Kéba Mbaye

An associate of Juan Antonio Samaranch, he served as IOC vice-president from 1988 to 1992, member of the executive board from 1984 to 1988 and 1993 to 1998, and chair of its ethics commission since 1999. He also served as president of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the highest Olympic tribunal. Mbaye helped in bringing South Africa from Olympic exile after the apartheid era. Later, at the height of the Salt Lake City bid scandal, Samaranch appointed him to chair a new ethics commission to police the conduct of fellow IOC members. He also headed the IOC panel on legal matters. A legal scholar, Mbaye served as vice-president of the International Court of Justice and was Honorary Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Senegal from 1964 to 1982. Mbaye was President of the International Commission of Jurists from 1977 to 1985 and Commissioner from 1972 to 1987. His published legal works include The Realities of the Black World and Human Rights; Family Law in Black Africa and Madagascar; and Human Rights in Africa. The International Olympic Committee and South Africa, Analysis and Illustration of a humanitarian sport policy. Mbaye married Mariette Diarra in 1950 and had eight children. He died on 11 January 2007 in Dakar, Senegal. His devotion to the Olympic movement and its values was unfailing. We have lost a great man."

Kéba Mbaye studied at École normale supérieure William Ponty. The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include Vice President of the International Court of Justice and Judge of the International Court of Justice. Distinctions recorded are honorary doctor of the University Lille-II, honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, honorary doctorate from University of Savoie-Mont-Blanc and Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit.

Kéba Mbaye is recorded as having received honorary doctor of the University Lille-II, honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis and honorary doctorate from University of Savoie-Mont-Blanc. Career and activity. Recorded positions include Vice President of the International Court of Justice and Judge of the International Court of Justice. He belonged to International Olympic Committee and Académie des sciences d'outre-mer.