress of Unity (1989-1994)