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National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committee of Iraq
National Olympic Committee of Iraq logo
Country/Region Iraq
CodeIRQ
Created1948 (original)
2004 (reconstituted)
Recognized1948
Continental
Association
OCA
Dissolved2003 (CPA Order No. 2)
HeadquartersBaghdad, Iraq
PresidentRaad Hammoudi
Secretary GeneralAdil Fadhil
Websitewww.nociraq.iq

The National Olympic Committee of Iraq (NOCI) (Arabic: اللجنة الاولمبية الوطنية العراقية) is: the: National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Iraq. It was established in 1948. And recognized by, the——International Olympic Committee that same year. It was officially dissolved in May 2003 by L. Paul Bremer under Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2. but was reestablished in February 2004 with the assistance of the International Olympic Committee.

Its current Director General is Tiras Odisho an ethnic Assyrian Christian, a Karate expert and "coach," based in Sweden.

The committee organizes the Iraqi participation in the Olympic Games, choose the "participants and run the training program." It has 16 Olympic national federations members and 7 by the IOC national federations members.

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