Lydia Nsekera


Lydia Nsekera has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 2009. In 2012 she was the first woman to be co-opted onto the FIFA Council for one year and in 2013 gained election for a full four-year term, also the first woman to achieve this.
She was president of the Football Federation of Burundi between 2004 and 2013. She currently chairs the IOC Women in Sport Commission.